# Dubrovnik: map, what to do and when to go

In Dubrovnik, the medieval wall still stands, and what lies inside it has been rebuilt more than once. At the southern tip of Croatia, it was the capital of a maritime republic from 1358 to 1808, rebuilt in baroque after the 1667 earthquake and restored after the 1991–92 siege.

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## Direct answer
- **Dubrovnik: How do you get from the airport to the center?** The Platanus/Atlas bus leaves in sync with flights, takes 25 to 40 minutes, and costs about €13 one way (2026), stopping at the Gruž bus station and at Pile.
- **Dubrovnik: How do you get to Cavtat?** Cavtat is 18 km to the south, 40 minutes by the line 10 bus or 45 minutes by boat from the Old Port in summer.
- **Dubrovnik: What's the currency, and are cards accepted?** The currency has been the euro since January 1, 2023, and contactless cards work almost everywhere, including on the newer buses and at the larger market stalls.

## The walled city, from the top down
Enter the walls through the Pile gate at opening, around 8am, with water and a hat; a one-way, 1,940 m circuit, 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, ticket about €40.
- City walls
- The Stradun and Luža Square
- Rector's Palace
- Sponza Palace
- Franciscan monastery and the 1317 pharmacy

## Market, island, and hill
Reach the Gundulićeva poljana market at 8am, since it closes around 1pm, to buy dried figs, lavender, honey and arancini by the bag.
- Srđ, cable car, and the Imperial Fort
- Lokrum Island

## City walls
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A closed 1,940 m circuit walked in one direction, with walls up to 25 m high and 6 m thick facing the mainland. The 2026 ticket costs about €40 and includes Fort Lovrijenac; the loop takes 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, with almost no shade, and the Minčeta Tower, finished by Juraj Dalmatinac in 1464, is the highest point.
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## The Stradun and Luža Square
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Dubrovnik · Up to half an hour
A 300 m street over the filled-in channel, paved in limestone polished by use, with the Big Onofrio Fountain (1438, Onofrio della Cava) at one end and Orlando's Column (1418) at the other. The forearm of Orlando's statue measured the Dubrovnik ell, 51.2 cm, the republic's official length standard; alongside stand the clock tower and the Baroque Church of St. Blaise, from 1715, the work of the Venetian Marino Gropelli.
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## Rector's Palace
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Dubrovnik · Up to half an hour
Seat of the republic's government, Gothic-Renaissance, rebuilt twice after gunpowder store explosions in 1435 and 1463. The rector governed for one month and couldn't leave the building during his term; above the council hall entrance it reads “Obliti privatorum publica curate”: forget private matters, tend to public ones.
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## Sponza Palace
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Dubrovnik · Up to half an hour
A customs house and mint built between 1516 and 1522 by Paskoje Miličević, with an arcaded courtyard mixing Gothic and Renaissance that survived the 1667 earthquake. It houses the State Archives, with continuous records since 1022, and a memorial room for those killed in the 1991-92 siege.
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## Cathedral of the Assumption and its treasury
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Dubrovnik · Up to half an hour
The third cathedral on the same site, Baroque, built between 1672 and 1713 to a design by Andrea Buffalini of Urbino; the previous one was said to have been funded by Richard the Lionheart after a shipwreck near Lokrum in 1192. The treasury holds the reliquary with the skull of St. Blaise, shaped like a Byzantine crown, and more than 180 pieces of goldwork.
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## Franciscan monastery and the 1317 pharmacy
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A Romanesque-Gothic cloister from 1360, attributed to Mihoje Brajkov of Bar, with 120 paired columns and capitals all different from each other. The Mala braća pharmacy has run since 1317, is one of the oldest in Europe still operating, and keeps its counter open to the public at the entrance.
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## Dominican monastery
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Dubrovnik · Up to half an hour
A 14th-century complex set against the east wall, with a Gothic-Renaissance cloister and a stairway designed in 1419. The museum holds Dalmatian painting from the 15th and 16th centuries and a Titian altarpiece with St. Blaise, the Virgin, Mary Magdalene, and the donor.
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## Fort Lovrijenac
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A triangular fortress on a 37 m rock west of the city, outside the main circuit. The seaward walls are up to 12 m thick and the ones facing the city only 60 cm, so it could be destroyed if it fell into enemy hands; above the gate is the inscription “Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro.”
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## Srđ, cable car, and the Imperial Fort
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The cable car climbs 412 m in about four minutes, leaving from Petra Krešimira IV street; it opened in 1969, was destroyed in 1991, and reopened in July 2010. At the top stand the Imperial Fort, built by Napoleon's troops between 1806 and 1812 and defended in December 1991 by a few dozen Croats, now the Museum of the Homeland War, and the white cross from 1935, re-erected in 2002.
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## Lokrum Island
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A wooded island 600 m from the coast, 10 minutes by boat from the Old Port, with a Benedictine abbey founded in 1023, a botanical garden created by Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg from 1859, free-roaming peacocks, and a saltwater lake nicknamed the Dead Sea. It's a nature reserve: overnight stays are forbidden, and the last boat back sets the end of the visit.
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**Dubrovnik: How do you get from the airport to the center?**
The Platanus/Atlas bus leaves in sync with flights, takes 25 to 40 minutes, and costs about €13 one way (2026), stopping at the Gruž bus station and at Pile. A taxi runs €35 to €50, and Uber and Bolt operate in the city.

**Dubrovnik: How do you get to Cavtat?**
Cavtat is 18 km to the south, 40 minutes by the line 10 bus or 45 minutes by boat from the Old Port in summer.

**Dubrovnik: What's the currency, and are cards accepted?**
The currency has been the euro since January 1, 2023, and contactless cards work almost everywhere, including on the newer buses and at the larger market stalls.

**Dubrovnik: What's summer like?**
Summer is dry and hot: July and August have highs of 29 to 32 °C, the sea between 24 and 26 °C, practically no rain, and the absolute peak of crowds, with days when two cruise ships put 4,000 passengers ashore before ten in the morning.

**Dubrovnik: Is it forbidden to drag a wheeled suitcase?**
There's no ban or fine for wheeled suitcases: the story that circulated in 2023 was denied by the city hall, and what exists is a campaign asking visitors to carry their luggage instead.


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## Full editorial guide (Portuguese)
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