CROATIA || Dubrovnik - travel vlog (City Walls, Fort Lovrijenac, Cable Car) 15 Degrees North

15° North are travelling again! This time we are in Croatia visiting the border world-famous coastal city, Dubrovnik. There we visit: City Walls, Fort Lovrijenac, the Cable Car.
Jérémy and Ben here again! We love to travel and to satisfy our wanderlust, we are on a worldwide odyssey exploring the best places for a break around the world. We love to escape Britain to experience the best culture, cuisine and attractions that the globe has to offer. If you’re a tourist like us and just need a good itinerary for what to do and how to do it when you’re in Dubrovnik, we will show you the best things to put on your itinerary.
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Dubrovnik is an ancient city sitting at the southern-most point of Croatia. The Jewel of the Dalmatian Coast, this once sleepy town has sky-rocketed to international attention in recent years thanks to its prominent role within a little-known TV show: Game Of Thrones.
Founded in the seventh century, Dubrovnik used to be known as Ragusa. Although it formed part of the Venetian Empire, it was a free city between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries.It changed hands many times over the last two hundred years, sitting within the changing borders of Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia and now Croatia... although it sits mere miles from the borders of both Bosnia and Montenegro. It’s been in the EU, behind the Iron Curtain and conquered by Napoleon. But all the while, it’s remained basically unchanged, making it one of the most complete medieval cities in the world. Unless you count using CGI to construct the vast palace of King’s Landing.
Now there’s no doubt that Dubrovnik is one of the most picturesque towns on the Mediterranean. And we’re not the only people who have come to that conclusion. It often tops the list of the most “over-touristed” places in the world, which essentially means the proportion of visitors versus its residents. 40,000 people live in Dubrovnik. Meanwhile, 1.5 million tourists visit each year. Which means that on any given day, there are 39 tourists for every resident there. And when we went, which was in October, it was pretty busy. Although not crazily so.
The biggest effect from this influx of tourism is the price. Oh. My. God. It’s so expensive. Like crazy expensive. It goes straight into the Top 3 of the most expensive places we have ever visited, ranking alongside Scandinavia and Switzerland. We discovered later that the rest of Croatia is not like this, but in Dubrovnik the residents have decided en masse to take advantage of the sheer volume of people passing through its gates. And that’s great for them. Not so great for us. We’re not trying to scare anyone off, but you really do need to go into a visit with your eyes open. For example, the two biggest tourist attractions are the city walls and the cable car to the summit of the nearby cliff overlooking the town. The former costs 35 Euros per person and the latter 25. That’s 60 Euros each just for a day out. Main meals in restaurants are around 30 Euros, while drinks are at least 10 each. We pride ourselves on travelling on a budget, but your budget doesn’t go far here at all. Had we spent all of that on our one day in the city, we would have spent more on that day than the rest of our week-long trip in the Balkans combined. So was it worth it? Of course. There’s definitely a reason it’s in such demand.