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# Dubrovnik city guide: introduction and basics
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## From arrival to sights, hotels and restaurants, Jane Foster offers a
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condensed guide to the medieval city of Dubrovnik.
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![Dubrovnik city guide][1]
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Dubrovnik has a spectacular location on the Adriatic Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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By Jane Foster 11:34AM GMT 27 Mar 2009
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Sitting proudly on the calm blue waters of the Adriatic, Dubrovnik is one of
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the world's most magnificent fortified cities. Today a UNESCO world heritage
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site and Croatia's most upmarket destination, it was once the capital of the
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wealthy seafaring Republic of Ragusa (1358-1808). During its Golden Age in the
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16th century, it had one of the largest merchant naval fleets in the world,
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with consulates in over 50 foreign ports.
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Although prices here for virtually everything are almost double what they
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would be anywhere else in Croatia, that doesn't seem to be putting anybody
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off. In 2007, 4.5 million people visited Dubrovnik, and the city is also a
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favourite bolt-hole for celebrities such as Sir Roger Moore and John
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Malkovich, as well as a popular port of call for cruise ships sailing the East
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Mediterranean.
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**Getting there **
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Fly to Dubrovnik with** British Airways** (0844 493 0 787, [www.ba.com][3]
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from Gatwick);** Croatia Airlines** (0870 4100 310,
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[www.croatiaairlines.com][4] from Gatwick); **Flybe** (0871 700 2000,
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[www.flybe.com][5] from Birmingham and Exeter); **Flyglobespan** (0871 971
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1440, [www.flyglobespan.com][6] from Edinburgh) and **Thomsonfly** (0870 1900
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737, [www.thomsonfly.com][7] from Manchester and Luton).
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**Insider's tips **
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**Dubrovnik airport** [(www.airport-dubrovnik.hr)][8] lies 20km southeast of
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the city centre. Airport buses are scheduled to coincide with incoming
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flights, dropping passengers at Pile Gate just outside the old town and at
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Dubrovnik Bus Station next to the ferry port, ticket 35Kn.
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## Related Articles
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* [Dubrovnik city guide: top five sights][9]
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27 Mar 2009
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* [Dubrovnik city guide: bars, restaurants and shopping][10]
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27 Mar 2009
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* [Dubrovnik city guide: top five hotels][11]
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27 Mar 2009
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**Dubrovnik Tourist Board **[(www.tzdubrovnik.hr)][12] runs two very useful
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walk-in tourist information centres in the old town at Široka 1 (00385 20
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323587) and Od sv Dominika 7 (00385 20 323887) both open daily 0800-2000.
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Try to visit in May-Jun or Sep-Oct to enjoy warm, sunny days with slightly
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less crowds. During peak season, Jul-Aug, Dubrovnik is overrun with tourists
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and hotel prices rocket. Low season, Nov-Apr, can be pleasant, but the weather
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less reliable.
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The **Dubrovnik Summer Festival** [(www.dubrovnik-festival.hr)][13] runs from
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mid-Jul to mid-Aug, staging concerts, theatre and opera at various open-air
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venues in the old town. The 2008 line-up included the Warsaw Symphony
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Orchestra, Mexican tenor Ramon Vargas, and Australian-born British classical
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guitarist John Williams.
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If you're here in summer, take an afternoon off sightseeing to visit the tiny
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island of Lokrum, served by taxi-boats (journey time 10 min) from the old
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harbour. There's a small botanical garden with peacocks, a tiny saltwater
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lake, a nudist-friendly pebble beach, and two bar-restaurants.
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Nearby places worth visiting include the Renaissance gardens of Trsteno
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arboretum, the vineyards of Pelje?ac peninsular, the seaside resort of Cavtat,
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the tiny car-free Elafiti islands (Kolo?ep, Lopud and Šipan), the island of
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Mljet (one-third of which is a national park), and neighbouring Montenegro.
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* Jane Foster is the author of the Footprint Croatia Handbook
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