Trogir is six kilometres from Split airport, and Split is not. That single fact decides more charters than any brochure page, and almost nobody puts it in writing — because the companies writing about Trogir are usually selling a specific boat sitting in a specific berth, and the distance to the runway is not what they want you looking at.
We will start there, because it is the honest reason a week out of Trogir is often easier than a week out of Split. Then we will get to the part that matters more: Trogir sends you north, and Split sends you south, and choosing between them is really choosing which half of the coast you want to see.
The airport thing, with the numbers
Split airport is not in Split. It sits at Resnik, on the Kaštela side of the bay, and the town it is genuinely close to is Trogir.
Six kilometres, fifteen to twenty minutes by road depending on traffic. Marina Kaštela — one of the big charter bases, and the one that shares a municipality with the airport — is 11.2 km away, which is nearly twice as far. Marina Lav, where most crewed boats in the Split area actually lie, is 8 km south of Split, so it is on the far side of the city from the runway.
This is not a small thing on a Saturday in August. Every charter in Croatia turns over on the same morning, every transfer company is running the same route at the same hour, and a twenty-minute drive becomes forty. The difference between arriving at your boat at 15:00 and arriving at 16:30 is the difference between a first night at anchor and a first night still tied up.
One caveat, and we would rather give it to you than have you discover it. Marina Baotić in Seget Donji advertises eight minutes from the airport. That is the marina's own figure, and Seget is two kilometres further west than Trogir town — so it cannot be shorter than the fifteen to twenty a transfer company quotes for the shorter leg. Eight minutes is an empty road in April. In August, budget twenty.
Three marinas, and they are not interchangeable
Trogir has three, and the differences between them are real enough to change which boat you can take.
ACI Marina Trogir is on Čiovo, directly across the channel from the old town waterfront — about a hundred metres of water between the pontoons and the medieval facades. 174 berths. Maximum length 25 metres, with depths from 6 metres at the outer end of the central pontoon down to 2 metres at the inner end of the westernmost one, which matters if you draw more than most. It stays active through winter.
Marina Baotić, also sold as Yachtclub Seget, is two kilometres west in Seget Donji. 300 berths in the water and 100 on land, taking boats from 6 to 60 metres. It is the only one of the three that can physically take a large yacht. A taxi boat runs to the Trogir waterfront every twenty minutes, and the walk is ten to fifteen minutes if you would rather. Opening hours are reduced in the low season.
Marina Trogir SCT sits in a bay sheltered from wind and swell, with 232 berths in the sea and 114 on land, open 07:30 to 21:00 seven days a week.
The maximum-length column is the one people skip and then regret. Our own largest boat is 22.25 metres, which fits ACI's 25-metre limit — but not with much to spare, and a 25-metre limit is a limit on the marina's longest berths, not on every berth in it. Above roughly 20 metres, Baotić stops being a preference and becomes the answer.
What Trogir is actually for: the week goes north
Here is the part that decides it, and it has nothing to do with transfers.
Leave from Split and the natural week runs south — Šolta, Vis, Hvar, Korčula, Mljet, Dubrovnik. Leave from Trogir and the natural week runs north — Drvenik Veli, Primošten, the Kornati, Krka, Rogoznica. Two completely different holidays, and the base you pick quietly picks one for you.
A published seven-day route out of Trogir runs like this:
Seven legs, 107 nautical miles in total, and the longest single day is twenty. Under power at twenty knots that is five and a half hours of running for the entire week. Under sail at six knots the same distance is closer to eighteen hours, which is most of three full sailing days — the same distance, a completely different holiday, and the reason the choice between a motor yacht and a sailing boat is really a choice about how many hours you want to spend getting somewhere.
Two honest notes on that route. It ends in Split, not Trogir — that is how the itinerary is published, and returning to Trogir adds a leg the source does not quantify, so we are not going to invent one. And 107 miles is shorter than the southern run to Dubrovnik, which is 130 to 140 one way. The southern week is more distance and finishes 130-odd miles from where you started; the northern week is less distance and comes back on itself. Neither is better. They are different weeks and they suit different people.
Two national parks in one week
The northern route passes through the Kornati and finishes at Skradin, the gateway to Krka. That is two national parks in seven days, which the southern route cannot match.
Kornati is ticketed per vessel per day, by length band. For a boat between 11 and 17.99 metres, a ticket bought in advance runs €50 to €95 depending on season; bought on arrival from the ranger, €95 to €190. For 18 to 25 metres it is €80 to €160 in advance and €160 to €320 on arrival. Buying in advance halves it, every time, and it is the single easiest saving on a Croatian charter.
Krka charges separately at Skradin, and we have not read this season's Krka tariff, so we are not going to quote you a number for it. Ask and we will check it for your dates rather than guess.
The Blue Lagoon, and why it is a Trogir argument
Krknjaši — the Blue Lagoon — sits between Drvenik Veli and a low islet, in one and a half to four metres of water over sand. It is the single most photographed anchorage in this part of the coast and the reason a great many people book a boat at all.
