A pebble cove below the cliffs west of the Old Town, listed by the Dubrovnik tourist board among the city's beaches, with a separate rock and concrete bathing area.
A bathing area on the Babin Kuk side of the Lapad peninsula, listed by the tourist board as Cava - Coral Beach, with concrete platforms, rocks and pebbles.
The beach in front of Hotel President on the Babin Kuk side of the Lapad peninsula, with concrete sunbathing areas and pebbles.
Ship models, navigation objects and maritime collections connect Dubrovnik’s old harbour with its seafaring history.
The exhibition at Fort Imperial on Srđ examines Dubrovnik during the 1991–1995 war.
The 1,940 m ring of medieval walls around the Old Town, built from the 13th century to 1660, with sixteen towers, three fortresses, six bastions and two drawbridges. Walking the full circuit gives views over the terracotta roofs, the old port and the open sea.
The Rector’s Palace houses Dubrovnik’s Cultural History Museum in a former seat of government. It offers families a focused way to ask how the historic republic was governed and how people lived.
A four-minute ride lifts you above the terracotta roofs to a terrace looking down on the whole walled city and Lokrum; at sunset it is the view families frame and keep.
A 15-minute boat ride from the Old Port brings you to a car-free island nature reserve with free-roaming peacocks, a botanical garden and woodland paths. In summer there are rocks to swim from and a small salt-water lake where little ones can float in calm water.
Paddling under the towering walls and into a small sea cave to snorkel is the adventure older children talk about most after Dubrovnik.