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Croatia: Dubrovnik

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Cars with headlights drive away from a huge, walled-city fortress at night.
The well-preserved ancient city of Dubrovnik is a lively place.
Tourists walk in and out of an ancient entrance to a walled city at night.
It dates back to the 7th century, although the magnificent stone walls were built between the 13th and 17 centuries. Tourists swarm the city, especially at night.
Tourists walk along an ancient street at night.
Night street scene of a cobblestone street in Dubrovnik.
Unfortunately, many residents moved out of the city over the past 20 years as their properties were converted to short-term rentals for tourists.
Tourists walk along an ancient courtyard at night.
Although it’s a beautiful place, it feels a little like Disneyland because it’s now mainly enjoyed by tourists.
A TV reporter interviews a woman on an ancient street at night.
A TV reporter stopped Trish and others to ask them what they thought about the large crowds of tourists.
A couple sits on stairs at the end of a dark alley in an ancient city.
Still, there are some quiet places.
A view looking down on a stone street in an ancient city.
And there are quiet times, mainly in the early morning.
A pigeon lands on the arm of a priest in Dubrovnik.
There are still some people (and many pigeons) who live here.
A pigeon lands on the head of a priest in Dubrovnik.
A pigeon on top of the head of a priest in Dubrovnik.
Looking into an arched doorway of a barbershop you can see a man getting a shave.
You can meet locals at a barbershop on one of the main streets. I got a haircut here after waiting my turn. The barber gave preferential treatment to residents (as he should).
The sun casts a beautiful glow on a stone street in Dubrovnik.
Tourists walk along a shiny stone street in an ancient city.
A view looking up a stone stairway.
One of the main attractions is climbing the stairs to walk the 1.2-mile wall which rings the perimeter of the old city.
View of tower in the old city of Dubrovnik.
At the top of the wall there are panoramic vistas in nearly every direction.
A long narrow pathway ontop of the wall in Dubrovnik.
High on the wall in old Dubrovnik, a woman stands above red-tiled roof buildings.
A panoramic view of red-tiled roofs, a clock tower, and the blue sea in the distance.
A basketball court high above the city of Dubrovnik on the wall.
There are even a couple of basketball courts high atop the wall.
A basketball court high up on the wall in Dubrovnik.
A view looking down on a small courtyard and red-tiled roofs from the wall in Dubrovnik.
A rectangular opening in a stone wall reveals a colorful sea view.
A panoramic view of red-tiled roofs and the blue sea in the distance.
A turret at the end of a narrow walkway on the wall in Dubrovnik.
A narrow walkway leads to a turret on the wall in Dubrovnik.
An ancient church bell tower in a blue sky.
Aerial view of red-tiled roofs from the wall in Dubrovnik.
A view that includes a round church dome.
A view that makes homes on the ground look small.
A bright blue sky is framed below by a gray wall above the walled city of Dubrovnik.
An aerial view that includes a round church dome.
A stone wall curves around stone buildings.
An open iron gate and ancient archway frames a view of a table with an umbrella next to the deep blue sea.
The deep blue sea is framed by a gray wall at the bottom.
A woman on the narrow walkway high on the wall.
An old man looks out a top-story window in an old pale pink building.
A photo of a woman taking a photo head-on on a narrow walkway.
A man in an orange tshirt and sunglasses poses high above on the wall.
A woman smiles as she leans her back against an ancient wall.
A view down a steep staircase on the wall in Dubrovnik.
A map with red and black triangles and squares.
A map at the entrance to the old city shows how many bombs were dropped on it in 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence.
A view looking down on red-tiled roofs.
There are few signs of that destruction today.
A statue of a man rises above an ancient courtyard.
A statue honors Ivan Gundulic (1589–1638), a celebrated Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa.
A tour guide wearing dark shades holds up a photo of scene from "Game of Thrones" in the place it was filmd.
Many tourists visit to see where the popular TV series, “Game of Thrones” was filmed.
A crowded outdoor cafe with stairs in the background in an ancient city.
The infamous “Walk of Shame” staircase from “Game of Thrones” is the Jesuit Staircase located in the heart of Old Town.
A turret with a flag on a rocky cliff rises above the sea.
Other “Game of Thrones” filming locations include “King’s Landing.”
A photo of a movie scene from "Game of Thrones" is held before the place where it was filmed.
A rocky cliff rises above a blue sea.
A single yellow flower that resembles a dandelion shoots up from the rocks into a bright blue sky.
An aerial view of a small peninsula with a rocky coast along a deep blue sea.
Sea view of boats docked in a small square inlet.
A tall cliff next to the deep blue sea.
A gray fortress sits on top of a cliff alongside the deep blue sea.
A square inlet in the blue sea is framed by rocky cliffs.
Kayakers left from this cove one early evening.
Swimmers brave rocky cliffs high above the blue sea.
Swimmers braved the high cliff to dive into the water.
A bright blue pergola frames an outside bar where a man is sitting.
Above the cove is a small outdoor bar.
A red flower is in focus with the light blue ocean in the background.
A good place to watch the sunset and marvel at nature is from the perch of the bar at the top of the cove.
A tiny plant juts out of a rocky clip with a light blue sky.
A woman stands by a black iron gate on an ancient wall.
A clothesline is strung outside an open window on an old stone building.
A little girl in a pink dress rides a scooter in a stone portico in an ancient city.
Night scene of a courtyard in Dubrovnik.
Street lights cast a blue tint over an ancient walkway between stone buildings.
Blue stained glass windows in a church are lit against the night.
Pigeons roost inside a lit archway at night.
Police in the middle of a lit street at night with the large fortress of a walled city in the background.
Tourists walk out of a stone archway.
A view of buildings with red roofs along the blue sea.
A gray fortress sits ontop of a rocky cliff by the blue sea.
A black bird flies by an ancient dome on a building.
People, some in formal clothes, walk by an ancient stone portico.
People walk along a sunlit shiny stone roadway in an ancient city.
A narrow walkway with dining tables and a sign of the Marco Polo restaurant.
We stayed at this hotel above the Marco Polo restaurant.
Portrait of a woman standing in an ancient city.