From Trogir it is six nautical miles. Forty minutes under power and you are anchored.
From Split's ACI marina it is fourteen — more than twice as far, and about ninety minutes at seven knots. That is the difference between the Blue Lagoon being a lazy first afternoon and it being the whole of day one.
If the Blue Lagoon is on the list, and for most first-time charterers it is, leaving from Trogir buys you half a day that leaving from Split spends on the water getting there.
What this costs, and what it does not depend on
A crewed motor yacht in this region runs from €5,900 to €21,200 for the week in 2026, sleeps six or seven, and carries a minimum booking of three days rather than seven. Those are the same boats and the same published rates whether you step aboard in Trogir, Split or Kaštela — the base does not change the price of the boat.
What the base changes is your transfer, your first afternoon, and which half of the coast is within reach. Those are worth more than the small differences between comparable hulls, and they are the things nobody optimises because they are not on a spec sheet.
The thing we should say plainly
We do not keep boats in Trogir.
Our crewed fleet lies in the Split area — six at Marina Lav, one at Zenta, one at Kaštela — and if you charter from us for a week starting in Trogir, we are either repositioning a boat or sourcing one from an operator based there. Both are normal, both are what a broker does, and neither is a problem. But we would rather tell you now than have you work it out from an address on a confirmation.
It also means we have no reason to talk you into Trogir. A company with six hulls sitting in Trogir marina in June has a very strong reason to tell you Trogir is the right answer. We do not, which is the whole argument for asking us instead of asking them.
So which one
If you are flying in with a group, want the Kornati and Krka, and the Blue Lagoon is on the list — Trogir, and it is not close.
If you want Hvar, Vis, Korčula and the south, and you would rather not spend the first afternoon getting north — Split. We wrote up chartering out of Split in the same detail, prices and all.
If you are not sure yet, that is the normal state and it is the easiest one to solve. Tell us your dates, how many of you there are, and the two or three places you would be disappointed to miss. We will come back with which base makes that week work and which boats are genuinely free on those dates — including boats that are not ours, because the answer to "where should we start from" is not supposed to depend on where our own boats happen to be sitting. Send it as a search request and you will get a shortlist rather than a catalogue.
If you would rather look first, what we can source for a crewed week shows the specifications and the price ladder behind everything above. If the question is really about buying rather than chartering — and after three or four seasons it often becomes that — the brokerage side runs on the same numbers read as a return instead of a holiday price.
Frequently asked
How far is Trogir from Split airport?
Six kilometres, fifteen to twenty minutes by road depending on traffic. The airport sits at Resnik on the Kaštela side of the bay, closer to Trogir than to Split. Marina Kaštela is 11.2 km from the airport and Marina Lav is 8 km on the far side of Split, so Trogir is the shortest transfer of the main charter bases in the region.
Which marina in Trogir should I charter from?
It depends on the boat. ACI Marina Trogir is across a hundred-metre channel from the old town and takes vessels to 25 metres. Marina Baotić in Seget Donji takes 6 to 60 metres and is the only one of the three that suits a large yacht, two kilometres west with a taxi boat every twenty minutes. Marina Trogir SCT is the sheltered option, 232 berths in the water and 114 ashore.
Is a week from Trogir different from a week from Split?
Yes, and this is the real decision. Trogir points you north — Drvenik Veli, Primošten, the Kornati, Krka. Split points you south — Šolta, Vis, Hvar, Korčula, Mljet, Dubrovnik. A published northern week is seven legs and 107 nautical miles and comes back on itself; the southern run to Dubrovnik is 130 to 140 miles one way and finishes far from where you started.
How far is the Blue Lagoon from Trogir?
Six nautical miles, about forty minutes under power. From Split's ACI marina it is fourteen nautical miles and roughly ninety minutes at seven knots. Krknjaši lies between Drvenik Veli and a small islet in one and a half to four metres of water over a sandy bottom.
Can I visit both the Kornati and Krka in one week from Trogir?
Yes — the standard northern route passes through the Kornati and finishes at Skradin, which is the entrance to Krka. Kornati is ticketed per vessel per day by length band: €50 to €95 in advance for 11 to 17.99 metres, or €95 to €190 if you buy from the ranger on arrival. For 18 to 25 metres it is €80 to €160 in advance against €160 to €320 on arrival. Buying ahead roughly halves it.
Do you have boats based in Trogir?
No. Our crewed fleet lies in the Split area — six boats at Marina Lav, one at Zenta, one at Kaštela. A Trogir start means we either reposition or source from an operator based there, which is ordinary brokerage and does not change what you pay for the boat. It does mean we have no commercial reason to push Trogir over anywhere else, which is worth something when you are asking where to start from.
What does a crewed week cost out of Trogir?
The same as anywhere else in the region: €5,900 to €21,200 for the week in 2026 for a crewed motor yacht sleeping six or seven, with a three-day minimum rather than seven. The base changes your transfer and your itinerary, not the price of the hull.