THE PEARL OF ADRIA - DUBROVNIK!

22 January 2012 Travel time: with 18 June 2011 on 03 July 2011
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And so we go to Dubrovnik. We drove there for a long time, left at about 10 o'clock in the morning, and arrived at 5 o'clock in the evening, even at the beginning of six. We didn’t worry much about the road, the navigator will show where to go: and that, we start Dubrovnik, it leads us to Rijeka, puts us on a ferry, through Italy and further to the place and no other options. How about on dry land? It has never let us down in any country, it always works like clockwork. Well, okay, we'll get to Rijeka, and then we'll see. The beautiful Kvarner Bay, not a single decent photo turned out. It was the most annoying thing of the whole trip. I saw beautiful photos of other travelers, but we did not find the corresponding place. We stopped 4-5 times, in almost all parking lots in this area, but the photos are not very good, to put it mildly.

There are no rocky, steep mountains here, the slopes are gentle, overgrown with vegetation, and cities are spread on the coast, so the sea seems to be visible and at the same time it is somehow far away.


There was one place, it seems on a bridge or something like that, it was on our right, and we were driving along the third lane on the left and we had to leave to the left, so there was no way we could cross the road, but there was no turning around anywhere become. It's a shame, annoying, but okay, let's move on. Newly built, absolutely empty autobahns, well, what can I say: drive - I don’t want to! It should be noted that the navigator in Croatia never warned us about dangerous areas (surveillance cameras), it was very nice! ! ! And in order to show the way, he continued to strike, then we started Split. And things went like clockwork!

What a diverse landscape: mountains, valleys, hills, rivers, lakes, one sheer delight!

Moreover, we went there for the first time, everything around is new, interesting! If the autobahn had been a little busier, we would have been driving more slowly, we would have been able to see and capture more of everything new, and so the husband and son could not be stopped or slowed down. Where else can you experience such pleasure from driving a car? Naturally, my turn didn't reach me at all...We were very pleased with this run! And in general, all the roads of Croatia.

The autobahn ended, then we followed the signs. The navigator still does not lead us by land, it has been turned off completely. When the speed was reduced to 80, it seemed that they stopped altogether. And suddenly this road, on which we were driving, began to bifurcate, while there are 2 signs with some names that do not tell us anything. We turned to the left, it seemed that it was better. Now I don’t even remember how long we drove along it, then it began to rise up in a serpentine.


We climbed the mountain, the road goes through some settlements. Somewhere on the right there are mountains, then a valley and again the mountains along which we are driving. In principle, it was not scary, but unusual, no fences ...and no other cars except local ones. If earlier I came across either Polish or Czech ...now only with the letters MA. We determined that this is probably the Makarska region. It became clear that we drove somewhere in the wrong direction, that somewhere there is another route. We saw a car with the letters DU, decided that it was going to Dubrovnik and lined up behind it, but in principle there were no exits there, one road with 2 lanes. Then the descent began, we lost sight of this car, where did it go? And the descent was steep! ! ! At times it was necessary to honk, otherwise, if there were oncoming people, then they would not disperse. But there were no cars around, we were driving alone on brand new asphalt. Ahead appeared construction workers with all sorts of machinery laying asphalt.

Of course, they parted, they let us in, they looked at us so surprised ...There was no one around, we alone drove there, probably there was a sign somewhere, maybe some detour was shown, but we didn’t see anything, but most likely not noticed. The son asks: “Where to now? » Only straight ahead, to the south, there are no options. We drove through some construction site, under a lot of high-voltage wires ...and suddenly the road took us to a rather busy highway, where the tour is. there were buses and cars from Italy, Slovenia ...So here it is this road, which we somehow didn’t go on initially. Well, now we, wise by experience, when we go back, we will not stop at this highland! Yes, no matter how, we didn’t stop here, so we went to another place ...

Despite everything, it was very interesting to go! Such a different terrain, how many rivers and lakes we passed ...It's a pity that we were in a hurry and almost never stopped. Now we are driving along the valley of the Neretva river.

And then I remembered that somewhere out of the corner of my eye I read something on the forum, someone asked about a non-Croatian section of the road ...Therefore, it was about this country. Well, after all, we didn’t intend to come here, and I didn’t go into details about this, and didn’t read anything, just like in Dubrovnik, everything happens spontaneously now. Bosnia and Herzegovina is a tiny country, we only stopped at one place to take a photo.

Here it was admitted that these small countries, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro ...we do not have in the navigator at all. So that's why he didn't lead us the way we wanted. When we left again for the territory of Croatia, they brought in Dubrovnik-center-information bureau, began to work, the strike stopped.

We arrived in the center, stopped at a pizzeria, not far from the old town. They left their son in the car, just in case, drive off, drive up, because parking there was prohibited, and they themselves went to the info. the Bureau.


