City Guide: Dubrovnik

     Dubrovnik can quite rightly lay claim to the title of most beautiful town in the Mediterranean.

     And if you agree after your stay, you are in good company, the famed English poet Lord Byron once  proclaimed Dubrovnik as the "Pearl of the Adriatic".

     The oldest seaside city on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, the walls that surround the city give way to Baroque buildings on marble streets.

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     However, Dubrovnik's origins do not lie in the world class resort it has become, it was established as an independent city-republic surviving on trade. Soon it achieved a high level of development and a center of wealth.

     At the turn of the 19th Century Dubrovnik gained popularity as a tourist destination and it became renowned as a playground for royalty and diplomats. Consequently, Dubrovnik hosts the largest share of luxury hotels in Croatia.

     Today Dubrovnik mainly lures visitors with impressive architecture and sculptural masterpieces, like Bell Tower and Roland's Column.

Other sites worth a look include;

- The main pedestrian thoroughfare, Placa, which hums with cafés and shops

- The Renaissance Sponza Palace, which dates from the 16th century and The Rectors Palace, a Gothic-Renaissance structure

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