Dubrovnik: walls at dawn, islands by noon.
Which wall ticket to walk and when, which island cruise actually stops long enough to swim, and what a day over the Montenegrin border really costs. Every tour in and out of the city, reviewed and ranked.
Six Dubrovnik days worth planning around.
The rampart circuit, the filming locations, the island run, the sea caves, a kayak under the fortress and the cable car at the end of the day. Most Dubrovnik trips are built out of these six — here is the best way to book each.
Dubrovnik’s Old Town is smaller than you think.
The whole walled town is a twenty-minute walk end to end, which is exactly why the rampart circuit is the thing to book: an hour and a half above the roofs, one direction only, sea on one side and the city on the other. There is no shade up there. Walk it at opening or in the last hours of the afternoon.
The tours Dubrovnik fills first.
Every review →A handful of departures carry more travellers than the whole of the rest of the catalogue. Here is what each one gives you for the day, and what it costs.
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Blue Cave Small-Group Boat Tour from Dubrovnik
Small-group boat tour from Dubrovnik to the Blue Cave, Sunj Beach, and Kolocep caves, with snorkeling gear and drinks.
From · $84
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2
Full-Day Dubrovnik Elaphite Islands Cruise with Lunch and Drinks
from $78
3
Epic Game of Thrones Tour + Lokrum & Saver Option
from $25
4
Elaphiti Islands Full-Day Cruise with Lunch
from $78
5
Old Town Walking Tour
from $23
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The Original Game of Thrones Tour & Lokrum Option
from $26
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Montenegro Day Trip
from $70
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Dubrovnik Game of Thrones Tour & Optional Lokrum Island Visit
from $24
Half of Dubrovnik is offshore.
Kolocep and Lopud have no cars on them at all, and Sipan barely does. Boats leave the Old Port and Gruz all morning: a full day with lunch aboard, a speedboat run to the caves, or a kayak that never loses sight of the fortress.
Three countries are a day trip from Dubrovnik.
Mostar and the Kravice waterfalls make a long but easy day north; the Bay of Kotor is closer to Dubrovnik than Split is. Both cross out of Schengen, so everyone on the bus carries a passport and the crossing is part of the timetable — which is why the early departures are the ones that fit the whole itinerary in.
- 1Montenegro Day Tripfrom $70
- 2Montenegro Full-Day Trip from Dubrovnik with Optional Boat Tripfrom $72
- 3Montenegro Boat Tour from Perast to Kotorfrom $66
What a day out of Dubrovnik costs.
Every published tour on the site, sorted by what you actually pay. The cheapest good day here costs less than lunch on the Stradun.
Old Town walks, the filming locations on foot, the cable car, a kayak at sunset.
The full-day island cruises with lunch aboard, the cave speedboats, Mostar and Montenegro.
Your own boat, your own guide and driver, and the long two-country days.
Only in Dubrovnik’s corner of Dalmatia.
Every Mediterranean city sells a boat trip and a food tour. A televised capital, a five-kilometre wall built to guard a salt pan, and the steep slopes that made Plavac Mali belong to this one stretch of coast.
King’s Landing
Dubrovnik stood in for the capital of the Seven Kingdoms across six seasons, and almost none of it was built for television. The Jesuit Staircase, the Lovrijenac fortress, the old harbour and the ramparts are all exactly where the crews found them. The guides who run these carry stills, which is the only honest way to see how much of a street actually made the screen.
- 1Epic Game of Thrones Tour + Lokrum & Saver Option★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 · 5,995 reviews
- 2The Original Game of Thrones Tour & Lokrum Option★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 5,064 reviews
- 3Dubrovnik Game of Thrones Tour & Optional Lokrum Island Visit★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 4,702 reviews
The Mali Ston Oysters
The bay at Mali Ston is shallow and brackish, fed by karst springs off the mainland, and oysters have been farmed in it since Roman times. They are eaten about a minute after they leave the water, standing on the boat that lifted them. The same day usually takes in the salt pans and the five-kilometre wall the republic built to guard them.
- 1Explore Mostar, Ston and Kravice Waterfalls ( Small Group )★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 166 reviews
- 2Ston and Korcula Island Day Trip from Dubrovnik with Wine Tasting★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 · 130 reviews
- 3Oyster, Mussles, and Wine Tasting Tour in Ston★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 77 reviews
The Peljesac Reds
The peninsula grows Plavac Mali on slopes steep enough that the pickers work them by hand, and the two crus everyone argues about — Dingac and Postup — face the sea from the south side. Tastings run long because the cellars are family-sized, and the drive back over the ridge is somebody else’s problem.
- 1Wine Lover’s Tour of Peljesac Peninsula★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 150 reviews
- 2Peljesac Peninsula & Korcula Island Day-Trip from Dubrovnik★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 · 135 reviews
- 3Pelješac Full-Day Wine and Food Tour from Dubrovnik★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 72 reviews
Book these before you land in Dubrovnik.
Most of this city can be arranged the night before from your apartment. These cannot: they run on opening hours, ferry timetables, border queues and how many ships are alongside at Gruz that morning.
- 01City Walls Early Morning or Sunset Walking TourThe circuit runs one direction only and there is no shade anywhere on it, so the first and last entries of the day are the ones that go.
- 02Montenegro Day TripCroatia is inside Schengen and Montenegro is not — everyone aboard needs a passport, and the crossing is part of the day, not an interruption to it.
- 03Blue Cave Small-Group Boat Tour from DubrovnikSmall boats into a cave mouth sail only when the swell allows, which is why the summer departures fill weeks ahead of the weather forecast.
- 04Mostar and Kravice Waterfalls Tour from Dubrovnik (Semi-Private)A border crossing each way, with the waterfalls an hour beyond the town — only the early departures fit both into one day.
Dubrovnik in August is a limestone oven. Get on the water.
The Old Town is white stone with almost no shade in it, and by midday in high summer it holds heat like a pan. Every good answer is offshore or underground: a kayak in the shadow of the fortress, a boat with a proper swim stop, a cellar on the peninsula, a kitchen out in the countryside.
By place — the city and the ring around it
The Old Town & Walls39 tours
Lokrum14 tours
The Elaphiti Islands126 tours
Cavtat27 tours
Konavle Valley16 tours
Peljesac27 tours
Ston37 tours
Korcula63 tours
Mljet10 tours- Every tour in Dubrovnik →
By kind of day — what are you booking?
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Wine tasting on Peninsula Pelješac wine tour from Dubrovnik
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Korcula 3 Islands Tour – Badija – Vrnik – Stupe (shared tour)
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Traditional Brunch and Painting Class in Old Town Dubrovnik
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Boat discovery: private one-day Korčula adventure
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Croatia Islands Private Hike & E -Bike Tour on Korcula Island
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Korčula for Early Risers and Coffee Lovers Private Walking Tour
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Sailing Korcula: Learn to Sail and Relax on the Water
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