Welcome To Dubrovnik: The Pearl Of The Adriatic

Dubrovnik was mayhap my favourite destination inwards Croatia. I know that many people loathe how packed amongst tour groups it tin get, together with how touristy together with expensive it is, but in that place is obviously a argue why therefore many people desire to see it. The root fourth dimension I walked through the Pile Gate together with saw the famous marble-paved Stradun inwards all its smoothen together with glory, I was inwards awe. 

Stradun

Everywhere you lot await in that place is beauty, together with to intend that the metropolis was bombed yesteryear the Serbian regular army inwards the early on 1990s makes me shudder. 

 

Dubrovnik Old Town

 

I was also lucky that inwards early June the former town wasn't every bit good packed amongst people. At nighttime later dinner together with early on inwards the morn the it was particularly quiet, because the big tour groups were gone. Being a pop halt for cruises inwards the Mediterranean, Dubrovnik tin teach horrendously total of large groups of older tourists amongst khaki shorts together with Sun hats beingness led through the town yesteryear a lady amongst an umbrella.

Another persuasion of Stradun

 

Another affair that makes it hard to dearest Dubnovnik are the prices, which are merely ridiculous.: I've seen small-scale bottles of water for sale at xv kunas (2€), together with soft drinks for xxx kunas (4€). The former town is actually small, therefore it's hard to teach away from the touristy parts. For a overnice eventide meal, you lot could caput to Lokanda Peskarija, i of the restaurants of the harbour, recommended both yesteryear locals together with yesteryear guidebooks. I paid 122 kunas (16€) for a real large plate of grilled squid served inwards a large dark pot together with a gigantic flavor salad. Other meals I had inside the former town weren't every bit exciting: inwards a eating seat I was fifty-fifty served cod when I was promised a seabass fillet.

 

It became natural for me to effort to relieve a few kunas hither together with there. As most hostels inwards Republic of Croatia don't offering breakfast,  I presently discovered that bakeries (pekarna inwards Croatian) sell first-class croissants together with the also brand java on the go. In the morn I would purchase a croissant together with a loving cup of java at Mlinar together with sit down on the Onofrio Fountain, looking at i of my favourite sights inwards town, the church building of St. Saviour, which dates dorsum to the 16th century.

 

Church of Saint Saviour

 

One of the best views of Dubrovnik is yet that of the harbour, every bit seen from the eastern gate together with distich roughly the Dominican Monastery. It is absolutely breathtaking, together with non fifty-fifty that inflationed amongst tourists.

 

 

View of the harbour

Of class I couldn't immature adult woman the chance to receive got a walk along the famous metropolis walls. At 100 kunas (13€) it isn't cheap, but it's actually worth it. I went in that place inwards the like shooting fish in a barrel afternoon, therefore the Sun wasn't every bit good strong, together with it was a wise decision. Dubrovnik is called "the Pearl of the Adriatic" together with I tin reckon why: the body of body of water is of an incredible lite bluish colour, together with the roofs of the  houses offering a keen contrast to it together with to the paved roads.

A view

Walking along the metropolis walls

Panorama of the town from the metropolis walls

 

 

Many of the large churches inwards Dubrovnik wouldn't await bad inwards Venice, together with acre many people dearest them, especially the Church of St. Blaise, I barbarous inwards dearest with  the piffling ones, all built inwards stone, amongst triple bells and elaborated rose windows. Sometimes a tuft of grass would saltation out of the stones, together with I fifty-fifty saw a tree growing out of a vase on a façade. The tiny Church of Saint Nicholas (Crkva Sveti Nikole) is i of my favourites. In the eventide the eating seat nearby puts the tables inwards front end of its primary door for lack of space.

 

A cute piffling church

One affair that I liked virtually Dubrovnik is that in that place is ever something going on: for weddings together with baptisms, for example, you volition reckon the guests inwards elegant dresses parading through the Stradun, led yesteryear a homo weaving a Croation flag together with some other playing the accordion. At other times, you lot volition run across an orchestra, consummate amongst bachelorettes together with trumpets, or into a homo performing traditional music acre sitting yesteryear the Onofrio fountain.

 

 

Man performing inwards traditional costumes

 

Another pleasure of beingness inwards Dubrovnik is the wander its small-scale streets total of staircases, looking for beautiful corners amongst colourful laundry out to dry out together with a persuasion of the orangish roofs.



A persuasion of Dubrovnik

There mightiness live on surprises hither together with there, such every bit a stall selling lace adjacent to a Romanic church, or a lounge bar built on the rocky cliffs that await straight downwards to the sea.

Selling lace

Overall, in that place are many things to dearest inwards Dubrovnik, together with others that you'll receive got to suffer to bask this jewel. I intend it's of import to accept it for what it is: an extremely pop tourist destination, amongst Game of Thrones tours that sell for exorbitant prices, but also amongst lesser visited museums (the cloister of the Franciscan monastery is peculiarly beautiful) together with charming small-scale streets.

 

Franciscan monastery

 

With a piffling patience it is possible to discovery tranquillity streets that are non overrun amongst tourists. Dubrovnik may non live on everyone's loving cup of tea, amongst its expensive fish restaurants, its baroque churches together with endless vacation apartments to rent, but I intend that it is actually a beautiful house to visit, amongst lots of history together with surprises behind every corner.

 



A tranquillity street inwards Dubrovnik



 

Have you lot been to Dubrovnik? What did you lot think?





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