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Dubrovnik,
properly planned.

A preview of how FieldGuide plans a few days in Dubrovnik: the thinking, the format and the photography. Your complete day-by-day guide, with times, costs and places to eat checked for your dates, is researched for you personally.

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Skala passing through Dubrovnik’s Old Port

Why Dubrovnik is worth planning

A small city that rewards good timing.

Dubrovnik’s Old Town is compact, but its walls, steps, busy cruise days, island boats and changing light mean the order of each day matters more than the length of the list.

  • The Old Town on foot. Stone streets, steps and slopes: how you reach your accommodation matters as much as the distance on a map.
  • The walls and the water. The city walls, a boat to Lokrum and the cable car each depend on season, weather and operating hours.
  • Room to breathe. A good plan leaves space for a long lunch, a swim or a second look in better light.

Sample excerpt · Day one

The Old Town, at your own pace.

Begin at Pile Gate and follow Stradun towards the Old Port, leaving room for stops rather than trying to collect every landmark.

People walking along the sunlit stone paving of Stradun
A street-level view of the Old Town. Photograph: John Cusick.

The rest of this day, and every other day of your trip, is in your personal FieldGuide.

Inside a FieldGuide for Dubrovnik

What your guide covers.

  • Arrival and airport transfer options for your flight times
  • Where to stay, matched to your budget and access needs
  • A day-by-day plan paced to your interests
  • Opening hours, ticket prices and boat timetables checked for your dates
  • Wet-weather and windy-day alternatives
  • A restaurant shortlist that suits everyone’s food needs
  • Photography spots and when the light is best
  • A departure checklist and pre-travel checks before you go
  • Your guide on your phone, with map links

Prices, opening hours and timetables change. Your guide records the date each one was checked.

Photography by John Cusick

Come back for different light.

Dubrovnik changes with the hour. Golden coastal light, deep stone shadows and narrow Old Town streets can make the same walk feel completely different.

Golden light falling across Dubrovnik coastal fortifications above the sea
Golden hour on the coast.Late light catches the fortifications above the Adriatic.
View down a stone stairway between Old Town buildings in Dubrovnik
Layers of the Old Town.Stone steps, close-set facades and the city climbing towards the hillside.

Your Dubrovnik, planned around you.

Tell us your dates, who is travelling and what you enjoy. We review your brief and confirm the scope and price before you pay anything. A three-day, single-base FieldGuide is £49.

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