Pile Gate Dubrovnik

This morning we did the walk of the City Walls! We started at Pile Gate and ascended to the top of the walls, from here you follow the route around the edge of the walls surrounding Dubrovniks Old Town. The views were great with terracotta roofs dotted inside amongst the grey stone buildings, and sparkly blue Adriatic waters with rugged mountainy …

I thought my arrival at Zagreb's airport confirmed that it was a small airport. Leaving Zagreb for Dubrovnik confirmed it even further. Craig and I arrived at the airport 90 minutes before our domestic flight. We were the first to check in and "not allowed" to even go through security until 40 minutes before the flight. After an hour's delay on the …

September 3, 2012

After a late festive night and goodbye to Craig, I slept for about an hour before again catching a one-way flight back to Dubrovnik. My original travel plans had a slight hitch and I adjusted, but as a result, it unfortunately meant that I would have to double back with my travels briefly.

For a week-plus, it …

... the side of our apartment! Next day we got into town early for our wall walk. Yesterday weŽd seen the wall entry through Pile Gate with a huge queue but weŽd found another entrance at the other end of town not far from the Rectors Palace. This ...

... was still not completely dry. Georgie was caught red handed! Literally. We went down to the small beach that is just beside the Pile Gate and then walked around from there towards the fort (Lovrjenac) that sits on the hill just outside the city walls. We ...

... on the warm bus and the ride back down the hill took less than five minutes. As we re-entered the town via the Pile Gate, after the girls' obligatory spin on the playground equipment I suggested that we eat at Mea Culpa, a recommended pizzeria. We ...

... much to see in this compact city but we chose the Franciscan Monastery Museum as our first stop as it was the nearest tp Pile gate and to get out of the heat!. The monestery contains the oldest working pharmacy in Europe dating back to the 14th century. ...

This morning we did the walk of the City Walls! We started at Pile Gate and ascended to the top of the walls, from here you follow the route around the edge of the walls surrounding Dubrovniks Old Town. The views were great with terracotta roofs dotted ...

... to find out where these were. Once found and ordered we sat and had our gelato and viewed the walls before venturing inside the Pile Gate and checking out the town itself. We walked down the marble tiled main street (the stradun), looked up the narrow, ...

... lunch of Pizza and salad while overlooking the pebble beach and the Adriatic coast. Our city tour left at 4pm. We went to Pile Gate, the main entrance into the old town. This city is fantastic. It is a totally walled fortress and is exceptionally well ...

... room (or "sobe", as they are called). The place was just a minute up the road, just outside of Pile Gate - the main entrance to the Old town of Dubrovnik. If this had been high season, we would have been a 10 minute bus ride away from the main ...

... day was a special one, being 'St Blaise's Day' (St Blaise being the patron saint of Dubrovnik). City banners were carried in a procession from the Pile Gate to the Church of St Blaise, watched by hundred's of the city's inhabitants. We had one of the ...

... but I am no expert on post-war renovations. The Adriatic here is beautiful.  Our apartment is about 100 metres from the Pile Gate, the main entry into the walled city.  We pass by the town's original harbor, and can look up from our ...