Dubrovnik: Croatia Travel Pictures

We reached Dubrovnik as one of the last stops on our trip, and were expecting a lot. Probably too much.

I was disappointed.

Granted, it is a beautiful town, but I couldn't find anything nicer than some of the towns we'd already visited. That average impression was severly lowered by the crowds of tourists milling the streets. Dubrovnik is a popular cruise-ship destination, so there were perhaps thousands of tour-group tourist zombies in the streets, really distracting from the sights of the town.

Dubrovnik is encircled by a high protective wall dating from medieval times and I found the walk along the wall the biggest attraction. Observing both the town from above on the one side and the sea on the other is a unique experience.

Dubrovnik is trying to cash in from portraying itself as a victim of the recent Yugoslav civil war, I move I feel is uneccessary.

We took the ferry from the easternmost tip of Hvar island to the mainland at Ploce. From there we took the winding costal road down to Dubrovnik. Finding a place for the nice turned out to be a difficult undertaking, either being too expensive for our budget or not good enough.