Share this list. Old Town of Dubrovnik. A city of red-tiled rooftops, pine- and cypress-shaded hills, and sparkling turquoise waters, the Old Town of Dubrovnik stuns with both its architecture and scenery. Its surrounding stone walls, built between the 11th and 13th centuries to protect Game of Thrones Tour of Dubrovnik. Home to Benedictine monks for years until , Lokrum is said to be cursed.
No hotels or houses stand on the island — meaning that its secluded beaches, verdant pathways, botanical gardens and ruined fort can be explored in relatively peaceful isolation.
Lokrum, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Not known for its bars, Dubrovnik happens to have two that are exceptional for their unique setting. Wines and strong spirits are usually kept below decks. Nautika is where to come for that romantic splash-uot on your last night, ideally having first booked a table on the Penatur terrace. Lobster from Vis and shellfish from the nearby island of Lopud are among the classic dishes.
Photographer Wade Goddard came here to cover the Siege of the early s, then decided to stay on and create this unique gallery. War Photo Limited is divided into a permanent exhibition of photographs from the Dubrovnik bombardment, and a temporary one from contemporary conflicts. Recent examples include depictions of scenes from Gaza and the Yemen.
A private project initiated by a group of local friends, it offers decent-sized dollops of historical chronology alongside an impressive haul of everyday artifacts. Although the display kicks off with a hammer-and-sickle-spattered history of communism as an ideology, the accent is on the more colourful aspects of the communist rule, and its attempts to design a lifestyle that combined equality and order with consumerism and cultural freedom.
Elsewhere, the display is rich in revealing detail: a wardrobe full of denim clothes, pop records, racy glamour magazines. Much of the exhibition is interactive in the sense that you can sit on original couches, leaf through books, or activate sound and visuals using your smartphone.
At this top-drawer setting, you get top-drawer cuisine of , perhaps even the best in Croatia. Under expert gastronomic stewardship, you can expect meticulously sourced food, painstakingly created and immaculately presented - along with an UNESCO-designated setting, atop the old port, second to none. Ingredients to create dishes of mainly Mediterranean ilk are flown in fresh from around the world or selected from markets in and around town.
Desserts provide an honourable finale to one of the finest meals you'll have all year. The wine cellar comprises 6, bottles. The gleaming orange cablecar you see scaling the steep incline high up over the old town is both a tourist attraction and a piece of history. It's pricy, but this matters little as you rise up in no time, the old town nearly vanishing as a panorama of Adriatic blue dominates the horizon.
The cable car is the perfect cherry on top to complete your visit to one of the world's most beautiful cities. Don't miss: At the cablecar station, the Panorama restaurant offers the same view, along with seafood platters, cocktails and fine local wines.
Of all the old town treasures, the Franciscan Monastery and its Old Pharmacy Museum are the real gems. Don't be put off by the crowds - try and go at the end of the day. In a narrow passageway dividing the monastery from the Church of Our Saviour is the entrance to the famous Old Pharmacy, still in operation after years, and beautiful cloisters leading to a peaceful, petite inner garden courtyard dotted with orange trees.
One of the oldest in Europe, the pharmacy is still active. Locals totter in for their regular prescriptions as tourists peruse the jars and vessels from yesteryear. Most local sources give the date of the pharmacy's foundation as - all records were burned in the fire of Many of the knick-knacks you see date from the 15th century.
Don't miss: Also on display through the back are disturbingly large grinders and other implements, giving a perspective to our moaning about modern health systems. The most historic monument in Dubrovnik, the Rector's Palace was rebuilt twice. The first, by Onofrio della Cava of fountain fame, was in Venetian-Gothic style, visible in the window design once you ascend the grand staircase to the Rector's living quarters.
On the ground floor, either side of a courtyard, are the prison and courtrooms of the Ragusa Republic, and a glittering display of medieval church art. Upstairs, where each Rector resided for his month's stint, is a strange assortment of items: sedan chairs, carriages, magistrates' robes and wigs, portraits of local notables and Ivo Rudenjak's beautifully carved bookcase.
