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Gay Split History Tour Queer Roman Emperors and LGBTQ+ Struggle

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Price is £121 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Overview

Your guide is a licensed Split tour expert, as well as a mental health professional and counsellor, working to increase visibility of the LGBT community and bring these stories to life through tourism.

Meet the Roman queer emperors and discover the stories of their lovers, meet Elagabal, history’s first known trans figure. Learn why same-sex relationships were legal for free men and slaves but forbidden for equal citizens, risking status and life.
Explore Diocletian’s Palace secrets: why the headless sphinx guards Jupiter’s temple, survive the human trap at the Golden Gate.
Travel to the Middle Ages, when queer lives went into hiding. Discover the curse of the last Croatian king that legend says cost the state a thousand years of independence.

Fast forward to modern Split: see how the Homeland War shaped Croatia, and how Pride marches, activism, and legal reforms brought civil partnerships, adoption rights, and visibility to the LGBTQIA+ community.

Activity location

  • Diocletian's Palace
    • 21000, Split, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Golden Gate
    • 7 Dioklecijanova
    • 21000, Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija, Croatia

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Gay Split History Tour Queer Roman Emperors and LGBTQ+ Struggle
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
£121.44 x 2 Adults£242.88
Total
Price is £242.88

What's included, what's not

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    Photo on the Iron Throne, kings Throne of Swords
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    Additional discounts at selected shops, museums, and recommended restaurants
  • What's includedWhat's included
    LGBTQIA+ mental health expert, counsellor ally, sharing insights into social issues in Split.
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    Split History Walking Tour
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    Game of Thrones Filming Scenes and Videos for GoT fans
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    Licensed tour guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Split City Palace Museum Entry

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a private individual (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Diocletian's Palace

  • 10m
Peristyle Square, we’re standing in the ceremonial heart of Diocletian’s Palace, where subjects once knelt before the emperor who believed to be a god on Earth.

Golden Gate

  • 15m
Golden Gate, the main entrance to the emperor’s palace, enemies who tried to break in would find themselves trapped between double gates, a deadly Roman defence mechanism.

Gregory of Nin Statue

  • 10m
Gregory of Nin, he gave his life defending the Croatian language, is today its powerful symbol and legend says his statue brings good luck to anyone who rubs its big toe.

Diocletian's Cellars

  • 25m
  • Admission ticket included
Down in the dark basements of the emperor’s apartment, the dragons live and devour bad master, but in reality, much worse, this was also the city’s largest medieval toilet… absolutely disgusting.

Vestibul

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
The Vestibule is where the emperor was worshipped like a god on Earth, much like in the Pantheon, but today, we can pause here to listen to the a cappella voices of modern Split.

Narodni trg

  • 15m
Pjaca Square is where people still gather today, a lively meeting place whose architecture tells the turbulent storey of Spli. From the Romans and Venetians, through French, Austro-Hungarian, and Yugoslav rule, all the way to modern Croatia.

Đardin

  • 10m
Đardin Park was once a well-known meeting place for prostitutes in recent history, and today it has transformed into the central gathering point for Split’s LGBTQIA+ Pride, symbolising the city’s social change.

Riva Harbor

  • 20m
Along the Riva, all of Split comes for their coffee and sunshine, and here the Pride parade marches in full swing, with music and demonstrations flowing together in a lively, harmonious rhythm.

Location

Activity location

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    Diocletian's Palace
    • 21000, Split, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Golden Gate
    • 7 Dioklecijanova
    • 21000, Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija, Croatia

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