Villa AnicaDubrovnik
Book
Menu

Dubrovnik, the way we would spend it

A few days from Villa Anica Dubrovnik: from the walls at first light to island konobas and sunset above the city. With links and 2026 prices.

01First morning

Walk the walls before the city wakes

Leave the villa early: Pile Gate is about 8 minutes downhill, and the walls entrance is just inside it. In the cool of the morning you have the ramparts, the terracotta roofs and the open sea almost to yourself.

The ticket also lets you into Fort Lovrijenac, the fortress on its own rock just outside the walls and five minutes from the villa.

Ticket
€40 adult, Fort Lovrijenac included
Hours
From about 8:00 in summer, about 9:00–15:00 in winter
From the villa
8 min to Pile Gate
City Walls
Dubrovnik Old Town seen through a stone window

02Good to know

One card for walls, museums and buses

If you plan more than the walls, the Dubrovnik Pass is the simple choice: the walls, the Rector’s Palace, the Maritime Museum, the Franciscan Monastery and other city museums, plus the city buses.

The 3-day and 7-day passes also take 20% and 30% off the Lokrum ticket.

1 day
€40
3 days
€50
7 days
€60
Dubrovnik Pass

03Afternoon

Lokrum, the green island across the bay

Small boats leave the Old Port for Lokrum roughly every half hour. In fifteen minutes you swap stone streets for pine woods, peacocks, a botanical garden and the “Dead Sea”, a small saltwater lake in a collapsed cave where the water is always calm.

Nobody stays overnight on Lokrum, so keep an eye on the time of the last boat back.

Ticket
€30 adult, return boat and island entry
Boats
From the Old Port, about every 30 minutes
Lokrum
Turquoise bay of a wooded island near Dubrovnik, seen from above

04A day at sea

Sail to the Elafiti Islands

Our favourite day. Dubrovnik Daily Sailing takes small private groups out of Gruž harbour on a 41 ft yacht: a swim off Koločep, a quiet bay with nobody else in it, and lunch ashore on Šipan or Lopud.

The half-day trip (4 hours) goes around Koločep. The full day (7 hours) adds a second swim stop and lunch on the islands. Prices are for the whole boat, not per person. Dubrovnik Daily Sailing is an independent local operator we recommend.

Half day, 4 h
from €320 per boat
Full day, 7 h
from €420 per boat
Departure
Gruž harbour, 6 min by car
Book with Dubrovnik Daily Sailing
View from the deck of a sailing boat towards a wooded island
Sailing boat anchored in a turquoise bay, seen from above

05Lunch on the islands

Island konobas worth the sail

On the islands, lunch is grilled fish caught that morning, a glass of local white and nowhere to be. A few places our guests love:

  • Šipanska Luka, Šipan

    Konoba Kod Marka

    A sailors’ favourite on the harbour: simple grilled fresh fish, sea urchins and crab “Marko-style”. Open in season.

    konoba-kod-marka.com

  • Vrbova bay, Šipan

    BOWA

    A beach restaurant with cabanas on its own cove: Ston oysters, tuna tartare and fish. Reservation required.

    bowa-dubrovnik.com

  • Lopud harbour

    Obala

    A family seafood restaurant since 1936, known for sea bass baked in salt. Closed for the 2026 season; reopens in April 2027.

    obalalopud.com

On Lopud, walk across the island to sandy Šunj bay for an afternoon swim.

06Sunset

Above the city on Mount Srđ

In the late afternoon, walk ten minutes to the cable car and ride up Mount Srđ. From the top, the Old Town, Lokrum and the Elafiti Islands lie below you as the sun goes down.

The cable car runs until midnight in high summer and closes from December to March.

Return ticket
€30 adult
One way
€17 adult
From the villa
10 min on foot
Dubrovnik Cable Car
Fort Lovrijenac and the Dubrovnik city walls above the sea at sunset

07Dinner

Eat like a local

Skip the menus with photos on Stradun. These are places where people from Dubrovnik eat:

Welcome drink at Villa Anica Dubrovnik

  • Široka 1, Old Town

    Proto

    Seafood since 1886, a few minutes from Pile Gate: Ston oysters, black risotto and grilled fish.

    esculaprestaurants.com

  • Lapad

    Pantarul

    Modern Dalmatian cooking from seasonal local produce, a favourite with locals.

    pantarul.com

  • Bosanka, on Mount Srđ

    Konoba Dubrava

    Lamb, veal or octopus slow-cooked under the iron bell (peka). Order the peka at least three hours ahead.

    konobadubrava.com

08After dark

Nights inside a fortress

Culture Club Revelin is a nightclub inside the 16th-century Revelin Fortress by Ploče Gate, with guest DJs and late nights, busiest in summer. For a quieter evening, the bars and live music on and around Stradun are a short walk from the villa.

Culture Club Revelin

09Further afield

Day trips for a longer stay

With a few more days, the region is full of easy trips. Ask us and we will help you plan them.

  • Konavle countryside and its traditions
  • Wine tasting on the Pelješac peninsula, home of Plavac Mali
  • Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
  • Mostar and Međugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prices are 2026 adult prices, checked in October 2026. They can change, so please check the official site before you go.

Need a tip or a booking?

Ask us before or during your stay. We are happy to help with tables, boats and transfers.

WhatsAppContact
Book a RoomBook the Entire Villa