Snapshot: Dubrovnik

Rick Steves Snapshot: Dubrovnik contains the complete chapters on this city and its best day trips, excerpted from Rick's full-length Croatia & Slovenia guidebook — and leaves out the chapters on destinations farther north. So if all you want is Dubrovnik and what's nearby, this compact Snapshot guide delivers everything you'll need to know — for about half the price and half the bulk.

Inside you'll find in-depth, Rick-tested information on the best sights, hotels, and restaurants for:

• Dubrovnik
  • ​Including self-guided Stradun Stroll and tour of the city walls
  • Tips on swimming, sunbathing, shopping, entertainment, and nightlife
• Day trips near Dubrovnik
  • Excursions from Dubrovnik's Old Port
  • Cavtat
  • Pelješac Peninsula
  • Trsteno Arboretum
  • Mljet National Park (including sleeping and eating recommendations)
• Montenegro
  • Self-guided driving tour of the Bay of Kotor
  • Kotor town and nearby (including sleeping and eating recommendations)
  • Self-guided driving tour of the Montenegrin interior
  • Budva Riviera (including Budva and Sveti Stefan)
• Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina)​
• Day trips near Mostar
  • Blagaj
  • Počitelj
  • Stolac
  • Međjugorje
• And more
  • Easy-to-follow maps
  • Transportation tips for connecting each stop by car, bus, or boat
  • Sidebars on the region's history, culture, and cuisine
  • Handy Croatian survival phrases
  • Basic tips on managing money, communicating, reserving rooms, handling emergencies, and other helpful hints

Should I get this Snapshot guide in addition to Rick's full-length Croatia & Slovenia guidebook?

Nope! Our Snapshot guides are simply excerpted chapters from our full-length guidebooks. Snapshot: Dubrovnik covers the exact same topics as the Dubrovnik and Near Dubrovnik chapters of Rick Steves Croatia & Slovenia — the same hotels, same restaurants, same sightseeing information, same everything.

Latest updates: When we learn of critical changes to the information in this guidebook, we post them. (Of course, it's still smart to reconfirm critical transportation and sightseeing details locally.) Armed with a Rick Steves guidebook and these late-breaking updates, you're set for a great trip!

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