Klis Fortress and the daring Kaija
Over-viewing the bay of Split is the old castle of Klis. The castle is situated approximately 10 km from Split city centre. I guess most of the visitors of Split arriving on the motorway have seen it to the left while turning down to the city from the beautiful motorway.
Klis is a small village located around a mountain fortress bearing the same name. The city has only a population 4,500 together with the eight other villages in its municipality. It is located just northeast of the city Solin and Split near the eponymous mountain pass. Due to its geographical position, Klis is also susceptible to a rather strong bura wind.
The Klis mountain pass separates the mountains Mosor and Kozjak at the altitude of 360m.
The castle is not an overrun tourist attraction; while we were there maximum 10 other people were walking or had walked the steep cobble stone trail up to the castle as the same time as us. Amongst those some guys from Holland, a couple from Polen and the rest local Croatians.
The entrance fee was only 1,3 euro and we almost missed they guy selling the tickets because he was hiding for the sun in a dark room near the entrance. There was a project renovating the castle but they had a great deal of work in front of them, even though the walls were in pretty good shape. The only place that was almost finished was a little church at top of the castle.
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