Dubrovnik, Croatia Travel Blogs

pearl of the Adriatic Sea
Jul 26, 2008 (60 photos)

... wieksze i przezywalo najazd turystow. A tlumy ludzi moga zniszczyc atmosfere kazdego miejsca. Ceny również mnie zastanowily - Dubrovnik to jedno z drozszych miast w Europie, np. bilet autobusowy byl drozszy niz bilet na metro w Atenach. Ale starowka ...

The old town of Dubrovnik
Oct 24, 2007 (41 photos)

... nbsp; The croissants don't get 10 stars today, but the breakfast is good.  Head out on deck and we're approaching Dubrovnik.  I can see Millennium has arrived before us and as we round an island in the harbour Silversea Silver Whisper is also in ...

Let's go to Dubrovnik this morning...
Jun 30, 2008 (14 photos)

... run around the old city.  We have breakfast and head to the airport. Next thing we know, 55 minutes later, we are in Dubrovnik. Head to the Avis station and schedule a car pick up and then call up a hotel, Villa Argentina, to book a room.  ...

Dubrovnik
Jul 9, 2005 (4 photos)

... clear the plates of the previous occupants, they were eating from the leftovers!!! We pissed ourselves!! Worse than seagulls!! Dubrovnik had met my expectations. Even though every spare space is packed with alfesco diners and tourists, it is the ...

Dubrovnik
Aug 23, 2007 (12 photos)

... way instead of the new motorway that runs almost all the way down. We found a great place to stay six km's outside of Dubrovnik. Villa Paradis is perched on the side of a hill, where several tiers of accommodation sit up the hill. Our room was on the ...

Dubrovnik
Jun 6, 2006 (28 photos)

... has not been lovely, and we suffered several days of torrential rain. From lovely (but wet) Korcula island I caught the bus to DUbrovnik. Izm staying in a nice house with two Australian girls, about 15 minutes walk from the old town. The old town of ...

Fall Vacation Part 3: Istria & the Dalmatian Coast
Oct 7, 2007 (88 photos)

... this restaurant specializes in truffle-infused dishes. We ate on the terrace overlooking the valley below. * Ston (north of Dubrovnik): Restaurant Bakus. Amazing garlic mussels! And kitties running around begging. Chris wasn't the only "softie" feeding ...

Dubrovnik
Oct 18, 2008 (12 photos)

... it was well worth it.  The countryside here is stunning with its beautiful rolling hills all along the already gorgeous Dubrovnik Riviera.  Although we still prefer train travel these views are definitely allowing the bus network to compete.  We rolled into ...

Mostar to Dubrovnik
Dec 12, 2007 (2 photos)

... don't think the hapless owner got it back. We speculated about what might pass for contraband in the trade between Bosnia and Croatia. We arrived in Dubrovnik and found an ATM to get some kuna (about 4.3 kuna to $1) then took a cab ride to the 'Buza Gate ...

A lazy day in Dubrovnik
Dec 16, 2007 (2 photos)

... for today, so we did a bit of wandering about. We caught a bus to check out one of the shopping centres around Dubrovnik and tried to do a bit of Christmas shopping, without much success. It was very cold in Dubrovnik today, even though the official ...

Ancient wall hey?
Jul 30, 2006 (35 photos)

... have to wear shorts. I never wear shorts. Shorts? Killing me. So, to the Top 5. The combination of expensive Dubrovnik food prices, which has prevented me from eating anything remotely decent, and a general missing of homely, familiar foods has had ...

Another brick in the wall
Dec 14, 2007 (5 photos)

... on Monday only to find that for some reason I had stuffed up the planning (I know! Incredible isn't it?) and the ferry from Dubrovnik to Hvar leaves on Wednesdays and Sundays only. This means a disappointing change of plan: a bus trip to Split and then a ...

The Good and the Bad
Aug 25, 2006

... knowing for certain how much I had exactly spent. A little dangerous when you're on a budget. I started my time in Croatia in Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik is a very nice city, sitting on a stunning sea with some decent beaches, so it has a lot going for it to ...

The best of Dubrovnik
Dec 17, 2007 (3 photos)

... quite as marvellous as the rest. All this and we hadn't had the mussels, which is the restaurant's speciality. If you are in Dubrovnik, do not miss this place. We finished with a crčme caramel (also delicious) and a coffee. After lunch we went for a walk ...

