A range of outdoor activities, including sea kayaking for beginners, is run by American expat Tamsen Resor, who set up outdoor adventure firm Adriatic Kayak...
Zrinsko-Frankopanska 6Sea-kayaking for beginners, given brief instruction from an experienced guide before taking off for half-a-day's adventure around the calm waters of Lokrum...

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 7
In business since 1979, this is the city's most revered, and one of its cheapest, pizzerias. Set just off Stradun, it also serves pastas (lasagne,...
Nikole Božidarevića 10
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
One of the best options for beginners and families who wish to try their hand at scuba diving. Blue Planet offers Professional Association of Diving...
Hotel Dubrovnik Palace, Masarykov put 20
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
First opened in 1932 by a certain Celestin "Cele" Šikić, this busy place is one of a gaggle of cafés grouped around the Stradun's bustling eastern end....
Stradun 1These four-star apartments, accommodating between two and four people, combine contemporary design and conveniences (including free Wi-Fi, spacious bath...
Svetoga Josipa 13
The first thing any visitor should fork out for is entrance up to the City Walls. The main one is by the Pile Gate. Arrowed up towards the Adriatic side,...
Old Town, Dubrovnik
comprises the stuffed artefacts of a 19th-century collector who bequeathed these varied displays of birds and smaller mammals to a local museum. In storage...
Androvićeva 1
A café-restaurant by day, by night this is a clubby beachside cocktail bar. The clientele is chic - it's hired for fashion parties - but the place is far...
Banje beach, Frana Supila
Occupying a grand, fin-de-siècle building near the Pile Gate, the Hilton has location without the beachside grace of other five-star venues in town. With...
Marijana Blažica 2Now in the Adriatic Luxury Hotels chain, the Kompas and its terrace restaurant dominate Lapad beach. With a sauna, gym, an outdoor pool and indoor one with...
Šetalište Kralja Zvonimira 56Opened in 2007, this complex on the Lapad headland comprises two holiday hotels, the Neptun and the Ariston; and two upscale properties, the Importanne...
Kardinala Stepinca 31