Grand Hotel Dubrovnik

... in writing it Dot points for your reading pleasure: · Croatian Islands are spectacular. Benita and I explored the Islands and Dubrovnik for nine days. Lots of ice-cream and UV rays were consumed · My cousins in London let me call ...

... to Kotor, Montenegro.  We then hopped in a taxi and before long were at the most luxurious hotel of our trip – the new Grand Imperial Hilton Dubrovnik.  Sitting right outside the Old Town at Pile Gate, you couldn’t ask for a better ...

... on the approach to Dubrovnik airport. We were picked up at the airport by Miro from Tom Tours and driven to our hotel, Grand Villa Argentina, along the scenic coastal road.Our room was excellent with a balcony overlooking Lokrum Island and with views of ...

... 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 ...

... and is only a very narrow strip of land. We had an icecream so we could claim it as another country visited!! We arrived in Dubrovnik at 1pm and had an hour before we could check into our rooms. Fletcher and I wandered down to the local beach where we ...

... Fountain down Placa to the Clock Tower and the Sponza Palace which housed a display on those that lost their lives defending Dubrovnik during the recent war. We then walked down Pred Dvorom past St.Blaise's Church (which was undergoing restoration), the ...

... in that last bit of beach time.  The town was very small and easy to walk around.  We came upon the remains of another grand hotel that had not yet been restored after the bombing in the 90s. Our beach time took us up and over the mountain to a ...

... . Hotel Asterisk. June 9: KLM 597, Amsterdam (AMS) to Cape Town (CPT), 1020am-955pm. June 9-13: Cape Town. Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel Cape Town. June 13: 1T112, Cape Town (CPT) to Johannesburg (JNB), 6pm-8pm. June 13-14: Johannesburg. Lodging ...

... intense, but it's just extraordinary how beautiful the city is. You could easily mistake any building in the city for a palace, grand hotel, fancy restaurant, casino or bank. Every building is worth seeing and you could take a photo of everything there. ...

... to be all I read these days. Bought a copy of John Connelly’s The Lincoln Lawyer for 55K. The Dubrovnik Hotel was built in 1929 and like the Grand Union in Ljubljana is a little faded and has that functional, no frills Soviet Block feel about it. ...

... ;                It’s been quite a week. Starting off in Dubrovnik which is just a wonderful city to be in. The last blog brought you up to speed on that place. One of the ...

We got into Ljubljana last night around 9pm. We had great travel luck. Last minute we booked a $100 flight from Dubrovnik to Zagreb, so we spent one hour traveling instead of 15+. We also booked this hotel last minute, which is normally crazy expensive ...

... for a roadside picnic were spoiled by bad weather. We were disappointed that we wouldn't get to enjoy the gorgeous scenery between Dubrovnik and Split, and I was sorry we hadn't stopped a few more times on our ride in the other direction to take some ...

... before taking a ferry ride and crossing into Croatia before continuing down the dalmatian coastline and  heading towards Dubrovnik. September 4th - 5th: After a short bus ride we arrive at the walled city of Dubrovnik, strolling the ...

"Is the Dalmatian Coast the next Riviera? Dubrovnik and the islands off Southern Croatia are tempting travelers with natural beauty and a buzzing nightlife." - Travel & Leisure After our long arrivederci at Casa Ercole, my brother drove me 30 ...

... a family of Haitians (3 sisters and a brother) travelling around Europe for the summer who I had seen at Villa Argentina in Dubrovnik. An evening nap, Phin's genius idea, serves us well to prepare us for the night to come. We start the night ...

... he arrived five minutes later, looking fit and healthy. He's been having a great time kayaking in both Argentina and Chile. The guy from Dubrovnik Rental Car didn't arrive until 12:30, so Will and I sat in lobby and caught each other up on what we had ...

... . A late return to the hotel after another trip through the old town convinced me that this gorgeous place deserved another day - with Dubrovnik a short drive away tomorrow would be a seaside excursion followed by more of Trebinje in the late ...

This morning we left Dubrovnik very early, at 7-30am. We headed down the coast, stopping for a photo of the city from the clifftop. Continued on to the Croatia/Montenegro border which we passed through without too much difficulty. Our first major stop was ...