Today we spent most of the day at the resort, reading, listening to music, watching some videos and relaxing.
The resort is amazing. Its location is great and we just have a magic suite. The views are of the best we have experienced.
Weather was quite overcast until about 1pm at which time the sun came out and we had a beautiful sunny afternoon, totally showing the inability of the weather guys to predict what is going to happen.
At about 3:30pm we took the bus to the old town. Our hotel is about 100m from the bus that stops right in front of the old town. About a 15-20 minute ride.
We had a great lunch in a restaurant that has been there since 1836. Location is fantastic and we took many pictures. The food was fine. We both had salads. Paula chose grilled chicken and I tuna. The views from the table were stunning.
The highlight of the day was walking the walls of Drubovnik.
The Walls of Dubrovnik are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected its citizens since the 7th century. With numerous additions and modifications throughout their history, they have been considered to be amongst the great fortification systems of the Middle Ages, as they were never breached by a hostile army during this time period. In 1979, the old city of Dubrovnik, which includes a substantial portion of the old walls of Dubrovnik, joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The oldest systems of fortifications around the town were likely wooden palisades. Today's intact city walls, constructed mainly during the 12th–17th centuries, mostly a double line, run an uninterrupted course of approximately 1,940 metres (6,360 ft) in length, encircling most of the old city, and reach a maximum height of about 25 metres (82 ft).
We took many pictures and also videos to remind us once we left.
I just love this picture !
And these ...
And many others that could not fit anymore ...
By the time we had walked the wall the sun had set and we stayed in the old town (inside the wall) walking and one of the most amazing experiences we had was to visit a large room that has been dedicated for the resistance fighters that died defending Dubrovnik during the civil war that devastated this city. As you visit this beautiful city that has been fully restored it is so easy to forget that it survived and it is free today because of the ultimate sacrifice of many. This visit gave to me a special meaning and I leave more attached to this city than to others we have visited.
We had dinner in an outside esplanade very close to the theater and it felt amazing sitting there, having good food and enjoying the evening literally next to a building that is hundreds of years old that somehow survived heavy bombing.
We loved Dubrovnik. It has a mountain guarding the city, it has the sea next to it and in some places entering it, it has a old town area where you can walk, eat, people watch and listen to music, it has a wall around it which you can actually walk and most important it is there for us to partake of its beauty because of sacrifice of many who loved it so much they laid their lives to protect it. And all that in our book makes it a must visit city. The best of Croatia.
VIDEOS
Walking the Wall in Dubrovnik
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Posted by Armando
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