After hearing her waxing lyrical about the walls, I decided to climb it on my last day in Dubrovnik. Save the best for last, so to speak, and I was certainly not disappointed.
Dubrovnik's City Walls is one of the best preserved medieval walls I've ever seen. It's so well preserved that it looks like it was built recently.
Here are 3 tips to read before you climb the walls.
Tip #1: Be prepared to pay exhorbitant fees
The entrance fee for an adult is 150 Kuna when I was there in September 2017.
One of my friend commented that he had to pay a kidney to get onto the walls. Just kidding, but it's exhorbitant indeed. And to think that hundreds of people climb the walls daily, the authorities must be making millions a year from the wall fees alone.
Tip #2: There are many steep steps
Anyone without a considerable level of fitness may find the stairs challenging.
I saw many elderly visitors huffing and puffing as they climbed the stairs. And when they reached the top, they had to stop for a while to catch their breath before continuing.
Go slow if you start having difficulties climbing.
Tip #3: Go early in the morning to avoid the crowds
If you don't already know by now, the number of tourists in Dubrovnik is huge. They're everywhere and it's difficult to take any photos without anyone photobombing it.
The only way to beat the human traffic is to go early.
The ticket office opens at 8.00am ....
So be there early to get your tickets and start climbing those walls.
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So what will you see whilst climbing the walls?
Expect to see Dubrovnik's famous orange coloured roof tops and Lokrum Island (top left hand corner) in the distance:
Expect to see Games of Thrones filming locations. Here's two of the locaions:
Minceta Tower was the location of the House of the Undying.
Fort Lovrijenac on the left is used as the location of the Red Keep in King's Landing.
Expect to see the Old Port:
Expect to see a top view of the Big Onofrio's fountain (the round structure) :
And you can also expect to peek down to the restaurants below ...
... or even at a basketball court right smack in the walls:
The photos I've shared with you are inexhaustable. Of course you'll see many more things from the walls and on the walls.
So if you're visiting Dubrovnik, make sure you climb its city walls. I hope you'll be as amazed as I was.
