Today started out with far less wind and far less rain. By mid-day the rain had all but stopped. This meant I could finally walk the walls of Dubrovnik!

Yesterday I had purchased a 3-day Dubrovnik card which allowed me entrance into a whole host of museums to keep me out of the rain. The card also allows me to walk the walls without buying a special ticket, about half the price of the card.

As I had said yesterday, the walls completely enclose the Old City of Dubrovnik. Now, I did not mention this before but Dubrovnik is built in the valley of two hills with the city extending up both of them. The most popular places are in the lower area which is relatively flat but that changes as soon as you walk north or south. This means that, when walking the wall, you are obliged to walk up both hills. Hooray!

That being said, the walk is not particularly strenuous since you spend so much time taking in the views. I would not want to do this walk during the height of summer as there is almost no cover on the whole of the walk. I can easily imagine looking like a cooked lobster by the end of that walk in addition to being completely dehydrated. Many of the guides I read mention basically the same thing, if you go in the summer time bring plenty of water!

It seems best to walk the walls in the morning as it is only open from 9 AM to 3 PM. I’m not sure but that may change in the peak season.

Let’s get to some pictures! These views are from the walls and show the town, churches, exterior forts and the vistas to be enjoyed along the way.

One thing I’m pretty sure I haven’t mentioned is the large number of stray cats throughout the city, they are everywhere! They have very little fear of people and with good reason. Both the locals and the tourists seem happy to feed them. With all the cats in the city I would have expected there to be fewer pigeons but that is not the case. There are far more pigeons than cats and the locals and tourists love to feed these flying rats as well.

One of the signs that greets visitors to the city is on the more serious side and I felt I should include it. This is a map of where the shells fell during the siege of Dubrovnik as well as what buildings burned.

That should give you some indication of how much work the town has had to do to recover.

Lunch was another long affair where I had a fantastic chat with Irish/British couple here on a weekend excursion. Totally not fair that they can get here in just a couple of hours at the most!

The rest of my day was spent wandering the streets and enjoying an afternoon free of rain!

Tomorrow I will be trying to make for the town of Ston. Supposedly home to the worlds best tasting oysters, which I will not be tasting, and to one of the oldest, traditional, salt makers.