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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"A walled marble city on the Adriatic, spectacular and overwhelmed. Walk the walls at eight in the morning and it is unforgettable; arrive at noon in August and it is a queue.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304098","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"1,940m | Of city walls, walkable\r\n8,000 | Cruise passengers on a busy day\r\n\u20ac35 | Entry to the walls","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Spectacular, and managed like a theme park","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Dubrovnik was the Republic of Ragusa, an independent maritime state that outmanoeuvred Venice for centuries, and it built walls nearly two kilometres long to stay that way. They are still there, still complete, and walking them is the best hour on the Croatian coast.\r\n\r\nThe problem is volume. Up to 8,000 cruise passengers can be in the old town at once in high season, on streets built for a few thousand residents, and the city has introduced caps and charges to manage it. Around a thousand people now live inside the walls, down from five thousand in the 1990s.\r\n\r\nThe timing rules are simple and they change everything: walls at eight when they open, or after five. Old town in the evening, not at midday. Avoid days when four ships are in \u2014 the port publishes the schedule.\r\n\r\nTwo days, and stay over.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Airport bus 30 minutes, about \u20ac10. Buses from Split 4.5 hours\r\nGetting around | Walkable old town, steep everywhere else. Buses about \u20ac2\r\nCurrency | Euro since 2023\r\nCity walls | About \u20ac35, and they open at 08:00\r\nCruise schedule | Published online. Check it before choosing a day\r\nTap water | Safe to drink","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Inside the walls is atmospheric and expensive. Everything else is a bus ride and much cheaper.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Old Town | Atmosphere | Inside the walls: marble streets, the Stradun, and the city to yourself after the ships leave. Expensive and noisy. | 42.6410 | 18.1100 |  | \nPlo\u010de | Views and beaches | East of the walls, with Banje beach, the cable car station and the classic view back at the city. | 42.6420 | 18.1170 |  | \nLapad and Babin Kuk | Value and swimming | The peninsula west of the centre: beaches, a promenade, far cheaper beds and a fifteen-minute bus in. | 42.6560 | 18.0790 |  | \nGru\u017e | Transport and value | The port and bus station area, with the market, ferries to the islands and the cheapest rooms. | 42.6610 | 18.0870 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Walk the walls, and walk them at eight. They open at eight in summer, entry is about \u20ac35, the circuit is 1,940 metres and takes an hour to ninety minutes, and doing it in the first hour means shade, cool air and photographs without crowds. By eleven it is a slow-moving queue in full sun with no way off.\r\n\r\nThe cable car up Sr\u0111 takes four minutes and costs about \u20ac27 return, or you can walk up in an hour on a switchback path. The view over the walled city and the islands is the best in Croatia, and sunset is the time.\r\n\r\nLokrum, the island fifteen minutes away by boat, has a monastery, peacocks, a salt lake and free swimming, and it is the easiest escape from the crowds.\r\n\r\nInside the walls, the Rector's Palace, the Franciscan monastery with one of the oldest working pharmacies in Europe, and the war photo exhibition are the ones worth entry.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The walls at 08:00 | About \u20ac35, and the first hour is the whole difference\r\nSr\u0111 cable car | About \u20ac27 return, or an hour on foot. Go at sunset\r\nLokrum | Fifteen minutes by boat, with swimming and peacocks\r\nFranciscan pharmacy | Working since 1317, inside the monastery","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The old town itself is free to walk into \u2014 only the walls charge \u2014 and it is a different city at seven in the morning and after nine at night.\r\n\r\nBanje beach and the rocky shores below the walls are free, and Bu\u017ea, a bar through a hole in the sea wall, charges only for drinks.\r\n\r\nWalking up Sr\u0111 on the switchback path costs nothing and takes about an hour, with the same view as the cable car.\r\n\r\nThe Lapad promenade and its beaches are free, and Gru\u017e market in the morning is free to wander and the cheapest food in the city.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The old town | Free to enter. Only the walls are ticketed\r\nWalk up Sr\u0111 | An hour on the switchbacks, and the same view\r\nFree beaches | Banje, the rocks under the walls, and all of Lapad\r\nGru\u017e market | Mornings, and the cheapest food here","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_food_body":"This is the most expensive city in Croatia to eat in, and the restaurants inside the walls know exactly who their customers are \u2014 \u20ac25 to \u20ac40 for a main is normal on the Stradun side streets.\r\n\r\nThe way around it is to leave. Gru\u017e has the market and the konobas that locals use, at \u20ac12 to \u20ac20, and Lapad is similar.