Well, this city is quite famous among the inhabitants of our planet. It has been visited by many well-known personalities, such as Prince Edward, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Cruise, Kevin Spacey, and John Malkovich. Although Dubrovnik is often considered an expensive destination, one can still have a great time without being a celebrity or having a lot of money.

In 2010, the city of Dubrovnik and the Dubrovnik Tourist Board launched a program called “Dubrovnik Quality Private Services”. The main goal of the program is to provide a unified platform for the services offered by Dubrovnik so that every guest who wants to visit the city can have access to a comfortable stay at affordable prices.

The program includes various services such as accommodation, food, sightseeing of the cultural and monumental heritage of Dubrovnik, tickets for public transport, and entertainment packages. In short, the program offers everything a guest needs for a pleasant stay in Dubrovnik. Do you need anything more? Maybe just a great companion with whom to share the joys of relaxation and fun. 

After the walls, it is inevitable to walk along the main city street, the most popular meeting place for the people of Dubrovnik, but perhaps even more tourists – Stradun – which is joined on both sides by picturesque streets with many restaurants and cafes.

If you take Stradun from the direction of Pila, you start from the square in the center of which is the large domed Onofrio’s Fountain. Next to the fountain is a complex of monasteries and the Franciscan Church of the Little Brothers, which includes a pharmacy, one of the oldest in Europe (built-in 1317).

If you walk to the opposite side of Stradun, you will reach the main square. At the center of this square stands a tall stone pillar called Orlando’s Column. In ancient times, this was the place where all the crucial decisions of the state government were announced.

Nowadays, the traditional festival of St. Vlaho and the events of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival are held here. Adjacent to the square is the Sponza Palace, which was once a customs house, mint, treasury, bank, and vault. Today, it is a valuable historical archive.

There is a 31-meter-high city bell tower on which bronze soldiers Maro and Baro carefully tick the clocks with the bats blow into a bell weighing two tons. It is also worth visiting the city port, where merchant sailing ships used to come from all over the world. Today, you will find a faithful replica that will deceive you for a moment and make you feel like you’ve gone back in time.

On the left side of the port, you’ll see the fortress of Revelin and right next to it is Lazareti. Lazareti is an exceptionally well-preserved quarantine building which was used to isolate merchants and passengers arriving by ships for a 40-day quarantine period (to prevent the spread of once incurable infectious diseases). The old town boasts of a rich historical heritage, tradition, art – old and new. With so many places to visit, deciding what to see is not an easy task.

If you were amazed by the city view from the walls, then the sight of Dubrovnik from above will take your breath away. To get there, you need to climb the hill Srđ, above the northern side of Dubrovnik. It is a popular picnic spot for locals.

You can reach it by taking the cable car. However, if you’re not comfortable with cable cars, you can also reach the hill by car on a narrow asphalt road. The road is winding and very tight, so encountering a car coming from the opposite direction can be a little scary. But once you reach the hill, the view is worth it, especially if you catch it at sunset.