Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik, what a gorgeous place.  Loved the warm Spring weather. The scenery is just amazing, aquamarine everywhere you look. Just five minutes from the airport and you are on the coastal road that hugs the cliffs.

Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik old town port

Dubrovnik

We stayed just outside the old city and had a very impressive view of the old city and the city walls.  Just a five minute walk away was the old town!


View of Dubrovnik from our bedroom windows

View of Dubrovnik from our bedroom windows

Our apartment in Dubrovnik was just above the old city but that meant walking down over 200 steps to get there and then 200 steps to get back!

Resting at the top of the 200 odd steps!

We loved wandering around the Stradun which is the main street of the old town and the squares around it.

Strolling the Stradun

Strolling the Stradun

Stradun

Strolling the Stradun

Hanging out on the squares around the Stradun

Hanging out on the squares around the Stradun

Hanging out on the squares around the Stradun

Hanging out on the squares around the Stradun

Hanging out on the squares around the Stradun

Hanging out on the squares around the Stradun

We got a lot of  exercise exploring the streets that fork out from it like a fishbone.  The streets were narrow and steep!

The narrow and steep side streets of old Dubrovnik

The narrow and steep side streets of old Dubrovnik

Girls having a rest before climbing up yet another narrow and steep side street 

The narrow and steep side streets of old Dubrovnik

The narrow and steep side streets of old Dubrovnik

The narrow and steep side streets of old Dubrovnik

The narrow and steep side streets of old Dubrovnik

Not so happy campers after walking up 200 steps!

Sometimes they needed a bit of a helping hand up !

With all that walking we did have lots of stops like at this bar on the cliff face overlooking out to sea and off course there were the obligatory gelato stops for the kids.


Cliff top bar rest stop

Cliff top bar rest stop ... even the cat enjoyed the view!

Coming up from the bar on the cliff

The girls' obligatory gelato stop



We also viewed Dubrovnik from on top of Mt Srd and the kids loved the cable ride up and back


Cable car ride up to the top of Mt Srd

Dubrovnik from the top of Mt Srd

Dubrovnik from the top of Mt Srd

Dubrovnik from the top of Mt Srd



Exploring Mt Srd

Top of Mt Srd

Reminders of the 1990s Serbian Croatian war

Exploring Mt Srd

View of Dubrovnik through the trees

Exploring Mt Srd

The port at the old town was another great place to just sit around and watch the world go by as the locals do.
  

The girls enjoyed their lunch and play on the rocks just outside the port of old Dubrovnik

Pizza slices for lunch

 Climbing the city walls we got a great view of Dubrovnik old town and the sea surrounding it.  It was 2kms right around the walls with lots of steps.  The kids were a little tired (and cranky!) by the end of it!

Very very steep steps up to the top of the city walls

View from the city walls

View of the Stradun from the city walls

View through the city walls

View through the city walls

View through the city walls



View from the city walls

The city walls

View from the city walls

View from the city walls

View from the city walls

View from the city walls

View from the city walls

Saw this from the city walls, not sure what is holding this building up !

View from the city walls

Abbey found some 'toys' on the walls



Kids not impressed and cranky after the long walk in the heat!