Three Days in Dubrovnik - A Guide, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Lots of superlatives can be used to describe Dubrovnik, Croatia. Magnificent, beautiful, gorgeous, stunning, breathtaking, jaw-dropping, fabulous, mind-blowing鈥攁ll the classic positive adjectives that you often read in travel articles apply to Dubrovnik.
As I鈥檝e used several already, I鈥檒l try to limit them in the rest of this post. It鈥檚 hard not to use them, though, for it is a truly spectacular鈥攐ops!鈥攃ity.
We spent four nights and three days in Dubrovnik last summer and got to see pretty much all highlights. I want to say that, however great the city is, it is not that big and three days in Dubrovnik is plenty of time to cover it. This will even leave time for a side trip, as you will see below.
I鈥檓 not going to bore you with the historic background of this old, once-independent city. Many online sources offer all the information you might need鈥攁 quick Google search is all it takes.
I do, however, want to give you guys a brief geographical introduction. Dubrovnik is located in the far south of the Dalmatian coast in Croatia. The area surrounding Dubrovnik forms a mainland 鈥渋sland鈥� of Croatian territory surrounded by other nations. Although the city lies on the Croatian mainland, if you want to travel by car to another part of Croatia and not leave the country, you鈥檒l have to take a ferry. You can find why that鈥檚 the case when you read the history of Dubrovnik, which, by the way鈥攁llow me to throw in just one historic fact鈥攚as known as Ragusa up until 1918. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
As I鈥檝e used several already, I鈥檒l try to limit them in the rest of this post. It鈥檚 hard not to use them, though, for it is a truly spectacular鈥攐ops!鈥攃ity.
We spent four nights and three days in Dubrovnik last summer and got to see pretty much all highlights. I want to say that, however great the city is, it is not that big and three days in Dubrovnik is plenty of time to cover it. This will even leave time for a side trip, as you will see below.
I鈥檓 not going to bore you with the historic background of this old, once-independent city. Many online sources offer all the information you might need鈥攁 quick Google search is all it takes.
I do, however, want to give you guys a brief geographical introduction. Dubrovnik is located in the far south of the Dalmatian coast in Croatia. The area surrounding Dubrovnik forms a mainland 鈥渋sland鈥� of Croatian territory surrounded by other nations. Although the city lies on the Croatian mainland, if you want to travel by car to another part of Croatia and not leave the country, you鈥檒l have to take a ferry. You can find why that鈥檚 the case when you read the history of Dubrovnik, which, by the way鈥攁llow me to throw in just one historic fact鈥攚as known as Ragusa up until 1918. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Three Days in Dubrovnik - A Guide
Guide Location: Croatia » Dubrovnik
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Bram Reusen
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: Croatia » Dubrovnik
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Bram Reusen
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- City Walls
- Pile Gate
- Stradun
- Onofrio鈥檚 Big Fountain
- Franciscan Monastery and Museum
- Synagogue Museum
- Sponza Palace
- Babin Kuk
- Camping Solitudo
- Valamar Hotel
- Proto Restaurant
- Lapad
- Bell Tower
- City Hall
- Orlando鈥檚 Column
- Rector鈥檚 Palace
- Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin
- Dominican Monastery and Museum
- War Photo Museum
- Cable Car
- Banje Beach
- Lokrum Island
- Benedictine monastery
- botanical garden
- Fort Royal
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