Dubrovnik is a town hidden behind its stone walls, a city with an open heart that greets visitors from all around the globe. The whole town revloves around the sea and sunlight, with its clear skies, greenish-turquoise and dark-blue sea next to its stone shore creating an experience that is entirely unique to the city, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site thirty years ago. Dubrovnik fascinates all who visit it, with its many churches, museums, fortresses and its unique history, and the city is one of the world’s most important tourist destinations, where people of all nationalities and trades meet, from tourists, diplomats, politicians to artists.Today, the city is very proud of its tourism, as well as the popularity it has gained thanks to its appearance in the popular TV series, Game of Thrones.
For many years it was thought that Dubrovnik was established by refugees the Roman city of Epidaur (today Cavtat), which was destroyed by the Slavs. The city probably slowly grew and developed for many centuries. Taking into account Dubrovnik’s excellent geographical position, with many uvalas, including the main town pier of Gruž, as well as many more on the surrounding islands, the city must have been visited by ancient sailors from countries like Greece, who couldn’t have missed to visit the city, as they had colonies along the Adriatic coast.
