Synagogue Dubrovnik

... walk on the city walls - which provided some awesome views over the city. I visited the Old Synagogue, where an exhibit has been set up about the Dubrovnik ghetto in the 16th and 17th centuries. I also saw a photography exhibit in one of the galleries ...

... spooked but eventually found it. The next day we took a boat over to Lokrum, and island just 10 minutes ride from Dubrovnik, a UNESCO protected forest vegetation reserve. It was an unspoilt paradise, we swam in a salt-water lake with rock-face sides and ...

... couple who didn't live far from our old apartment. We all remarked that we couldn't believe we were eating pizza in Dubrovnik, and enjoyed some familiar conversation for the rest of our meal. We began a full scale exploration day with, you guessed ...

... and funloving people.  Our host served the best homemade red wine we have ever tasted! On to Croatia and the beautiful old city of Dubrovnik, a UNESCO World Heritage site and known as the "pearl of the Adriatic" with Gothic Renaissance and ...

... them, because today it is the busiest tourist spot in this region. And preciously because of this, I found it not that enchanting. Dubrovnik is the Little Venice – a place where time has stopped, so you find lot of well-preserved old buildings and ...

... crossing guard refused to stamp our passports, but she wisely chose not to pursue the matter further. Before long, we reached Dubrovnik and easily found the Hotel Neptun. We checked in and were quite pleased with the setup. The rooms are recently ...

... some more. Down from the walls we wandered around the Old City a bit, saw a procession of locals in traditional garb, and then found the Synagogue but it was too late to go in and look. We left the Old City and went to the restaurant at the bottom of our ...

... --the views can't be beat. We wanted to find the synagogue since it is the oldest Sephardi, and the second oldest overall, synagogue in Europe.  Since it is Saturday, we didn't think it would be open.  I was really disappointed to see that it ...

... who had been here and someone we had dinner with in Budapest, we decided to skip Split and hop a bus straight to Dubrovnik. Due to a miscommunication between Jody and I, we basically arrived at the bus station and hopped on a bus that left the station ...

Hello Everyone! I am currently in Dubrovnik, Croatia and I think it may very well be the most beautiful city I have ever seen. I arrived early yesterday morning by ferry. I had spent the day in Bari and was starting to get concerned that I may not meet ...