DUBROVNIK Old
Town
Dubrovnik Old Town was one of Europe’s
most popular tourist destinations until it was ravaged
by bombs during the Balkan conflict. Now that the marble
streets have been mended and the Baroque buildings patched
up, carefully preserved medieval walls of Durbovnik
are again the most attractive tourist mecca.
The best way to get a sense of Old Town
is to walk its thick fortification walls, which are
80 feet high at some points and pass through a plethora
of fortresses and turrets. The one-hour stroll affords
great views of tiled rooftops, hidden monastery courtyards,
and the surrounding coastline.
Just off the marble-paved main drag, the Stradun, sits
the fifteenth-century Dubrovnik Synagogue, the second
oldest in Europe. You’re likely to have the place
all to yourself while you take in seventeenth-century
furnishings, Torah scrolls, and other artifacts from the
town’s once-flourishing Jewish community. More about Dubrovnik Old Town
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