One curiosity is the clocks, some set at quarter to six, the time in the evening when Napoleon's troops entered in Don't miss: The five-and seven-course menus were made for holiday blow-outs. An outdoor cinema nestled in the city walls, open all summer. Owned by the city of Dubrovnik, Jadran cinema screens a pleasantly varied mix of indie films and international blockbusters - always in English, with Croatian subs.
Don't miss : The site is also used as a stage for semi-impromptu performances. The Lindo folklore ensemble put on a show twice a week. On any given night for six months of the year, crowds flock to this intimate enclosed square in the heart of the old town to hear live music and soak up the atmosphere. OK, these days the most famous bar in Dubrovnik might look like a billboard for T-Mobile and beer prices are just silly, if you didn't know this was the lovely old Troubadour, you wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.
But lovely old Troubador it is, and visit it you must. Don't miss: On quieter afternoons or in winter, try and get a seat in the tiny interior and see how Dubrovnik looked in the pre-boom days.
New Zealander Wade Goddard came to the Dubrovnik as a photographer during the Siege in the early s - and stayed. Affected by what he saw and keen to broaden the public's understanding of what happens in wartime, in he opened War Photo Limited. The gallery could have easily limited itself to Goddard's experiences in Croatia, but he quickly expanded its remit to exhibit works by leading exponents of this brave art from flashpoints around the world. The first floor houses these hard-hitting images in regularly changing exhibitions, while above you can see what was happening here in the s.
What today seems completely serene was then raging with bombardment and fires. Works are sold as limited-edition prints.
Comments in the visitors' book sum up the venue nicely: 'It moved me beyond words,' is one typical entry. In three short years, local boutique brewers DBC have transformed the local drinking scene, persuading the best of the old town bars to make more of an effort when it comes to beer, and more recently becoming a destination bar in their own right.
The outdoor terrace consists of a few up-ended barrels in a parking lot. It's what you've come for, so dive in! Dubrovnik offers a handsome array of local beaches. It's good for kids, with showers, deckchairs and sun loungers for hire, plus jet skis and inflatables. Don't miss: Banje is not for locals.
They head for Sveti Jakov , down the coast past the Villa Dubrovni k , a minute walk along quiet, tree-lined Vlaha Bukovca. Buses Nos. Although this is everyone's favourite beach, it's rarely crowded. The sun stays warm until late in the evening, bathing the old town in a golden light.
It's part shingle, part pebble, with showers, sunshades, and a bar and restaurant at beach level. It is accessed via a long stairway you'll be reluctant to climb back up. Dubrovnik 's signature outdoor activity for visitors, sea kayaking is organised for complete beginners as a half-day jaunt with lunch on Lokrum island thrown in. You only need to turn up, go through a few paddling techniques in shallow, protected waters, and the Adriatic is yours. Sea kayaks are more comfortable than conventional kayaks.
Their length, with extra cargo capacity, allows the kayak to move smoother and easier in a straight line. Experienced kayakers have circumnavigated Ireland and Australia in one. For lesser mortals, the calm waters from the Pile Gate to the verdant, car-free island of Lokrum is, under guidance, a doddle.
Don't miss: Some companies also offer sunset paddles, with wine and cheese thrown in. The only bar in a street filled with restaurants, seconds away from Stradun.
A short stroll away by the old harbour, a modest fish market also does good trade. Saturday is everyone's weekly shop, so get here early. To soak up the buzz of the marketplace. Every day at noon , as stallholders approach the last working hour, and watched by equally punctual, attentive cats, an official brings a bucket of corn to feed the pigeons sat patiently on the nearby roofs.
As the name suggests, Old Town is the heart of it all. Ploce is the neighborhood just east of Old Town, on the foothills of Mt. It is a good location because of its proximity to the Old Town, without the crowds. Boninovo is the waterfront neighborhood north of the Old Town, stretching toward the new harbor. Is it possible to be succinct in talking about food and drink in any city? Here are some of the top things to do in Dubrovnik , and below I share my favourite experiences. Dubrovnik has plenty of beautiful beaches you can enjoy, and the Adriatic is a perfect temperature through the summer and autumn months.
There are several public beaches you can walk to, and several waterfront hotels have their own beaches too. You can either hike or take the tram up to look down on the city and surrounding countryside. Depending on when you visit, you can potentially time this to enjoy sunrise and watch the sun come up to light the city of Dubrovnik below you.
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