May 27, 2026•5 min read•By Maurits Dierick, Charter Broker & Former Yacht Captain
Split & Central Dalmatia Yacht Charter: 7 Days (2026)
Seven days from Split through Central Dalmatia: Brac's Zlatni Rat, the town of Hvar, the Blue Cave off Vis, and Korcula's walled old town.
Vis spent four decades as a Yugoslav military base, closed to foreigners. The tunnels are still cut into the limestone.
That closure is why the island is what it is now. Development went to Hvar and Brač and skipped Vis entirely, and forty years later it's the one that still looks like itself. We put it on day two, before Hvar and the Pakleni Islands reset the register of the week.
The route runs 172 nautical miles from Split and back over seven days, 17.5 hours under way.
Before we dive in, it's worth noting the route below is also available as an interactive map on our Croatia charter page.
Seven days, 172 nautical miles, 17.5 hours under way. Round trip from Split.
Day 4 has no passage.
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Day 1: Milna, Brač
Noon embarkation in Split, under Diocletian's Palace, then out past wooded headlands.
Milna is a horseshoe bay on Brač's west shore. Venetian stone houses on terraced slopes, a baroque church tower, and a village that has built ships since the Republic. The harbour cuts deep and protected, ringed by pine.
Uvala Smrka is over the headland, pebbles and clear water.
Three hours west, out past the last of the mainland.
Komiža is a fishing village on the western shore under Mount Hum, a crescent harbour with Venetian towers behind it. The tunnels run hundreds of metres into the hillside: submarine pens and ammunition stores, some now converted to wine cellars where plavac mali ages in Croatian oak.
Stiniva is the cove people know. It's on the far side of the island from Komiža, so it's a tender run or a separate stop, not a walk.
Early tender to Biševo, timed for the sun. Light comes in through an underwater opening and the chamber goes blue. The timing is the whole thing, which is why it's a dawn start, not a mid-morning one.
Then east to Hvar. The town spreads round the harbour in tiers up to the Venetian fortress, which has been there since 1551. The main square is marble and it's the largest in Dalmatia.
Dinner at Mediterraneo.
Passage: 3 hours, 26 nm. Mooring: ACI Marina Palmižana, Hvar Town harbour or Otok Borovac. Dining: Mediterraneo.
Day 4: Pakleni Islands
No passage.
Seventeen islands scattered across the strait off Hvar. Palmižana is pine down to the water with the Meneghello family's botanical gardens behind it. Lunch at Laganini on the beach.
The point of the day is that day-trippers are crowding Hvar town while the yacht is tucked into a cove.
No passage. Mooring: Otok Borovac, Taršče Bay or Palmižana Bay. Beach: Otok Borovac. Dining: Laganini Lounge Bar.
Day 5: Korčula
Four hours southeast along the Pelješac Peninsula. The channel funnels wind and concentrates current, which is why the mussels and oysters there are what they are.
Korčula's walls and towers come up out of the strait. The street plan is the thing: main lanes east-west to catch the summer breeze, side streets curved to block the winter wind. Six centuries of Venetian rule left the architecture.
The town says Marco Polo was born here. Genoa disagrees. The cathedral treasury has a Tintoretto in it either way.
Beyond the walls, Lumbarda's sandy fields grow Grk, a white wine grown nowhere else.
Dinner at LD Restaurant.
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Passage: 4 hours, 50 nm. Mooring: ACI Marina Korčula, town harbour or Kneža bay. Beach: Punta. Dining: LD Restaurant.
Day 6: Šolta
Four hours back north. Šolta sits between Brač and the mainland and it missed the development that changed its neighbours. Olives and wine are still the economy.
Maslinica is a fishing village on the west shore facing seven small islands. The Martinis castle above the harbour is 18th century, built when corsairs still raided the coast, now a hotel and restaurant.
Gornja Krushica cuts into the southeastern shore: protected, pine to the waterline, no development.
Passage: 4 hours, 45 nm. Mooring: ACI Marina Martinis Marchi (Maslinica), Gornja Krushica, Šešula Bay or Stomorska. Beach: Gornja Krushica. Dining: Skoy Restaurant & Beach.
Day 7: Split
Two hours back through the strait, past Čiovo, and Diocletian's Palace on the waterfront where it has been since 305 AD.
Final swim at Šešula on the way. Dinner at ZOI if the flight is late.
Passage: 2 hours, 12 nm. Mooring: ACI Marina Split or the city harbour. Dining: ZOI Restaurant.
Who this suits
Groups who want a mix. This route has a working fishing village, a closed military island, the busiest town in Croatian yachting, a beach club day, a medieval walled town and a quiet island, in that order. It doesn't ask you to commit to one register.
Two long days, both 4 hours, sit at days 5 and 6. Everything else is short.
If you're deciding between Split and Dubrovnik as a start point, we've written that up separately: Split vs Dubrovnik.
Practical notes
Round trip from Split, so one airport.
Hvar in July and August is booked ahead. Palmižana too.
