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Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik, the pearl of the Adriatic, crowns a limestone peninsula where medieval walls circle a city of baroque fountains, orange rooftops, and impossibl...

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Walking the City Walls at Sunrise

Walking the City Walls at Sunrise

I paid the wall entrance fee at 7 a.m. before the cruise ships docked and had the whole circuit almost entirely to myself. The old town spread out below in terracotta and white st...

An Evening on the Stradun

An Evening on the Stradun

The Stradun is made of limestone so polished by centuries of foot traffic that it glows like marble under the evening lights. I walked it a dozen times over three days and it neve...

Swimming Below the Walls

Swimming Below the Walls

There is a small rocky beach at the base of the city walls where you can swim directly beneath the medieval ramparts, the stone rising above you while you float in water so clear...