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Cruise ships dock in Dubrovnik most days between March and November. Typically they arrive early in the morning and leave again by early evening. There is no single fixed schedule, since it depends entirely on which lines have ships in port that week, so the only reliable way to know for a specific date is…

Swimming around Dubrovnik is genuinely safe, and the two things visitors usually worry about, sea urchins and jellyfish, are more of a minor nuisance than a real danger. Sea urchins are by far the more common encounter, since Dubrovnik’s coastline is almost entirely rock and pebble. Jellyfish show up far less often, and when they…

If during your trip to Dubrovnik you plan to use Google Maps, order a ride or just post a photo from Stradun, you’ll need a working data connection on your phone. You can easily buy a SIM card in Dubrovnik, and it’s quite affordable, usually somewhere around €15 for ten days of unlimited data. If…

The number to remember anywhere in Croatia is 112. It’s free, works from any phone and connects you to police, fire or ambulance depending on what you tell the dispatcher. Croatia also runs separate direct lines for each service, which locals use out of habit more than necessity, since 112 covers all of them. If…

Every year on February 3, Dubrovnik stops for its patron saint. Church bells ring across the Old Town, priests carry centuries-old reliquaries down Stradun and thousands of locals, many in traditional dress, follow behind them. It is one of the oldest continuously held civic festivals in Europe, marked without interruption since 972, and in 2009…

Croatia has used the euro since January 2023. If you are coming from another eurozone country, your cash already works here and you can skip most of this page. For everyone else, changing money in Dubrovnik is not complicated, but a few small mistakes can quietly cost you extra euros without you noticing. This page…

If you’ve been scrolling travel news before your trip, there’s a good chance you’ve come across a headline claiming Dubrovnik is banning wheeled suitcases, with fines of up to €265 for anyone caught rolling one through the Old Town. For travelers packing for a summer trip, that’s the kind of story that makes you stop…

Dubrovnik is easy to explore on foot in some areas and difficult to navigate by car in others. Streets near the historic center are narrow, parking is expensive during summer, and traffic builds up quickly around Pile Gate and the main coastal road. At the same time, some of the best places around Dubrovnik are…

There is a good chance you have already seen Dubrovnik on screen long before arriving here. A stone staircase from a dramatic TV scene, narrow streets filled with stormtroopers, a fortress above the sea, or a palace square crowded with cameras and film crews. These moments introduced millions of viewers to Dubrovnik without them even…

It is a common sight in Dubrovnik’s Old Town; a cat stretched out across the top of an ATM. These machines stay warm throughout the day, and the marble ledges are perfect for a nap. For the cats, it is simply a practical choice of “real estate” in one of the busiest streets in the…