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4 Days in Dubrovnik
Four days in Dubrovnik: a relaxed arrival afternoon in the Old Town, a whole day on and below the city walls, a boat day to the Elaphiti Islands of Koločep, Lopud and Šipan, and to round things off, the view over the rooftops from Mount Srđ.
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The plan, day by day
Day 1Settling in between the Stradun and the harbour
Arrival in Dubrovnik
Hotel check-in
The Ploče district sits just east of the city walls: a quiet hillside above the sea, five minutes' walk through the Ploče Gate into the Old Town.
Stradun
The 300-metre main street of polished limestone links the Pile Gate and the Bell Tower, with Onofrio's Fountain and Orlando's Column at either end.
Old Port
Fishermen's wooden boats lie behind the Arsenal arches, and from the breakwater you can see Fort Revelin and the island of Lokrum just offshore.
Evening: Buža Bar on the southern wall
A hole in the city walls leads to cliffside terraces above the open sea, where you sit at sunset looking out towards Lokrum.
Day 2City walls & the Republic's monasteries
City walls walk
Two kilometres of unbroken ramparts encircling the entire Old Town, with the climb starting at the Pile Gate and the highest point at Fort Minčeta.
Franciscan Monastery and Old Pharmacy
The Romanesque cloister with its paired columns houses the monastery pharmacy, in continuous operation since 1317, with its old majolica jars.
Rector's Palace
The Gothic-Renaissance seat of the rector, who changed every month, is now the city museum, with its council chamber, dungeon cells and the inscription "Obliti privatorum publica curate" at the entrance.
Cathedral of the Assumption
A Baroque church built on the foundations of its predecessor, destroyed in the 1667 earthquake; the treasury holds the golden reliquaries for the head and hands of the city's patron saint, Blaise.
Dominican Monastery
On the north-eastern edge of town behind the Ploče Gate, with a late Gothic cloister and panel paintings by Nikola Božidarević of the Ragusan school.
Evening: lanes around Prijeko Street
In the evening the narrow stepped lanes north of the Stradun fill with tables, lanterns and live music between the house walls.
Day 3Island day in the Elaphiti
Gruž Harbour
The ferry and fishing harbour two kilometres west of the Old Town, where a fruit and fish market sets up on the waterfront each morning next to the Jadrolinija piers.
Koločep – Donje Čelo
The nearest of the Elaphiti Islands is car-free; from the sandy beach in the bay a path leads through pines and old olive groves to the neighbouring village of Gornje Čelo.
Lopud – village and Franciscan monastery
Behind the curving waterfront promenade lies the fortified 15th-century monastery complex, and beyond it the crumbling summer houses of Ragusan sea captains.
Šunj Bay
A footpath across the island brings you to one of the few true sandy bays in the area, shelving gently and open to the south.
Šipan – Suđurađ
The harbour village of the largest Elaphiti island is overlooked by two defensive towers of the Skočibuha family's summer palace, while behind it a valley of vines and citrus trees stretches inland.
Evening: Gruž waterfront
In the evening cruise ships and yachts lie illuminated along the quay on Obala Stjepana Radića, lined with bars where locals outnumber visitors.
Day 4The view from Srđ and farewell
Mount Srđ by cable car
The cable car climbs to 412 metres in four minutes; at the top stand Fort Imperial, with its museum on the Croatian War of Independence, and the white summit cross above the whole Old Town.
Market on Gundulić Square
In the morning stalls selling candied orange peel, lavender and fig jam surround the monument to the poet Ivan Gundulić.
Departure from Dubrovnik
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