A few steps above restaurant-crammed Prijeko is this small photography gallery, hosting themed exhibitions over the summer and selling prints by leading...

Old film and beer ads brighten the space; posters promote long-forgottten Olympics and pool-table lightshades of coloured glass advertise Coors beer....

Clothes by the most renowned Croatian designers all in one boutique, with friendly, professional staff serving in this prime location in the Old Town.

This is probably the smartest and certainly the largest, of four adjoining bars. Its drinks list is the biggest too and needs the long bar to accommodate...

Gil's restaurant and Gil's Pop Lounge have been taken over by new owners recently, and we're intrigued to see what they do with this high-end cocktail bar...

Trendy breakfast, brunch and cocktail spot just off the main drag of Stradun, where a quality smoothie may start the day and a sassy cocktail might bookend it.

This feat of engineering is the most outlandish project yet by Adriatic Luxury Hotels. The venue, cut into the cliff facing the sea, features local woods...

This ten-floor, 308-room luxury hotel reconfigured in 2004 was conceived in 1972, set in woodland paths at the tip of Lapad, in full view of the Elafiti...

This five-star villa-and-hotel complex has been ameliorated by newly opened Villa Sheherezade, where up to 12 people can relax in opulence for 6,000 euros a...

Opened in 2008, this conversion of the Zamanje family villa (1573) is now a five-star hotel of a dozen rooms, one suite, three restaurants and a beautiful...

This would be the best year-round nightspot if they ran a regular programme - as things stand at the moment live gigs and DJ appearances come in flurries,...

Imaginatively designed gifts - notebooks, T-shirts etc - produced by local creatives lend an original touch to souvenir shopping in the Old Town.

The trendiest place for furniture and homeware, established by local design graduate Martina Kortizija Franić. For moneyed, style-conscious long-term expat...

Even this grunge bar in a Stradun side street has its own dinky little lantern, although you can't see any middle-aged tourists lingering over a pint. The...