Luxury Apartment in the Heart of the Old Town

Coast/Beach:

Dubrovnik Old Town's pebble and sand beach is a 10 minute stroll from the apartment. In high season, the beach is split into two: one side has sunbeds and parasols (which you pay for), the other side has no such facilities, but is free. There is a smart beach bar and restaurant, with toilets and beachside shower. There are other beaches within easy reach - just 10 minutes away, either by local boat or bus. Full details are available in the apartment.

Travel:

Dubrovnik International airport is a scenic, 20 minute drive away. Scheduled flights are met by a local bus to the Old Town for around £4.00, or you can take a taxi from the airport, which costs around £25 to the Old Town. The nearest port is Gruz (Dubrovnik's modern harbour), and you can take boats to many of Croatia's islands and Bari, in Italy. Gruz is a short taxi/bus ride from the Old Town. If much of your visit is to be spent in and around Dubrovnik, you will not need to hire a car.

Distances:

Lokrum island, a UNESCO protected site, which houses the ruins of a former monastery and fort, plus a restaurant and plenty of secluded beaches, is a fifteen minute boat ride away - take the boat from the Old Town harbour.

Cavtat, a picturesque village, set around a harbour, is about 50 minutes boat ride from the harbour. It has lots of harbourside cafes, rocky and pebble beaches, and pleasant, waterside walks.

The Elafiti islands are great for day trips - take a boat from the old harbour.

Further Details:

The nearest supermarket to the apartment is two minutes' walk away, and there are numerous butchers, bakers, fishmongers, off licences, restaurants, cafes, bars nearby, too. We have a list of recommended places in the apartment, most of which are set in the charming, pedestrianised walkways and squares of the famous Old Town.

There are many banks and cashpoints within the old town, as well as a main post office.

Local shops include lots of high class shoe and clothes stores, there are numerous galleries, selling both paintings and sculpture, souvenir and bookshops. There is also a cinema within the old city.

The beach offers various activities, including water skiing and canoeing. Details are available in the apartment, or ask at the beach!

There's a list of recommendations in the apartment of places to go. But don't miss:

Sveti Jakov beach (in the distance on the coast back towards the airport). Ask a cab to take you (or walk - it's about 20mins). It's really nice and there's a great bar (which is open in high season); there are LOTS of steps down to it though and the beach shelves sharply into the sea, so it’s not great for little kids).

Island of Lokrum (opposite the city beach) It's nice to walk around (up to the fort – good views back to Dubrovnik) and good for sunbathing on rocks. There's also a mini oasis, a restaurant that does sandwiches, spag bol etc in the grounds of a ruined monastery, a café for ice creams, the odd peacock, wild tortoise and a very laid back botanical gardens). Boats leave from old harbour, it takes about 15 mins and makes a good day or half day out.

The walk round the city walls. About 2.5 hours - do it at start or end of day when it’s not boiling. Loads of ice cream and drink stops on the way around.

Cavtat - lovely fishing village nearer to airport. Boat from old harbour takes about 1 hour to get there. Circular walk around headland is lovely. Facing the harbour water, turn right and keep sea on your left, land on your right. Halfway round is a good and reasonable restaurant. Follow the headland all the way round. When you get to a carpark, you're back behind the main drag - keep going, you'll get there. You can get a boat back. Or, take the number 10 bus to or fro.

Lopud island – beach of Sunj, with café at far end. Lots of details on this in apartment. It’s fabulous. Best way to get there is from the Gruz modern harbour on a Jadrolina boat (take the number 1 bus from the Pile gate).

We also like: Lapad beach (nice for younger kids, take no 4 bus from Pile gate; Copacabana beach (it’s not as good as the Brazilian one but has a good café and a great view of the massive bridge at Gruz), take the no 6 bus from the Pile gate and ask the driver for help – you cut through a hotel type complex to reach it.

City beach – you can’t miss it. Loos, café, good bakery nearby, one half is paying with sunbeds, the other side is free.

Any other trips you want to take, airport pick ups (and return – recommended to go by cab because buses can be unreliable), we have a driver called Dusko. Dusko's number is 00 385 98 85 72 00 if you want to book him (or his friends) in advance. Or better still, email him with flight details etc: dusko.tomovic1@du.t-com.hr. He’s a very nice guy and will give you lots of info about Dubrovnik on the way into town.