For about 30 minutes we waited for our turn, it turns out we are not the only ones who are going “to Lazar's boom”. They explained what we needed: housing of 2 rooms with air conditioning, not far from the sea, 500-700 meters and not very many steps, private parking. We were told that such accommodation would cost 150.00 euros per day. Although I did not look at the prices for Dubrovnik, it seemed to me very expensive. We asked what they can offer us for 70-80.00 euros? They showed a couple of pictures on the computer, where you can’t really see anything, and such an option as first going there and seeing on the spot, what and how, and then returning and paying, is not practiced. Either we look, we agree, we pay, or ...We asked them for a map of the city, they marked us on it where these apartments are located, so, approximately, with a cross ...and we left, we decided to go there and search on the spot.

But first, we drove around the city 3-4 times, past this medieval fortress wall.

The sight of her simply struck us, like scenes from a movie. We wanted to immediately go inside, there was a feeling that everything should be there, like in the Middle Ages, and people in the same clothes ...We have already visited some fortress cities, for example, San Gimignano in Italy and others, but this, this was something special.

But I had to find a place to live. We asked the Compass hotel and drove off, but somewhere we turned in the wrong place, something slipped through and as a result we arrived on a one-way street called Kardinala Stepinca. The navigator showed 500 meters to the sea. The son was again left at the starting position, and they themselves went to look for housing. Somewhere they didn’t open it for us, we went further, we looked at 2 apartments, we didn’t like it, the spiral staircases were too narrow and in general ...we went further and thus reached the apartments run by Sandra Lazo Oblizalo. Private parking 2 steps from the front door, 5-6 steps and you are already at home, no additional narrow spiral staircases.

We immediately liked the apartments. The bedroom and living room are air-conditioned, from the hall there is an entrance to a small kitchen with everything you usually need. The most remarkable thing about this kitchen was the window that opens onto the balcony, where we always had breakfast and enjoyed wine in the evenings, looking at the sparkling city and the twinkling stars. So, it was very convenient to put everything you need, for example, for breakfast, on the windowsill, and on the balcony it was taken and the table was set.


Quite spacious bathroom with everything you need. There are clotheslines on the balcony, clothespins in a basket, a washing machine in the bathroom, well, everything is as it should be. Plus the internet. When we were told the price, 70.00 euros per day, we agreed without even haggling. Firstly, everything suited us, and secondly, fatigue from the move had already begun to affect.

The husband was the first to go into the water, it was suspicious how long he entered it, and there were not very many bathers. The water is the purest, clearest and coldest of all the places where we have swum before. This was a complete surprise for us, we believed that the further south, the warmer. Then in the evening, when we talked with Sandra on this topic, she said that before that the water was very warm, and literally, almost with our arrival, the water turned cold. The Bura wind blew and the sea became cold. And after lunch, the sun disappeared, I even froze a little on the beach, and we went home, and then to the city.

Having driven several times around the city, we found a paid parking lot, quickly attached the car and went to this mysterious fortress. We were a little unlucky, we did not have the opportunity to climb the wall, on this day, for some reason, the entrance to it was closed a little earlier.

We slowly descended a rather steep staircase with high steps. There are no shops to the right and left, ordinary residential apartments, somewhere at the front door there are flowers, a step away from the stairs, and somewhere right on the stairs. I wonder how people live there? Probably, everything inside the houses has already been modernized. Unfortunately, during our descent, not a single front door opened, and it was so interesting for me to see at least one eye how everything is arranged there. Isn't there an elevator anywhere? But what about shopping? Very interesting! Until the very night, we walked around the city ...we went into some kind of door, and there ...what I wanted to see, people in medieval costumes, but it was either a rehearsal of the play, or something was filmed, Before we had time to really see everything around, we were escorted out of there. Didn't notice how dark it was.


Having bypassed the city, we came to the gate, went out of them, looked around, on the right we saw a pizzeria already familiar to us upon arrival, where I stayed to wait for my boys with the car, there was no desire to go up to the parking lot. And before that, we walked a little around everything, we were looking for an embankment with a pedestrian zone, but we never found it. There may not be a promenade, but here, around the old city, we did not find anything.

Now I know where it is, it was necessary to look not to the right, but to go to the left. In September of this year, a movie was filmed in Dubrovnik, before the New Year it was shown on TV, we recognized many places where the filming took place, and then in the cinema I saw a promenade that we did not find ...but to be honest, we also have a lot of time did not have.

The next day we had an excursion to Montenegro.

Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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Залив Кварнер
И это залив Кварнер
Автобаны Хорватии
Дорога на Дубровник, все фото дорог из машины на ходу.
Долина реки Неретва
А вот и сама река Неретва.
Босния и Герцеговина
Кусочек Боснии и Герцеговины.
Вдали показался Дубровник.
Вид на море с наших апартаментов.
Не большая пешеходная зона на Бабином Куке.
Бабин Кук, пляж Лапад.
В этом кафе на пляже мы пили кофе.
По этой лестнице спускались до пешеходной зоны, которая ведёт к пляжу.
Бабин Кук, пляжи и бухточки.
Адриатическое море одно из красивейших морей!
Вид с балкона на ночной Дубровник.
Конец пешеходной зоны, впереди пляжи и море!
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