Hot and sticky Croatia
Jun 24, 2008 (16 photos)

... tent an all. It was great to sleep in the tent instead of the sauna (Banksy). Split (old centre), Trogir, Korcula and Dubrovnik are all wonderful places to visit especially in the day time heat as the walls of the old centres seem to keep the heat ...

Day 1 in Dubrovnik
Dec 13, 2007 (4 photos)

... that exists outside of the city walls. On the way through I saw a poster on the wall that indicated the shelling that Dubrovnik had received at the hands of the Serbs during the Balkans conflict. I was surprised and saddened to see just how many shells ...

Room With A View
Jun 21, 2006 (10 photos)

... is because in 1991 Serbian and Montenegrin gunners decided to blow the shit out of it with a prolonged artillery bombarment. Dubrovnik had no military significance whatsoever. They just wanted to destroy something beautiful. Last night we went to ...

Dubrovnik a city of red roofs and ...
Jun 17, 2002 (6 photos)

... . But we 'made him feel happy' so that alone was worth it. The three of us wandered back into Old Town to Dubrovnik's Irish bar. Travelling adage - when all else is closing, the Irish Bar will still be open. We plonked ourselves at the bar, oblivious ...

Get me out of . . .
Aug 21, 2007

Coming soon . . .

Croatia - The finish
Jul 10, 2005 (5 photos)

... themselves to it !!!!! We were both disgusted by this but it made us laugh our asses off !!!!! That was Dubrvnik, in fact Croatia. The best view of Dubrovnik came from the bus as we climbed a hill as we left the area. Over all, the country was nice, but ...

The beautiful Dalmatian coast
Jun 14, 2006 (6 photos)

... with a sea of pink roofs over the brilliant blue water. However, anyplace this beautiful doesn't exactly stay a secret, and Dubrovnik is completely overrun. The winding streets of the town are full of cafes, shops, and throngs and throngs of tourists ...

Walled city of Dubrovnik
May 23, 2006 (29 photos)

... of bloodshed and 'ethnic cleansing' so I must have assumed it only affected the countryside, not large towns like Dubrovnik. Anyway, the locals obviously got busy after that because the place is pretty shmick and span now. Radiant sun washes ...

Kat Loved It, I Thought It Was El Stinko..
Jun 21, 2006 (10 photos)

... . The little old lady even got her ripe block of fromage. Win win so they say. We had roughly 4 days to take in Dubrovnik proper which meant a day walking around the old town itself and another couple of days on the beach taking in some rays. We were ...

Bright pink underwear.
Oct 16, 2005 (4 photos)

... the highlight of my day. As I had mentioned earlier, I had my own apartment within the city walls, near the western seaside. In Dubrovnik, you can walk the entire length of the walls, on the top, looking down into the city. I had gotten up really early ...

Most amazing city and my apartment
Oct 14, 2005 (6 photos)

... old town. The city of Dubrovnik is still surrounded by the original city walls built centuries ago to defend against attacks. Old Town Dubrovnik is built entirely out of Brk Stone. It is a white stone, mined from one of the nearby islands off the coast ...

Delectable Dubrovnik
Jun 2, 2006 (12 photos)

... So, now that I have got my little bitch out of the way, I will start talking about the good things... I arrived in Dubrovnik without accommodation as the youth hostel was full. I was playing a dangerous game when I embarked on my crazy journey down the ...

Be careful you don't fall.
Aug 5, 2005

So we left Rome and went off to get a boat to a place in Croatia called Dubrovnik we had to sleep on the deck which was interesting and for once on this trip Moya had trouble sleeping! but as backpackers we are poor and can't afford simple luxury of a bed ...

the walled city
Jun 8, 2006 (16 photos)

... for lunch and to admire the view. People were swimming, so although it has been cold the water must be warm! The highlight of Dubrovnik has to be the walled Old Town. For $10 you can walk all the way around the outside of the fortified walls, with ...

the great wall of croatia
Jul 13, 2009

... location was perfect, just outside the city walls steps from a private ´´beach´´ (more on this later).  The city of Dubrovnik´s central focus is the aforementioned Old Town.  Basically, this is a small city set on the gorgeous Adriatic Sea where an ...

Beaches, Boats and Random Streets
Mar 17, 2007 (6 photos)

Our last destination in Croatia is Dubrovnik... Dubrovnik is a truly stunning city!  It was more or less saved from bombing during the wars and so most of the architecture is original... Once again we stayed in lodgings that we found on Hostelworld, ...