City Walls Legends and Facts Tour
Description
The City Walls are often experienced as a scenic walk. This tour approaches them differently. This tour is not designed as a full historical timeline or a fast-paced overview, but as a clear and structured explanation of how the city defended itself. Rather than focusing on views alone, it explains how Dubrovnik functioned as a fortified state — how the walls were designed, how they evolved, and how they were used in practice. As you move along the walls, each section is placed in context: why it was built that way, what threats it addressed, and what it reveals about the priorities of the Republic. The views are constant, but they are not the focus. They serve as a way to understand the relationship between the city, the sea, and its defenses. As a private tour, the pace is adjusted to conditions — including heat, crowds, and your level of interest — which makes a significant difference on the walls. This is for those who want more than a walk with a view.
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Itinerary
Ancient Dubrovnik City Walls encompass entire Old Town offering a view of every part of it from above. It is the main attraction of Dubrovnik and walking on the wall is an absolute must when it comes to things to do in town.
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Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Reviews(21)
Fantastic tour of the city walls! Our guide was Davor (who, ironically, we had the day before for our city tour). It was wonderful to have Davor again as he could skip some of what we learned the day before and give us a deeper history of the walls and old town Dubrovnik. He was very knowledgeable about all the history and delivered into it in a way that kept you interested.
Such an amazing tour!! Davor was very knowledgeable the history and had a great outgoing personality! Loved by our family of 7 including 11 and 13 year old.
Greetings from Dubrovnik - thanks for the great time, the questions and this great review.
It was very nice we saw sites around all of Dubrovnik, I highly recommend. It is also great exercise so if you’re looking for that, I would definitely do it. He’s a very nice person too. I did the Game of Thrones tour and the walking tour. The Game of Thrones tour is very great, especially when you’ve seen the show. So if you ever go to Dubrovnik, definitely do this tour five stars.
Thanks for the great time, great interaction and stamina.... See you in Dubrovnik again, some day.
Davor was a fantastic guide. Very knowledgeable on a wide range of the city history. Arranging the tour was very easy for our family of six, he was extremely communicative through the entire process.
Davor was amazing. Informative, great personality and made the tour memorable. Definitely worth doing when visiting Dubrovnik for a unique personal experience of Dubrovnik!
Davor was an amazing guide, extremely knowledgeable of all Croatian history and very accommodating to my families needs. The tickets were not included, but he took us to the ticket office for purchase. A great tip, this ticket included access to many other sites/museums as well as the local bus. Walking the wall this time of year is hot! Bring water or enjoy several vendors along the way for rest and a cold drink.
Davor was very knowledgeable and provided very clear knowledge about the history of Dubrovnik. From the early times and very non bias info about the recent Yugoslav wars. Very interesting.
Davor is a very knowledgable guide who adapted the tour to suit our groups interests. Lovely tour, would highly recommend
The views were amazing! Davor is very friendly and knowledgable! We learned much about the region and it's past and present. Two hours was the perfect length! Highly recommend!
We had an excellent walk with Davor. Very friendly fellow. Knowledgeable person. We really enjoyed our trip with him. We all had good time with Davor. Thank you Davor for a good time
You were a great company and I have thoroughly enjoyed myself, glad to hear from you again :)
