Dubrovnik and Dalmacija travel guide

Around Dubrovnik
Left Church of St Ignatius Right Gunduli Square
Best of the Rest
Convent of St Claire
The gleaming orange roof
tiles of this former monastery
beckon when seen from the Old
City walls (see pp8–9). Today it
is home to a casual restaurant,
Jadran (see p68), set within
ornate cloisters. Poljana Paksa
Milieva 1 • Map H5
Orthodox Church Museum
Two doors down from the
recently refurbished Serbian
Orthodox Church is this colourful
Icon Museum with works dating
from the 15th to 19th centuries
Od Pua 8 • Map J5 • 020 323 283
• Open 9am–2pm Mon–Sat • Adm charge
Church of St Ignatius
Up a grand sweep of stairs,
modelled on Rome’s Spanish
Steps, is this voluminous 18thcentury
Jesuit Church. Its dim
interior houses fine examples of
trompe l’oeil. Poljana R Bokovia
• Map J6 • Open 8am–7pm daily
Pustijerna
Wander the streets of this
area to the south of the Stradun
in search of traces of the Old
City walls. Medieval houses, many
in ruins, huddle along impossibly
narrow lanes, giving an insight into
pre-1667 Dubrovnik. Map K6
Synagogue
This little synagogue, up the
hill from the Stradun, is said to be
Europe’s second oldest, after one
in Prague. Žudioska 5 • Map J5 •
Open 10am–3pm Mon–Sat • Adm charge
Gundulieva Poljana
(Gunduli Square)
This beautiful square is home
to a statue of Ivan Gunduli, the
17th-century poet whose Osman
recalls a great Slavic victory over
the Turks. There’s a lively morning
market here. Map J5
Aquarium
The Aquarium is a good rainyday
choice, with its poisonous
Adriatic moray eels, stingrays,
sea horses – and some species
also served up in local eateries.
Damjana Jude 12 • Map K6 • 020 323
978 • Open summer: 9am–9pm daily;
winter: 9am–1pm Mon–Sat • Adm charge
Church of St Luke
Renovations spanning nine
centuries brought this tiny singlenave
church to its present form
in 1787. Look out for the saints
carved above the main door and
the small gallery that is now
inside. Svetog Dominika bb • Map K4
• 020 321 603 • Opening hours vary
Rupe Ethnographic
Museum
This vast space was built to store
grain, in holes bored into the rock,
in case of siege. The museum
looks at daily life over the years.
Od Rupa 3 • Map H5 • 020 323 013
• Open 9am–6pm daily • Adm charge
Marin Driži House
This museum honours a
celebrated 16th-century Dubrovnik
playwright. Široka 7 • Map H5
• Open 9am–2pm daily • Free
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