\r\n\r\nDalmatian cooking is the same as the rest of the coast: grilled fish by weight, black risotto, pa\u0161ticada, and peka ordered hours ahead.\r\n\r\nPelje\u0161ac and Kor\u010dula wines come from just up the coast \u2014 Plavac Mali is the red \u2014 and a glass is \u20ac5 to \u20ac8 in town, less at a market shop.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6 inside the walls and \u20ac3 outside them.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Inside the walls | \u20ac25\u201340 a main. Priced for cruise passengers\r\nGru\u017e | The market and the konobas locals use. \u20ac12\u201320\r\nPlavac Mali | The local red from Pelje\u0161ac, \u20ac5\u20138 a glass\r\nBuy at the market | The single biggest saving available here","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Modest and expensive inside the walls, where a few bars run late and the crowd is largely visitors.\r\n\r\nBu\u017ea, reached through a hole in the sea wall, is the one everyone goes to \u2014 drinks on the rocks above the water at sunset, with cliff jumping for the brave.\r\n\r\nLapad has the more local bars and the beach clubs, and Banje beach club is the summer venue east of the walls.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6 and cocktails \u20ac10 to \u20ac15.\r\n\r\nDubrovnik is not a party town \u2014 the crowds are older, the residents are few, and noise inside the walls is policed. For a bigger night, Split and Hvar are the destinations.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Bu\u017ea | Through a hole in the sea wall, drinks above the water\r\nLapad | Where the more local bars and beach clubs are\r\nPrices | Beer \u20ac4\u20136, cocktails \u20ac10\u201315\r\nNot a party town | Split and Hvar are, an easy hop up the coast","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The old town is car-free and walkable; everything else is steep and served by buses at about \u20ac2 a ride, bought from a kiosk for less than from the driver.\r\n\r\nThe airport bus takes 30 minutes to the old town and Gru\u017e for about \u20ac10, timed to flights.\r\n\r\nBuses to Split take four and a half hours and Zagreb nine or ten. Note that the road to the rest of Croatia used to cross Bosnian territory at Neum; the Pelje\u0161ac Bridge now bypasses it, so a passport is no longer needed for that stretch.\r\n\r\nFerries and catamarans from Gru\u017e reach Kor\u010dula, Mljet and Hvar, and boats to Lokrum leave from the old port.\r\n\r\nKotor in Montenegro is about two and a half hours with a border crossing that queues badly in summer.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Buses | About \u20ac2, cheaper from a kiosk than the driver\r\nAirport bus | 30 minutes, about \u20ac10, timed to flights\r\nPelje\u0161ac Bridge | The Neum crossing is bypassed. No passport needed now\r\nKotor | Two and a half hours, with summer border queues","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Dubrovnik costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"The most expensive place in Croatia by a distance. Dorms are \u20ac25 to \u20ac60 depending on the month, a main inside the walls \u20ac25 to \u20ac40, and the city walls about \u20ac35 on their own.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac70 to \u20ac120 in season.\r\n\r\nThe levers are real: stay in Lapad or Gru\u017e and bus in, eat where the market is, use the free beaches, and walk up Sr\u0111 rather than paying \u20ac27 for the cable car.\r\n\r\nThe Dubrovnik Pass at around \u20ac35 to \u20ac45 includes the walls and several museums plus buses, which makes it worth doing if you would pay for the walls anyway.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac25\u201360, with August at the top\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac70\u2013120 in season\r\nDubrovnik Pass | Includes the walls, museums and buses. Usually worth it\r\nStay in Lapad or Gru\u017e | Half the price, fifteen minutes by bus","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Dubrovnik is very safe, with crowds and heat the real issues rather than crime.\r\n\r\nThe walls are the most common source of problems: 1,940 metres of exposed stone with steep steps, almost no shade and no easy exits once you are on them. In July and August people faint up there. Go at eight, take water, and do not start the circuit at midday.\r\n\r\nThe marble streets of the old town are polished by centuries of feet and are slippery in rain.\r\n\r\nBeaches are rocky and sea urchins are common \u2014 water shoes help.\r\n\r\nPickpocketing occurs in the Stradun crush when ships are in. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"The walls in heat | No shade, few exits, and people faint in August\r\nGo at 08:00 | And carry water\r\nPolished marble | Slippery in rain\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Islands, an oyster bay and two countries, all within a few hours.