Mild Mediterranean climate permits a huge range of sports activities in the open. The symbol of the city, hill Marjan which is called by its inhabitants "the city's lungs", inside its thick forest offers numerous tennis camps, jogging paths with all the necessary equipment for body exercises in the fresh air, streets for roller-skating and for riding a bike. Going only few kilometres outside the city You can enjoy the adventures of rafting on river Cetina, mountain-climbing on Dalmatian mountains, bungee jumping and horse-riding. The limpid water of Split and its surroundings offers and inexhaustible source for practising all kind of water sports. Perhaps exactly because of its natural wealth, Split has developed an intense and rich sport tradition from which came out some of world-wide known sportsmen.

During the year on the streets of the city is evident cheerful Mediterranean temperament which has a particular enthusiasm in spring and in summer when every corner of the city becomes a special meeting place of all ages population. The young find entertainment above all in numerous disco clubs and in the bars with gardens at open where very often live concerts are organised. Concerts of Dalmatian song represent a particular attraction with its unique music that You can listen in a great number of cafeterias in the city, but also in the open, under walls of Diocletian's Palace.