Dubrovnik: Game of Thrones, Colorful Peacocks and Hidden Bar in a Cave
After a car trip along the Balkans I felt in love with their beauty and charm. Dubrovnik, appeared to be one of my brightest impressions. It is a city of a picturesque old town with marble streets, baroque buildings and endless shimmering of the Adriatic. This city attracts millions of tourists and many celebrities such as Tina Turner, Brian Ferry. Diego Maradona was also recently spotted here. Now I understand why.
I would name Dubrovnik one of most magnificent cities in the world for its impressive location, overlooking the blue waters of the Adriatic Sea.
In Dubrovnik we decided to stay at Hotel More that has settled down on the peaceful Lapad Peninsula, where green pine forests and dramatic cliffs scenery is just made for admiration. The hotel is all about the panoramic view across Lapad Bay from its pool, restaurant and bars.
The main gem of the hotel is its Cave Bar More made in a real cave with the bay view terrace.
We preferred peaceful atmosphere here to noisy bars in the Old Town located in 15-minute drive from the hotel.
More Restaurant serves amazing fresh sea food…
… as well as a great selection of meat and vegetarian dishes from international and Croatian cuisine.
Croatian white wine deserves a separate post, as its taste and diversity is out of this world.
In the morning we were freshening ourselves up in the pool and went to discover this red roofed fairytale city.
The history of Dubrovnik began in the 7th century, when near the Adriatic Sea shore on a small island, for its rocky southern coast called Laus (means ‘Rock’ in Greek), a town was founded. Since then, it has endured the antique influence, the dawn of Christianity, domination of the Byzantine Empire, and then the power of Venice and attacks of the Ottoman Empire...
In 1667 a ruining earthquake happened there. Most Dubrovnik buildings - palaces, monasteries and churches were destroyed. The only untouched constructions were the mighty walls of the city, as well as Palazzo Sponza ( Sponza Palace) and the Rector's Palace façade. Gradually, the city was rebuilt according to the original drawings.
The best place to admire the city views - the top of the powerful medieval walls that surround it. The entire route around their perimeter is about two kilometers. I was walking for two hours, stopping now and then to photograph the kaleidoscope of red roofs.
Dubrovnik is also a shooting venue for the famous American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones. At the moment I am watching the fourth season of this movie, so it was much more interesting to dive into the city atmosphere, which has been perfectly conveyed in the series. And of course for the movie fans the city offers tours around all shooting sites, and local shops and vendors will amaze you with the abundance of this movie souvenirs.
Opposite of Dubrovnik there is a small and very green island of Lokrum. Game of Thrones also paid a visit to this island.
Island of Lokrum is a botanical garden. Peacocks roam throughout the island. The film "Thrones" crew turned it into Quart, an oasis city, where Daenerys with Viserys were walking around.
I will never cease admiring this beauty!
On the island there are also ruins of an ancient Fort.
And you will be enchanted with the fabulous views of the old Dubrovnik known as "King's Landing” for all Game of Thronesfans.
Dubrovnik is a great place to feel history, real and fictitious. Two days that we had here to walk around were far from being enough. So, I'll have to come back here again, because this city has conquered me!
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