Dubrovnik: Ancient City Walls & Wars Walking Tour
Description
Discover what makes Dubrovnik so special on this historical walking tour of the city’s ancient walls. Dubrovnik is one of the best-preserved medieval walled cities in the world, and its Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains. On this captivating historical tour, learn the interesting history of this walled city from your knowledgeable local guide as you wander around Dubrovnik's City Walls and see Fort Revelin, Minceta Tower and other Dubrovnik landmarks.
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Our meeting point, this is where the guide will meet and greet the guests! Discover the beauty of Dubrovnik while learning about the city’s interesting past on this historical walking tour. Meet your local guide near Pile Gate for a tour of the ancient city walls, a 1.2-mile (2-km) complex structure built in the 14th century that served as defensive structures to protect the city.
We enter the old town, then head towards the city walls entrance.
We will stop to buy the city walls tickets and then we will walk the city walls. Marvel at the beautiful blue colors of the Adriatic Sea and admire breathtaking views of the port and the Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, while your guide takes you through the history of the city walls. In the 11th century, the sea channel separating the city from mainland was covered up with earth, so a single wall was built to enclose the present-day Old Town. The city walls have been restored several times in history to resemble their original appearance. With your guide, see Fort Revelin and Minceta Tower within the city walls (entrance fees not included), and learn the strategic position of these forts and their role in Dubrovnik's history. You will also see Fort Lovrijenac in the distance, the only fort that belongs to the city walls but it's physically separated from them, and which you may visit after the tour. As you wander around Dubrovnik's ancient walls, your guide will explain the defensive and political challenges faced by Dubrovnik in the past. Hear stories of the rivalry and conquest Dubrovnik has faced and learn the secrets of how the country used defensive fortifications and diplomacy to remain an independent republic for several years, before ending your tour near the port. *Entrance fee to City Walls not included in price.
This tour ends close to the old town port
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- MANDATORY City walls entrance fee is ***NOT*** included in the price of the tour. You can buy tickets on spot, upon entering the walls (40 € per adult, 15 € per child aged 7-18 ), or use Dubrovnik Card.
- Children aged 0-6 are eligible for a free walls entrance as well. *Children aged 7-11 are not eligible for a free walls entrance!
- Stairs on this tour!!! Due to the stairs, this tour is not suitable for everyone!
- No restroom stops
- This tour is in English
- Minimum of 4 people per tour is required for the tour to run
- Not recommended for travelers that don't like walking the stairs
- If you are booking during the summer months, please do expect hot weather. We have a Mediterranean climate, if you cannot stand the heath, please don't book this tour, as we can only find a limited number of stops in the shade (the walls are made that way)
Reviews(1,364)
Tour guide Dador (?) was knowledgeable and encouraged questions. He gave a lot of history. He didn’t acknowledge that the country was assisting in the last war by other Superpowers, which is an important part of the history towards freedom. Tour start was wonky (not smooth). Headshot working, we had to wait for replacements. Three people joining late. Tour guide didn’t realize that we lost one tour member who was ahead of us. He should have been keeping tabs, or a count, of everyone. Tour description should inform everyone that you climb 1,080 steps.
Dovor was an amazing tour guide and well knowledgeable of the walls and area. I will highly recommend
Really Excellent and well organised. Our Guide Antun was well educated and spoke really well with enthusiasm. Highly recommended. Wall tickets were a bit expensive but we enjoyed it.
Loved our guide! Absolutely incredibly knowledgeable and entertaining, kept the tour interesting! Thank you!
Just be aware the €40 fee for the tour doesn’t include admission onto the walls themselves . That’s an extra €40 so really this tour is €80 all said. Guides are great and this company are very obliging. We were late and they allowed us to take a later tour which was very kind of them. Anton ( very tall chap ) was excellent and full of interesting anecdotes. Very knowledgeable and thoughtful.
Mara was a wonderful guide! She was engaging and funny. She shared such interesting stories. We enjoyed every minute of our tour.
Our tour guide Goran (I believe was the spelling) was amazing! We had a wonderful tour despite the heat, and his information and discussions were very insightful and engaging. Could not recommend it more!
Great tour informative and right length, 2 hours, for teens Davour was an excellent guide, knowledgeable and funny
Lots of stairs but rewards are breathtaking views and the guide was so knowledgeable and the information was relevant and informative
We had Goran and we enjoyed the tour immensely. At age 83 and 74 we were able to navigate the walls, but there are a lot of steps as we were aware. The history and views are incredible. If we did this on our own it would not have had the meaning. Goran had a wonderful pace and watched the group. It was neither too slow nor too fast. He made sure to get ahead of another group so our tour did not seem overly crowded either. We would recommend this to other people and to not be too afraid of the stairs as after the first set, it seemed easy and it was a hot day (9 am). Don’t let the people when you get off the bus sway you as I feel this is a life once in a lifetime tour.
