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The City Brass band
A special reason to be in Dubrovnik on festive occasion is to watch the City Brass band which has an impressive history and has been active for over one hundred and sixty years. The festive days in the city are made even more so by the sounds of trumpets, trombones, bombardina, clarinets, tambourines, and the [...]
Some history about the Government of Dubrovnik
The government of the Republic was liberal in character and early showed its concern for justice and humanitarian principles, e.g. slave trading was abolished since 1418.
The Republican Constitution of Dubrovnik was strictly aristocratic. The population was divided into three classes: nobility, citizens, and artisans or plebeians. All effective power was concentrated in the hands of [...]
Latino Club Fuego
Latino Club Fuego first opened its doors in Jun 2001. In a short period of time it become the most popular club in Dubrovnik. Interesting, carefully designed interior, excellent music, reasonable prices, and pleasant staff make a Latino Club Fuego’s visitors become its permanent satisfied guests.
Latino Club Fuego works every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from [...]
The city of artists and scientists
Many forms of artistic expression flourished during the long and rich history of Dubrovnik. The Dubrovnik literature experienced its renaissance “rebirth” in the 15th and 16th century, when many immortal works of literature were created. Emerging from life in Dubrovnik and created to amuse, provoke, cry and laugh, Dubrovnik literature developed from the people. The [...]
Dubrovnik’s Summer Festival
Dubrovnik’s Libertas Summer Festival is the largest and most celebrated cultural event in Croatia: an irresistible outpouring of music, theatre and dance that attracts an all-star line up of international performers and an ever-increasing number of visitors to the unique setting of the indoor and open-air stages of the Renaissance/Baroque city.
Performances of renowned European and [...]
Marking in Croatian moutains
Markings
Croatian mountains are marked according to standards: a red circle with a white dot in the center. Sometimes, very thin trees are marked with two parallel red lines and a white line between them. The mountaineering clubs look after the maintenance of the markings, usually those clubs that have their lodge or hut in the [...]
Mountains of the Croatian islands
In the climbing world, the islands have not yet obtained their rightful place in Croatian tourism. Exceptions are mountains on the islands of Lošinj, Pag, Rab and Brač. What singles Croatian mountains out from almost all others in European countries is the abundance of mountains on islands. All of the islands are mountainous, and are [...]
The mountains of Dalmatia
The basic feature of the mountains in this region is the fact that they belong to the Dinarides. In Dalmatia, the Dinarides fork into a number of parallel chains. The mountains of Dalmatia include Sv. Ilija (Zmijino brdo - Snake hill) on Pelješac, Biokovo, Dinara, Troglav, Kamešnica, Svilaja, Promina, Kozjak, Mosor, Poljička planina and Omiška [...]
Hiking in Dubrovnik region
The mountains of the Republic of Croatia mainly belong to the Dinaric range.The mountains in Dalmatia are higher and more deserted than in other parts. They represent a true challenge for climbers, both the inexperienced and experienced ones.
Croatia has a long climbing tradition and was among the first seven nations in the world that [...]
Cycling in Croatia
Cycling around Croatia is idealic for tourists, travel is cheap, you can visit all those destination where cars are not even allowed and to top it off you can use other means of transport if you so desire, you can catch a Ferry between Islands, if Island hoping is your thing, if you don’t have [...]
