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CITY GUIDES: Besides the Old Town charm and pebble beach, this awe-inspiring walled city heaves with places to eat, drink, shop, stay and explore, finds Lucy Thackray
Zaton is a tourist resort on the Dubrovnik Riviera, with 12 restaurants raising the dining quality in this small area, watersport venues, and an uphill hiking path to the village of Pobrežje (4.5 km), on the way to the Mociljska stalactite and stalagmite cave.
Srđ is a low mountain just behind the walled city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia. [1] The mountain, part of the Dinaric Alps , has a height of 412 metres (1,352 ft). [ 2 ] At its top is a large white stone cross and Fort Imperial , a defensive structure built by the French in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars .
The names Dubrovnik and Ragusa co-existed for several centuries.Ragusa, recorded in various forms since at least the 10th century (in Latin, Dalmatian, Italian; in Venetian: Raguxa), remained the official name of the Republic of Ragusa until 1808, and of the city within the Kingdom of Dalmatia until 1918, while Dubrovnik, first recorded in the late 12th century, was in widespread use by the ...
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Today, Cavtat is a popular tourist destination with many hotels and private households that rent rooms and apartments. The seafront is filled with shops and restaurants. There are several beaches in Cavtat and its surroundings, among them Pasjača, as well as Ključice, Obod, Rat and
The Rector's Palace Night view of the porch. The Rector's Palace (Croatian: Knežev dvor; Italian: Palazzo dei Rettori) is a palace in the city of Dubrovnik that used to serve as the seat of the Rector of the Republic of Ragusa between the 14th century and 1808. [1] It was also the seat of the Minor Council and the state administration.
The Dubrovnik-Neretva County (pronounced [dǔbroːʋniːk-něreːtʋa]; Croatian: Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija, pronounced [dǔbroʋat͡ʃko-nerěːtʋanskaː ʒupǎnija]) is the southernmost county of Croatia. The county seat is Dubrovnik and other large towns are Korčula, Metković, Opuzen and Ploče.