Dubrovnik Travel Guide

Duck through a doorway in the city walls for a Coke on the rocks—literally—at Cafe Buza, in the south of the old town. Here, outdoor tables perch above seaside boulders, which are helpfully furnished with steps if you fancy a swim after your soda.
Head to the Rector's Palace, now a museum documenting the city's long and colorful history, but once HQ during the pinnacle of Dubrovnik's trading past as an independent republic in the Middle Ages.
The delicious menu at Tovjerna Sesame includes delicacies such as lobster and truffles. Enjoy them alfresco on the terrace at this charming restaurant, housed within a 19th-century house with orange trees in the pretty gardens.
Perfect day-trip material, Mljet Island is a tranquil, wooded paradise with a jade-green inland lake so beautiful that you'll be glad you made the two-hour ferry ride. Hike or mountain bike, and don't forget your swim kit.
The start and the end of summer are the best times to visit, June or September especially—trying to sightsee in July and August, amid the crowds, can turn into a contact sport.

It would take an army of Hollywood special-effects experts to design a set as perfect and pure as Dubrovnik, and a team of creative stagehands to build it. Yet this "city made of stone and light" is as strong and magnificent as the shimmering sunsets that ricochet off its 14th-century ramparts. It is as ethereal as the foam on the azure waves caressing the land beneath them. In short: This UNESCO World Heritage city is a stunner. Read More

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