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Beautiful Dubrovnik: Stradun - the artery of Dubrovnik
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  • Updated By KristaB on May 24, 2004
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  • Stradun - Dubrovnik
    Stradun
    by KristaB
    Stradun used to be a channel dividing two settlements. It was filled up in 12th century - joining together two small communities. The building of city walls begun at that time, too, because of frequent attacks by Venetians, Arabs, Serbs, Macedonians and some other intruders.

    Surrender and enjoy. Evening is the right time for slow walk up and down (because it isn't very long, of course).
    Take a walk to Trubadur bar, and check if there is some jam session announcement for that evening. In that case, don't even think about getting a seat after 20.00. Grab one comfy bamboo chair and order something good. I'll have Pina Colada, please.
    And after the music stops echoing through narrow streets, there will still be many smiling souls wandering up and down Stradun promenade.

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    Beautiful Dubrovnik: A walled city
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  • Updated By acemj on April 11, 2004
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  • Beautiful Dubrovnik - Dubrovnik
    by acemj
    Outside of the city walls, Dubrovnik is no more remarkable than most coastal Croatian towns. I was surprised to learn that its population is only 30,000. After all, it is probably the best known tourist destination in the country (although here on VT there are more Zagreb tips than Dubrovnik ones), but most of what you're likely going to be interested in is located inside the Old Town.

    Rising above the Old Town, you'll find Mount Srd and the now empty Fort Imperial, which was built by Napolean's occupying army in 1808. I didn't make it all the way up the hill, but even half-way up, the views are spectacular.

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    Beautiful Dubrovnik: Beautiful Dubrovnik
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  • Updated By acemj on April 11, 2004
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  • Beautiful Dubrovnik - Dubrovnik
    by acemj
    Photos of Dubrovnik right here on VT are the reason that I packed my bags and decided to visit Croatia. The moniker, "the Pearl of the Adriatic" may actually be an understatement (maybe a diamond would have been more appropriate?). I took this picture from the back window of the Croatia Airlines bus as I was leaving town, so it's not the best example of what inspired me, but hopefully something on this page will inspire you in some way.

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    Beautiful Dubrovnik: Any time of year is good
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  • Updated By acemj on April 11, 2004
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  • Beautiful Dubrovnik - Dubrovnik
    by acemj
    I was in Dubrovnik in the off-season, but even in February it is a beautiful place to visit. The weather is mild and the tourist crowds are absent, although you'll definitely sacrifice some of the ambience that the crowded cafes and improved nightlife in the summer months provides.

    In July and August, Dubrovnik hosts a high brow Summer Festival featuring concerts and plays (think Shakespeare, not Broadway) in many of the city's beautiful courtyards and palaces.

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    Beautiful Dubrovnik: Dubrovnik by Night
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  • Updated By sandysmith on November 9, 2005
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  • Streets of Gold - Dubrovnik
    Streets of Gold
    by sandysmith
    Dubrovnik is just as beautiful at night, maybe even more so. One of the best things about staying in Dubrovnik is being able to wander the street at nightime - see how quiet it is now and the from the lamp reflections along the Stradun the polished marble floor glistens almost like gold. Other buildings like the Cathedral and Rector's Place are also beautifully illuminated. We even had a full moon to enhance our enjoyment of a night stroll here :-) Please see more night scenes in the travelogue below.

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    Beautiful Dubrovnik: Touch the history
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  • By IngaA on October 21, 2003
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    Walls of Dubrovnik
    by IngaA
    Dubrovnik has a really interesting and somehow atrange history. The old town is saurrounded by the large brick walls, designed to protect city from various tribes during the Middle Age, and actually never used for that purpose. The Republic of Dubrovnik survived many regimes changing one another in europe and was never destroyed. Not because of the big stone walls but due to the outstanding diplomatic efforts, which by the way, were successful.

    Old Town. The completely preserved area. Medieval "island" inside "Great Croatian Wall", if can say so. I didn't see the Great Chinese Wall but I bet Dubrovnik Wall can compete, at least by its beauty.
    And what a strange life it is. Those walls survived several centuries of constant wars all around and finally the city took its most severe destruction caused by the civic war. On the wall there is a map where all the objects are shown, which suffered of bombings. The map is full of those little circles. They destroyed the original roofs and the municipal authorities had to replace them with new ones.
    On nthe walls you can see the statue of St. Vlaho (Blaise), the protector of Dubrovnik, surveing the town and greeting us.

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    Beautiful Dubrovnik: Cafe society in Dubrovnik
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    Like pretty much everywhere else in Croatia, Dubrovnik presents endless wonderful opportunities to sit at outdoor cafes and enjoy the world passing by. We took in a few glasses of Croatian wine and lovely sunset at one of the sidewalk cafes in the old city's Placa. The clock tower at one end can be seen in the background.

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    Beautiful Dubrovnik: Architectural Details
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  • Updated By sandysmith on November 23, 2005
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    The Rector's Palace deserves closer scrutiny from the outside - so much detail, the more you look the more you notice - its probably the most ornate of the buildings in Dubrovnik. It has ornate gothic arches with intricate carvings on them - all different. My camera had a happy time here ! Two of the capitals are from the original Palace, such as the one of the Rector administering justice to the citizens - shown in pic 4.

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    Beautiful Dubrovnik: Dubrovnik is about history: let's remember
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    War in Dubrovnik
    by bicycle_girl
    Dubrovnik is a really old city. Thousands of years actually. Now history was made also in 1995 and also destroyed when gazillions of bombed fell off on the old city. On the picture attached is a picture of where the bombed fell on the city, and where fires were started. Nowwadays the workers are still constructing what has been destroyed, but unfortunately several historical buildings were lost. Let's remember this. We are all in this together.

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    Beautiful Dubrovnik: Lapad Area
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  • Updated By sandysmith on November 20, 2005
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  • Uvual Bay - Dubrovnik
    Uvual Bay
    by sandysmith, 1 more photos
    Lapad peninsula (See map pic 2)is regarded as one of the most beautiful parts of Dubrovnik. Its beach is the largest beach in Dubrovnik and is located in Lapad bay, very close to the Lapad walking Zone and in the near vicinity of several hotels, many restaurants, cafe bars, tennis courts, children playgrounds. Inbetween Lapad nad the Babin Kuk peninsula is Uvula Bay. Unfortunatelt we only got to sail past this area on a boat trip but it did indeed look very pleasant.

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