{"id":2504,"date":"2023-11-30T21:43:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2025-05-09T16:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:20:43","slug":"dubrovnik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2504","title":{"rendered":"Dubrovnik"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due east of Rome and across the Adriatic Sea you will find the small, historic city of Dubrovnik.\u00a0 In its long-past commercial heyday, it was a colony of the Venetian empire.\u00a0 There are still many Italian influences in its architecture and cuisine, while the language is most definitely of Slavic origin.\u00a0 It was a popular tourist destination in the 19th<\/sup> and early 20th<\/sup> centuries, welcoming travelers such as Lord Byron and Agatha Christie.\u00a0 War and ethnic rivalry kept visitors away until after the Second World War, and even then a trip to Tito\u2019s Yugoslavia wasn\u2019t everyone\u2019s idea of a good time.\u00a0 With the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1990\u2019s, Dubrovnik suffered terribly from Serbian attacks.\u00a0 It was only with peace that the \u201cPearl of the Adriatic\u201d was (re)discovered.<\/p>\n

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The main square of Dubrovnik<\/em><\/p>\n

Most visitors are attracted to Dubrovnik\u2019s Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site.\u00a0 This was where the Venetians reigned and it still has vestiges of Venice, without the canals.\u00a0 There are a few squares, some grand and some petite.\u00a0 Most of the Old Town is in a narrow valley between a small hill on one side and a really steep one on the other.\u00a0 The streets are narrow and packed with tourists following guides with their ubiquitous flags and umbrellas held high.\u00a0 We understand that the streets are impassible in the summer.\u00a0 Even in cooler weather, there are many visitors.<\/p>\n

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Dubrovnik’s harbor, with a portion of the walls.<\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0most renowned monuments in Dubrovnik is the first that you see when you approach the Old Town, the medieval walls around it.\u00a0 These are as much as 25 meters (around 82 feet) high and more than a mile around the town.\u00a0 Visitors can tour the walls but be prepared to climb 25 meters of stairs to get there.\u00a0 Still, there are many pleasant sights and vistas all around the town.<\/p>\n

Of course, where there are walls there must be gates, and there are two into the Old Town.\u00a0 You get to cross an actual drawbridge and consider how difficult it must have been for attackers to breach the city before artillery and airpower.\u00a0 Once inside, there are more than enough shops and restaurants to keep visitors occupied for days, though there is a limit to how much octopus, squid and Plavac Mali wine anyone can take.\u00a0 Many of the restaurants are on\u00a0narrow streets on the hillsides.\u00a0 It can feel cozy or claustrophobic, depending on your outlook.\u00a0 We particularly enjoyed the ones that had a view of the harbor.<\/p>\n

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A view of the coast of Dubrovnik.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is another aspect of Dubrovnik that should not be overlooked.\u00a0 It is a coastal city with excellent beaches and\u00a0paved promenades that run along the cliffsides.\u00a0 Many Europeans consider it more of a resort town; they have enough history where they come from.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0promenades\u00a0are not made for dedicated hikers.\u00a0 They are well paved and lit at night.\u00a0 But they are for those who enjoy seeing natural beauty.\u00a0 It is possible to go down rather vertical stairways to sit on the rocks on the sea.\u00a0 We preferred to stop at wine bars along the way and look at the sea from above.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It is possible to experience Dubrovnik in a few days.\u00a0\u00a0It’s a destination you should put on your travel bucket list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Due east of Rome and across the Adriatic Sea you will find the small, historic city of Dubrovnik.\u00a0 In its long-past commercial heyday, it was a colony of the Venetian empire.\u00a0 There are still many Italian influences in its architecture and cuisine, while the language is most definitely of Slavic origin.\u00a0 It was a popular … Continue reading Dubrovnik<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2504"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2983,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions\/2983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}