Gil's has recently changed hands, and the city's gourmets are agog to see how the new guard will change things. First major change is the name:...
Sv Dominika
Short for the Accademia del Caffè, this open-plan bar with sunken terrace is an all-day operation, popular year round. Beside the tennis courts, Aè attracts...
Šetalište kralja ZvonimiraOne of the busier spots come midnight in the Old Town, Africa attracts a young crowd who squeeze into a compact, colourful space of well conceived murals,...
Vetranićeva 3If you've lost, forgotten or galloped through your holiday reads quicker than anticipated, this bookshop is a boon. Half the store is dedicated to...
Stradun 8
Handy lodgings in the Old Town, each with a kitchen, fridge and washing machine. No arguing with the price, especially out of season; the facilities and...
Nikole Boždarevića 7This little gallery puts on regular exhibitions by local artists, as well as art workshops. The gift shop sells tasteful souvenirs, jewellery and albums...
ŠirokaAn unusual find, this, in a little row of businesses between Lapad market and the shopping centre. A proper bar for Celtic supporters, of which there are...
Marka Marulića 21Ah, Dubrovnik. Just when you think you're in a residential neighbourhood of allotments and exclusive hotels, along comes a bar full of hairy-arsed bikers....
Kralja Petra Krešimira IV 37
The main store in town for organic, vegan, vegetarian and macrobiotic products is located on the first floor of Mercante shopping centre, near the local bus...
Mercante Centar, Vukovarska 24
Year-round cheapie located behind a walled-in courtyard over the water from Gruž harbour. In summer tourists tucking into Dalmatian-style scampi (105kn) and...
Lapadska obala 20
A real find, this, opened in the summer of 2006. Facing Gruž harbour across the water, Blidinje comprises a rustic ground-floor space of two dozen covers,...
Lapadska obala 21Quality oyster and sushi bar with branches in Split, Zagreb and Mali Ston, where the family has its base. Here in the Old Town, the freshest fish, shellfish...
Od Pustijerne
The more haphazard of the two open-air bars cut into the sea-facing rocks, Buža I welcomes sunbathers, divers, drinkers and film fans. Its entry faces the...
Accessed from Ilije SarakeThe more well-known of the cliff-face bars; tourists follow the 'Cold Drinks' sign from the open square of Rudjera Boškovića. Prices are a little steeper...
Crijevićeva 9
Newly opened for the summer of 2010, this popular attraction whisks passengers up in a bright orange box high over the Old Town up to the top of Mount Srdj....
Petra Krešimira IV