
Croatia · BALKANS
Dubrovnik
The Pearl of the Adriatic — limestone walls above turquoise sea.
— Trajet —
2 h from Kotor · Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)
Dubrovnik is the most celebrated city of the Adriatic — a limestone-walled Renaissance republic floating above turquoise water, the model for the fictional King's Landing and the actual nerve centre of Croatia's UHNW summer. The Old City Walls (1,940 metres, walkable in an hour) provide the most dramatic elevated promenade in Europe; the Stradun, the marble main street, is lined with baroque palaces and Ragusian-era churches. In July and August, Dubrovnik is intensely concentrated: yachts pack Gruž Harbour, the Old Town restaurants (360°, Proto, Nautika) are booked weeks in advance, and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival animates every outdoor theatre. FFGR Montenegro chauffeurs Dubrovnik as a standard excursion from Kotor — ninety minutes by the scenic coastal road — with airport transfer from DBV for guests arriving by scheduled or private flight into Croatia before continuing to Montenegro.
— À ne pas manquer —
- ·Dubrovnik Old City Walls (1,940 m)
- ·Stradun Promenade
- ·Fort Lovrijenac ("Game of Thrones")
- ·Cable Car to Mount Srđ (panorama)
- ·Lokrum Island (boat, 10 min)
- ·Dubrovnik Summer Festival (July–August)
— Hôtels signature —
- ·Hotel Excelsior Dubrovnik
- ·Bellevue Hotel
- ·Villa Orsula
- ·Hotel Dubrovnik Palace
- ·Lešić Dimitri Palace (Korčula)
— À voir aussi —
Croatia
Split
Diocletian's Palace — living Roman city on the Dalmatian coast.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Where East meets West — Baščaršija, mosques and the Miljacka.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar
Stari Most — the Ottoman bridge that defines the Balkans.
Serbia
Belgrade
The White City — Kalemegdan fortress, nightlife and the confluence.
Croatia
Hvar
Croatia's most glamorous island — lavender, fortress and speedboats.
Croatia
Zagreb
Croatia's cultured capital — Upper Town and Museum of Broken Relationships.
