Rita woke me at 07:30 as the sun was streaming into our apartment and we quickly got dressed, had breakfast and headed out to tour the Old Town. It's an amazing place and so well preserved considering the pounding it has taken from the war and all the tourists that come through the gates every day. Yesterday there were five cruise ships docked in Dubrovnik which disgorged just over 10,000 day visitors. They usually start arriving by bus at 10:00am and depart by 3:00pm. Thank goodness we are here during the shoulder season as its not anywhere near as crowded as during their high season of July and August. We had a great day looking around the inside of Old Town Dubrovnik. If the weather holds we will take a cable car ride to get a birds eye view of Dubrovnik.
Looking at Dubrovnik as we are coming into the Old Town from our apartment, about a 15 minute walk
The 300-yard-long Stradun promenade is its main street running through the heart of Old Town and is packed with people, shops and cafes. Originally a canal, it separated the Roman town from the Slav town. In the 11th century, the canal was filled in and the towns merged. The look of the street and its buildings is from 1667 aftert it was rebuilt from the earthquake.
Luza Square is located at the end of the Stradun with its bell tower and St. Blaise's Church. Both were built in the 14th centuries but the Bell Tower was rebuilt in 1920 when it started to lean and St Blaise Church which survived the earthquake only to burn down in 1706 was rebuilt starting in 1707.
One of the many narrow alleys found throughout Old Town, this one leading to cafes and Dubrovnik Cathedral
The Franciscan Monastery is situated at the very beginning of the main street and has been here since 1317. The current buildings were constructed immediately after the 1667 earthquake
No comments:
Post a Comment