Today we had a slower morning with no real rush to be anywhere.
We headed out mid-morning for a coffee and then to the cable car on the back side of Dubrovnik’s old town.
The cable car was going to be a challenge—some of us are not fond of heights.
We elected to get one adult and one child return ticket, but for the other adult and child we opted for one-way tickets, allowing a walk-back option if the cable car was too much.
Having bought our tickets in the office at the bottom, we walked up the road to the cable car terminal. Rounding the corner, we could see a massive queue 🫣.
We joined the back of the queue and waited patiently. A minute later, one of the staff was walking down the line asking for people with tickets to come forward. It appeared this was the line for tickets—bonus.
We walked straight up, scanned our tickets, and were on the next cable car.
The ride up was smooth and easy. There were some nerves for those not fond of heights, but three minutes later we were at the top.
The view from the top was amazing. You can see all of Dubrovnik and the coastline. It was magical.
After exploring a bit, we decided to head back down, so we bought the extra return tickets and all boarded the next cable car. Three minutes later, we were back down the hill.
We decided to continue exploring the old town, as we had not been on this side much. But first things first—gelato!
We found a new place that we had seen the day before but was not open. They claimed to be the best gelato in town. There was a small queue, so they’d better be right!
It was pretty delicious.
Exploring continued—gelato in hand.
We took in a few more of the sights of the old town and then, on our way home, went and explored Fort Lovrijenac, which provided some amazing views of the coastline and water as well as a new perspective looking back to the walls of the old town.
It was now early afternoon, so we headed back to the apartment for some lunch and a rest.
After lunch, we decided to go for another swim—it was a perfect sunny day.
Yesterday we swam off some rocks, but after doing some more research, we realized there was a beautiful pebble beach nearby. We decided to go and find it.
We took the same path as yesterday and had to walk around a small barrier that had closed off the track—which is why we hadn’t seen it yesterday. The online reviews of the beach indicated you needed to do this and the track was fine. It appears they may have had some rock falls previously.
We pushed on and found the most amazing little beach. The water was crystal clear.
We climbed down the steps and onto the beach and found a nice spot.
The water—as always—was fresh, but you quickly got used to it and it was lovely.
There was a small cave nearby that you could easily swim into. I took the kids, one at a time, so they could have a look.
We then continued to swim and just enjoy the location. It was amazing.
The kids climbed up some rocks and were able to jump off (a short distance) into the clear, deep water. This was fun.
Other tourists were jumping from cliffs (about two to three stories high—not for us, but cool to watch).
After swimming, we headed back to the apartment to get ready to head out to the old town for dinner. Kids’ selection tonight.
We wandered around the old town and looked at a few dinner options. We finally settled on a cool little burger place, as the kids wanted burgers. Laura and I shared some fried squid and a burger too.
After dinner, we walked areas of the old town we had not been before (needing to walk off the burgers). We walked down around the port and the back side of the wall to view the water and sunset over the old town.
On the way home, the kids grabbed another gelato (can you have too much gelato?).
Tomorrow we leave Dubrovnik. We are headed back to Italy 🇮🇹 by ferry and will arrive in Bari at around 7 in the evening.
