Tours & Activities in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik Walking Tour is the best introduction to this unique town. The tour will reveal the most famous attractions of the town, historical facts, legends and curiosities, suggestions on what to do, where to go, hidden highlights...and so much more. This walking tour will take only 1,45 hrs of your time, and I assure you it will be worth.
As your local guide, I will try to impress you with knowledge and enthusiasm and ensure you fully enjoy the tour and this fascinating town. I suggest asking questions as much as you want, as this is what tours are all about. Thank you.
Additional info: Our sightseeing tour involves some walking, but nothing that cannot be handled as there will be only few places with steps. Choose lightweight gear that works equally well in changing weather conditions (Check the weather before you head out for the tour. Also, don't forget to have some water with you and a hat to protect from heavy sun rays, I will do my best to find shade 🙂
Tour Include(mention):
- Lovrijenac Fortress
- Minčeta Fortress
- Saint Savior Church
- Onofrio Fountains
- Stradun (Main street)
- Franciscan Monastery
- Jesuit Steps and St. Ignacius church
- Rectors Palace
- Cathedral
- St. Blasius church
- Orlando Column
- Old Harbor
- and many more.
Please be aware that we are not going to enter any of these sites, due to the nature of free tour.
With this free walking tour, you will explore Dubrovnik center as a local would. I will make sure that you discover all the secrets and beauty of this city.
For 450 years the city-state Republic of Dubrovnik (latin: Ragusa) held independence (14th-19th cent.) between big and powerful rivals and natural disasters in very turbulent European medieval times.
"Old Town" was the birthplace, origin - capital of the Dubrovnik Republic, a center of once small size but significant maritime power.
Today Old Town of Dubrovnik is a UNESCO world heritage site, a location that is almost like a big open museum where time almost stopped for centuries. Surrounded by ancient 2 km ditched city walls with numerous towers and forts.
Walking route:
From the City gates of Pile (west entrance), through a stone bridge with a wooden suspension below the tower, via main street Stradun (Placa) to the City gates Ploče (east entrance) and few little streets by side.
Why take this tour?
From founding to modern everyday life. You will have insights about life, interesting narratives, and much more about how the ancient Old Town of Dubrovnik managed to accomplish notable status and discover the most symbolic places, monuments with tips & activities to do.
STARTING POINT on Pile SQUARE, more precisely in corner of Restaurant Nautika (address: Brsalje 3)
Sign up for the tour and meet your guide in front of Orlando's Column, at Luža Square, for a 1.5-hour special introduction to the city of Dubrovnik guided exclusively by guides with 500+ tours experience. Never becoming "yet-another-boring-tour", it focuses both on history and culture as well as the modern everyday life of Dubrovnik.
The tour covers all the Old Town main sights including St. Blaise Church, Stradun (main street), Large Onofrio's fountain, Ivan Gundulić Square, Jesuit monastery stairs, Dubrovnik Cathedral, Rector's Palace, Sponza Palace, Revelin Fortress and many more.
THE BEST FREE TOUR IN TOWN ALWAYS GUIDED BY VLAHO!
So, take a walking tour through Dubrovnik’s beautiful Old City and visit the city’s most significant historical landmarks and some locations where recent popular movies were filmed, like the Game of Thrones and much more.
Take in the beautiful sights, and listen to stories, curiosities and remarkable facts through the many centuries of Dubrovnik’s dramatic history, including the recent past during the Homeland War. As you step through the gates of old city walls, you will be taking a step back in time, losing yourself in the grandeur and beauty of this culturally influential city.
We will not only tour the main streets and squares but also the intriguing narrow side streets where locals are still living and is this way you will be thoroughly introduced to Dubrovnik's Old City, the "Grad", how the locals call it, meaning "The City", as you embrace its history, legends, culture, monuments, way of life and facing problems of nowadays!
We will see:
- Kolorina Bay and the Fortress of St. Lawrence
- The Bokar Fortress
- The Pile Gate (west gate of the old city)
- Onotrio's fountains
- The Franciscan Monastery
- The Stradun (the main street)
- The Great Granary
- The Minčeta Tower
- The Jesuit Monastery (walk of shame)
- The square of Ivan Gunudulić (green market)
- The Cathedral
- The Rector's Palace
- The Bishop's Palace
- The City Hall
- Orlando's Column
- The Sponza Palace
- The Church of St. Blaise
and much more...
Receive valuable information and recommendations on what to do, where to go, eat, shop, relax... Please take all of your essential items (comfortable clothes and shoes, smart phone/camera, water bottle, hat, sunglasses, rain protection, etc.). Be aware of the weather forecast for the day of the tour.
So, join me on an adventure through the Old City in a way only the locals know!
IMPORTANT:
Minimum number of participants: 4 (If this number is not reached you will be promptly informed and of course I will always reach out to you and try to find a solution). A private tour is always possible!
