The City Walls: Dubrovnik, Croatia

Croatia is not a place I have ever seen myself going to, but I did. I went to Dubrovnik last October and it was pretty amazing. I saw the wall in the city, I walked the entire thing, it was a longer walk than I expected but the views were absolutely breath-taking. It was a little confusing at first because they do not use the Euro, they use the Kuna. I wanted to go into a museum inside the city walls, but they only took Kuna,  so I had to walk back out side the city and change my money.  Few places inside the city walls only take Kuna and no charge card, so when entering beware, these places do exist. Also, I was there quite early, it was probably 8-9am. There were very few people on the streets and it was nice to just walk without a lot of noise or people.



The city wall has been here a very long time and it survived some of the bombing from the Serbian war, when I walked the wall I could see some of the building had red roofs and some had brown roofs. I was later told the brown roofs were the ones that survived bombings. It was amazing to see people who live within the city walls, because it's such a charming little place with so many visitors.

The wall was absolutely picturesque.  It was more than that, it was amazing. I was really lucky too, the day was sunny and bright. The water was shining with the sunlight beaming on to it. There were people kayaking into the sea and as I walked to the other side of the wall there were sailboats, small yachts, and other sailing vessels docked.

This was crowded in the afternoon.

When I ate lunch the place was starting to pick up. A lot. The streets were becoming more crowded, even the museum I had previously visited looked like it was getting a line. The monastery appeared to be concluding its service, it was a Sunday and I was amazed to see people leaving the service. This was their church. It was pretty amazing to see it actually in service and not just a tourist location.

After walking the wall, checking out a museum, eating lunch, I was pretty much done. The place had become so crowded it was difficult to walk back out into the street. I used up all my remaining Kuna on some local artwork and souvenirs for my family and a went back to our cruise ship.

This was a good stop, but my recommendation is to get there early, because it gets very very very crowded. Here is some more pictures!

This Church is still in service today!

The wall had parts cut out for viewing, they made perfect pictures

Archers would use these portals to protect the city within the walls

Part of a church, black from industrial pollution and bombs from the war.

Orange tiled roofs repaired from the war, brown are from before Serbian war.