Dubrovnik Highlights
A walking tour through the walled Old Town of Dubrovnik, the 'Pearl of the Adriatic,' plus a cable-car summit and an island day trip.
Trip Stops
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The grand ceremonial entrance to Dubrovnik's Old Town, built in 1537 with a drawbridge that was once hoisted every night, its key handed ceremonially to the rector. The inner statue of the city's patron saint, St. Blaise, was carved by celebrated 20th-century sculptor Ivan Meštrović.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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This domed 15th-century fountain marks the endpoint of a 12-kilometer aqueduct that once supplied all of Dubrovnik's drinking water. Its sixteen carved stone masks still spout free, drinkable water today, even after losing most of their decoration in the catastrophic 1667 earthquake.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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Home to one of the oldest continuously operating pharmacies in Europe, founded in 1317 and still selling remedies made to centuries-old Franciscan recipes. Its tranquil Romanesque cloister, lined with twin columns and orange trees, is one of the few parts of the complex to survive the 1667 earthquake intact.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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Dubrovnik's gleaming limestone main street, polished to a mirror shine by seven centuries of foot traffic, runs 300 meters from Pile Gate to Luža Square. Rebuilt after the devastating 1667 earthquake, the brighter rooftops visible from the city walls above still mark buildings restored after 1990s shelling.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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A Baroque church dedicated to Dubrovnik's patron saint, rebuilt in 1715 after fire destroyed its medieval predecessor. Inside, a gilded silver statue of St. Blaise holds a 15th-century model of the city — the very skyline you're standing in.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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A 16th-century customs house whose Latin inscription still boasts that its merchants' scales 'do not permit cheating.' Today it houses the Dubrovnik State Archives, holding manuscripts dating back to the year 1022.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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For over four centuries this Gothic-Renaissance palace was the seat of Dubrovnik's rector, who held office for just one month at a time so no single person could accumulate too much power. It now houses the Cultural History Museum, with the rector's original chambers still on display.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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This Baroque cathedral was built after the 1667 earthquake destroyed its Romanesque predecessor, which legend says was partly funded by Richard the Lionheart after he survived a shipwreck nearby. Its treasury holds a gold-plated relic of St. Blaise's skull and a painting attributed to Titian's workshop.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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One of Europe's best-preserved medieval fortification systems, running nearly 2 kilometers around the entire Old Town with walls up to 25 meters high. The full loop takes about two hours and delivers the classic 'red rooftops and blue sea' view made famous as King's Landing in Game of Thrones.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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Nicknamed 'Dubrovnik's Gibraltar,' this triangular clifftop fortress was reportedly built by local citizens in just three months to beat Venice to the strategic site. An inscription above its gate reads 'Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world.'
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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A cable car climbs 412 meters above the city to Fort Imperial, a Napoleonic-era stronghold that saw fierce fighting during the 1991 Siege of Dubrovnik and now houses a war museum. On a clear day the summit offers sweeping views across the Adriatic islands.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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A short ferry ride from the Old Port, this pine-covered island holds the ruins of an 11th-century Benedictine monastery, a saltwater lake, and a resident colony of peacocks left behind by 19th-century Habsburg archduke Maximilian. It also doubled as the city of Qarth in Game of Thrones.
📍 Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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