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Lokrum | 15 minutes | Boat from the old port, about \u20ac27 return | A wooded island with a monastery, peacocks, a salt lake and free swimming. The easiest escape from the crowds. |  | 1304231\nSton and Pelje\u0161ac | 1 hour | Bus or tour, \u20ac10\u201335 | The second longest defensive wall in the world, salt pans worked since Roman times, and oysters from the bay. |  | 1304232\nKotor, Montenegro | 2.5 hours | Bus or tour, \u20ac20\u201350 | A walled town on a fjord-like bay, with a fortress climb. Border queues in summer are significant. |  | 1304233\nCavtat | 40 minutes | Boat or bus, \u20ac5\u201315 | A quiet harbour town south of the city, with a Me\u0161trovi\u0107 mausoleum and far fewer people. |  | 1304234","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May, June, September and October. July and August are the reason the city has a crowding problem.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The crowd calendar matters more than the weather \u2014 check the cruise ship schedule before picking a day, because four ships in port changes the city completely.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 12 | 1 | Mild, wet and very quiet. Some places closed\r\nFebruary | 12 | 1 | Carnival, and still quiet\r\nMarch | 14 | 2 | Warming. The walls are pleasant and empty\r\nApril | 17 | 3 | Good. Cruise season starting\r\nMay | 22 | 5 | Excellent. Warm, swimmable, and not yet overwhelmed\r\nJune | 26 | 4 | Warm sea, long days, crowds building\r\nJuly | 29 | 3 | Peak. Cruise ships, heat and queues\r\nAugust | 29 | 3 | The busiest and most expensive weeks of the year\r\nSeptember | 25 | 5 | The best month. Warmest sea, crowds easing\r\nOctober | 21 | 4 | Still swimmable, much cheaper, and calm\r\nNovember | 17 | 1 | Quiet and wet. Ferries reduce\r\nDecember | 13 | 2 | Mild and empty, with a small Advent market","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A summer festival that has run since 1950, in the streets and on the walls.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/croatia\/dubrovnik\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Dubrovnik Summer Festival | July and August | Old town and the walls | Theatre, opera and classical music staged in courtyards, forts and on the walls themselves, running since 1950. |  | \nFeast of St Blaise | 3 February | Old town | The city's patron saint day, UNESCO-listed, with processions and the whole town out in the low season. |  | \nCruise season | April to October | Old port and Gru\u017e | The schedule is published online. Four ships in port changes the city entirely \u2014 check before choosing a day. |  | \nAdvent in Dubrovnik | December | Stradun | Lights and stalls along the marble main street, in a city that is otherwise empty. |  | \nMidsummer Scene | Summer | Fort Lovrijenac | Shakespeare performed in a clifftop fortress above the sea. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros, in season.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"The walls alone are about \u20ac35. The Dubrovnik Pass bundles them with museums and buses and usually pays for itself.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 25 | 18 | 4 | 10\r\nMiddle of the road | 50 | 40 | 6 | 40\r\nComfortable | 95 | 75 | 12 | 70","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"Limited and expensive inside the walls, with far better value in Lapad and Gru\u017e a short bus ride away. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Dubrovnik","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/croatia\/dubrovnik\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Dubrovnik travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"When should I walk the walls? | At eight, when they open. The circuit is 1,940 metres of exposed stone with almost no shade and few exits, and by eleven in summer it is a slow queue in full sun. The first hour is cool, quiet and the whole difference between a highlight and an ordeal.\r\nHow bad are the crowds? | On a day with several cruise ships in, up to 8,000 passengers can be in an old town built for a few thousand people. The port publishes its schedule online \u2014 check it before choosing which day to go inside the walls.\r\nIs it worth the money? | The city is extraordinary and the prices are the highest in Croatia. Stay in Lapad or Gru\u017e and bus in, eat where the market is, use the free beaches, and it becomes reasonable. Trying to do Dubrovnik entirely inside the walls is what makes it expensive.\r\nDo I need a passport for the bus from Split? | No longer. The route used to cross a short strip of Bosnian territory at Neum, but the Pelje\u0161ac Bridge now bypasses it entirely.\r\nIs the cable car worth \u20ac27? | The view from Sr\u0111 over the walled city and the islands is the best in Croatia. You can also walk up the switchback path in about an hour for nothing, which is the better option if you are fit and it is not the middle of the day.\r\nHow long do you need? | Two days, and stay over. The city belongs to residents and overnight visitors before nine and after five, and that is when it is worth being there.\r\nWhen is the best month? | September. The sea is at its warmest, the crowds ease after the first week, and prices fall from the August peak. May and October are the cheapest good months.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Dubrovnik hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Dubrovnik | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/croatia\/dubrovnik\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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