Walls of Dubrovnik
Walk an unbroken 1,940-metre circuit of medieval stone — up to 25 metres above the old city — that held Ragusa independent for centuries.
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Built across the 13th–17th centuries and backed by 14 quadrangular towers, three circular towers, five bastions, and more than 120 cannons, these walls gave Dubrovnik formidable defenses. Fort Bokar, built into the land-side circuit, is the oldest preserved casemate fort of its kind in Europe. The whole old city earned UNESCO status in 1979.
What to look for
- Fort Bokar on the landward side — the oldest preserved casemate fort of its kind in Europe
- St. John's Fortress — one of the large fortifications reinforcing the circuit
- How the tower shapes shift: count the 14 quadrangular towers against the 3 circular ones as you walk the circuit
The full loop is just under 2 km; go at opening to get ahead of the 1.2 million visitors who packed it in 2019.
Walls of Dubrovnik is one of 12 sights worth the detour in Dubrovnik, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Dubrovnik pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Dubrovnik
- Rector's PalaceFour disasters over two centuries — fire, a gunpowder explosion, and two earthquakes — rebuilt this palace each time in a different style and left the evidence in plain sight.
- Dubrovnik CathedralA Baroque church rebuilt from the rubble of Dubrovnik's 1667 earthquake — its foundations partly funded by Richard the Lionheart, who owed a votive for surviving a shipwreck off Lokrum on his way home from the Third Crusade.
- StradunEvery building on this 300-metre limestone street was rebuilt to a government blueprint after the 1667 earthquake — and it shows.
- Sponza PalaceA stone arch inside warns every merchant: "When I measure goods, God measures with me."
- Franciscan Church & MonasteryThe 1667 earthquake flattened the church. One portal from 1498 made it through — and carved into it is a miniature of everything that didn't.
- Fort Lovrijenac (St. Lawrence Fortress)The fort Dubrovnik built in three months — just to stop Venice from ever owning the city.