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<strong>St</strong>radun (the main pedestrian street<br />
between the city gates), explore<br />
the morning market or head for the<br />
harbour and city walls. The walls<br />
are two kilometres around and up<br />
to six metres thick on the land side.<br />
Never breached, they bristle with<br />
fortresses, bastions and towers,<br />
such as the sturdy Minceta dating<br />
to 1464, when every visitor to town<br />
had to bring a stone. There are<br />
steep steps and spectacular views<br />
over harbour and town, while high<br />
above an orange cable car glides up<br />
to the panoramic hilltop. Beaches stretch along the coast<br />
or you can sail or kayak to the nearby islet of Lokrum,<br />
full of chirruping crickets. Draped in lush vegetation,<br />
it’s a peaceful nature reserve and the perfect escape for<br />
romantic couples. Look out for the salt water lake known<br />
as the Dead Sea, the exotic botanical garden and the<br />
Port Royal tower looking back to Dubrovnik and its old<br />
harbour.Tempted? Just follow George Bernard Shaw for<br />
“If you want to see paradise on earth,” he said, “you must<br />
come to Dubrovnik.”<br />
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