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Walk Dubrovnik’s City Walls

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

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Couple walk atop city walls

A 2km walk along these 13th-century walls is a feast of dazzling views over Dubrovnik’s old town rooftops and the Adriatic.

Best for ages 6+

Duration: 1 hour

Sea-kayaking around Dubrovnik’s city walls

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

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Scenic view of Dubrovnik city

One of the world’s great kayak tours – around Dubrovnik’s magnificent medieval walls and along beautifully unspoiled coastline, away from the crowds.

Adult price: ££30

Min age 6

Best for ages 13+

Duration: 5+ hours

Dubrovnik’s best food & drink

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

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close up of a cake on a plate

Our summary of the typical foods, ingredients and flavours, cooking styles, dining scene and best foodie experiences in Dubrovnik.

Best for ages 13+

Duration: -

Dubrovnik Summer Festival

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

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Performance at Dubrovnik Festival

An annual celebration of world-class music, theatre and dance, performed beneath the stars in Dubrovnik’s magnificent Old Town.

Adult price: £20

Best for ages 18+

Duration: 6 weeks

When: Mid-July & August

Frequency: annually

Peljesac Wine Region

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

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Vineyards on mountain slope into coast

Sample some of Croatia’s finest red wines at the vineyards on this mountainous peninsula. A one-hour drive up the coast from Dubrovnik.

Best for ages 18+

Duration: 4

Mljet National Park

Mljet, Dalmatia, Croatia

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Monastery on an island surrounded by shallows

A remote island national park with pristine forests for hiking and biking, and emerald-blue saltwater lakes you can kayak on or swim in.

Best for ages 6+

Elafiti Islands

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

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Bird's eye view of an island

A pristine archipelago, just off the coast of Dubrovnik, with pine-forested hills, quiet beaches with crystal-clear water, and lovely waterfront tavernas.

Best for ages 4+

Duration: 3+ hours

Oysters at Mali Ston

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

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Fresh oyster in plate of bread and lemon on the Raft at Mali Ston

A traditional Dalmatian village, famous across Croatia for oysters served in restaurants overlooking a sheltered bay. A scenic drive north of Dubrovnik.

Best for ages 13+

Duration: 4

Sveti Jakov Beach

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

Parasols and loungers on beach under cliff

Gorgeous secluded beach with a waterside terrace café, within walking distance of Dubrovnik’s Old Town.

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Banje Beach

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

Banje beach in Dubrovnik aerial view, Dalmatia region of Croatia

Dubrovnik’s best-known beach, just a short walk from the Ploce Gate, Banje has spectacular views of the Old Town and is backed with a clutch of cafes and restaurants.

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Cable car to Mount Srd

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

Aerial panoramic view of the old town of Dubrovnik with famous Cable Car on Srd mountain on a sunny day with blue sky and clouds in summer, Dalmatia, Croatia

Rising 415m above the city, topped with a historic fortress and accessible by cable car, Mount Srd offers spectacular views across Dubrovnik and beyond – on a clear day, the vista stretches for up to 60kms. The lower station is just ‘above’ the Old Town on Ulica Petra Kresimira IV, and it’s 3 and a half minutes to the top.

Adult price: £17

Best for ages 4+

Duration: 3.5 minutes

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Cavtat

Cavtat, Dalmatia, Croatia

Town of Cavtat colorful Adriatic waterfront view, south Dalmatia, Croatia

A tranquil, pretty waterfront village with a restaurant-lined promenade, shaded by palms and picturesque old houses. Perfect to escape the crowds.

Best for ages 6+

Cultural Historical Museum

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

The Entrance to the Cultural Historical Museum, housed in the Rector's Palace

The city’s museum – showing how local aristocrats once lived – includes an armoury and dungeon. It’s all housed in a 15-century palace.

Adult price: £9

Best for ages 18+

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Gundulic Square Market

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

The popular and colorful Dubrovnik Farmers Market in the historical Old Town, featuring outdoor stalls filled with locally grown, fresh produce.

This daily market is the place to come to mingle with locals buying fresh fruit and vegetables, olive oil and locally-produced Grappa – come early in the morning for the best produce, it closes by lunchtime.

Best for ages 13+

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Dubrovnik Cathedral

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

Exterior of the Majestic cathedral in old town Dubrovnik

A Roman-Baroque cathedral, with eye-catching cupola, home to the polyptych (panelled painting) of The Assumption of the Virgin (1522), attributed to Titian. The treasury displays more than 100 gold and silver relics, including the skull of St Blaise, Dubrovnik’s patron saint, encased in a bejewelled Byzantine crown.

Best for ages 18+

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Dubrovnik Maritime Museum

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

Inside the museum. Ship's wheel in foreground

A museum documenting Dubrovnik’s past as a major seafaring city, through scale models of ships, engine room equipment, flags, maps and sailors’ uniforms.

Adult price: £2

Best for ages 18+

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Rector’s Palace

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

Tourists in front of the of the Rector's palace. Palace used to serve as seat of the Rector of the Republic of Ragusa and today is the museum.

The administrative heart of the Republic of Dubrovnik in the 16th and 17th centuries, the palace is now a museum with furniture, artifacts and artworks dating back to the era of the Republic.

Adult price: £12

Best for ages 18+

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War Photo Limited

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

View of the interior exhibits of the Dubrovnik War Museum, which illustrates the war in the Balkans

If you want to understand the conflict that decimated Dubrovnik, and much of Croatia in the early 1990s, this museum of photo-journalism gives an intense insight into the Civil War.

Adult price: £5

Best for ages 13+

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Fort Lovrijenac

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

Lovrijenac Fort guards the northern harbour entrance. Dubrovnik. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Often referred to as Dubrovnik’s ‘Gibraltar’, the St Lawrence Fortress sits on an outcrop of rock just outside the City Walls, and took 600 years to complete. Originally built to protect against the Venetian fleet, its walls are between 4 and 12 metres thick.

Adult price: £6

Best for ages 13+

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Vinoteka Milicic

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

Glass of white wine on a street bar table

This small wine shop in the heart of the Old Town sells wines straight from the Peljesac peninsula, plus Croatian deli items including fruit spirits, preserves and sweets.

Min age 18

Best for ages 18+

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Modni Kantun

Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

close up of some earrings jewellery handmade in Dubrovnik

A tiny shop selling understated jewellery and fashion accessories by Croatian artists. Some original clothes too.

Best for ages 13+

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