Summer Trip Day 9: Dubrovnik

Ninth day of the trip. We enjoyed the night in Dubrovnik yesterday and today we began the sightseeing inside the old town. Almost every cities in Croatia, especially in Dalmatia region, has the old town part. And Dubrovnik is one of them. Typically, the old town was surrounded by city wall, for security purpose in the past. In Dubrovnik, there was one way to go to the old town, through the Pile Gate. It was a narrow road and we passed too fast, so no picture of it. :(

We began the journey on foot starting from the entrance of the city wall.

Statue of St. Blaise, the protector of the city

on top of the city wall gate

Onofrio Water Fountain, a water source

for Dubrovnik people in the past,

it's still working today :)

We continued the walk, entering the Fransiscan monastery,

where the Fransiscans in the past did their work,

mostly in medical area

In front of the Franciscan museum,

inside was displayed some pharmacy equipments

and religious equipments belonged to the Franciscans.

No pictures allowed inside the museum. :(

Actually, there was the oldest apothecary in Europe inside the Franciscan complex. It was still working now. Stupidly, we forgot to take the picture in front of it since we realized it too late and the group has moved on. :'(

Continued the walk to St. Blaise Church,

I guess this is the only church inside the old town. :D

Continued the walk to Rector's Palace,

the former government building in Dubrovnik.

Above was the original column piece from Rector's Palace 

The statue of Michael Prazatto,

one of the governor of Dubrovnik

who did a lot of things for building Dubrovnik 

The city from the window of Rector's Palace

After the Rector's Palace, we had our lunch. We needed to refuel ourselves before starting to climb the city wall. :D The city wall was really encircling the entire town and it could take up to 2 hours if we wanted to walk the whole wall. Because of time constraint, we just walked 1/3 of the city wall. :)

The pier at the other side of the city wall's gate,

where we started the climb to the city wall

Hugo and Rosa on the city wall,

with one of the tower of the city wall in the background

The view of the old town from the city wall,

with Adriatic sea behind

Hugo and Rosa took picture with the beautiful view,

but they were afraid of falling down :S

Descending the city wall, the terrain was not flat

so the city wall was following it

Old town view from the other side of the city wall

Going further down the city wall,

before descending towards the ground

Waived goodbye to the remaining city wall,

we wished to walk the entire circle to see the view

After going back to the ground, we ended the sightseeing inside the town. It was a great experience for us and we got to see the beautiful view of Dubrovnik, nicknamed as 'The Pearl of Adriatic'. We then went back to the hotel and enjoyed the beach. It was a rocky beach and the water was very cold, though the sun was shining brightly. The day was concluded with dinner in the new part of the city and we had our rest time afterwards. :)

Well, Dubrovnik was the last old town that we visited in the trip. So, which old town enchants you the most? :)