Secret Split is a walk through the parts of the city that rarely appear on postcards, but reveal how Split actually grew, changed, and imagined its future during the second half of the 20th century.
We explore Split 3 and the surrounding neighbourhoods built after World War II, when architects, urban planners, and political leaders were trying to answer a difficult question: how should people live together in a modern city?
The result was not only housing. It was an experiment in everyday life.
Wide pedestrian streets replaced traffic. Schools, markets, playgrounds, cafés, green spaces, and apartment blocks were planned together, as part of one connected system. The city was designed around movement, community, and accessibility long before these became global urban trends.
During the walk, you will discover why Split 3 became internationally recognised as one of the most important urban projects of socialist Yugoslavia, later included in the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980 in New York.
But this tour is not about ideology or nostalgia.
It is about understanding how architecture shapes behaviour, relationships, memory, and daily life. It is about seeing how people still use these spaces today. Children playing between concrete structures. Neighbours sitting in shared courtyards. Laundry drying between strict geometric lines.
You will hear stories about architects, residents, political ambitions, failed utopias, and ideas that still feel surprisingly relevant today.
This is a tour for curious travellers, architects, photographers, urban thinkers, and anyone interested in seeing a different side of Split beyond the Roman walls.
Because to understand Split, you also need to understand the city that came after antiquity.
Duration of the tour: 2 hours
Min people per tour: 1
Max people per tour:8
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