We have 3 days/3 nights in Dubrovnik, flying home early afternoon of the 4th day. I'd appreciate any feedback on our three days. I'm feeling like it's not enough time in Dubrovnik and a lot of time in transit. What adjustments might be recommended?
Day 1: Early morning private transfer from Split. Wine tasting, oysters, lunch on Pelijscac peninsula. Arrive in Dubrovnik around 4 pm.
Day 2: Mostar Day trip
Day 3: Dubrovnik day
Thank you so much!
We had two full days in Dubrovnik and Lokrum National Park just offshore and felt we could have used a third day.
The Peljesac peninsula is great for wine-tasting ( The Mikulic vineyard is excellent). But, since you don’t arrive into Dubrovnik until 4pm you don’t actually have 3 days/3nights in Dubrovnik. You have 2 full days and 3 nights. If you leave for Mostar the next morning after arriving, then you actually have 3 nights and 1 full day in Dubrovnik. That’s using Dubrovnik as a crash pad without having the time to either explore it or enjoy it. And the last thing you’ll want to do after 4 hours in transit getting from Split to Dubrovnik at 4 pm is to be in transit for a 6 to 8-hour roundtrip journey the very next morning to get to Mostar and back.
Listen to your inner voice and save Mostar for another time.
I would savor Dubrovnik at a relaxed pace during the full two days you have and visit Lokrum National Park — just 15 minutes offshore by ferry from Old Town Dubrovnik.
Have a great trip!
Dubrovnik is a tourist … ehhh …, let’s say “destination”. So why have I been back three times? Because for what it is, it’s sweet. You didn’t say when you were going, but that would only make me more or maybe less jealous … and maybe give me ideas for your day 3. You only have two real days in Dubrovnik and anyone that only has two full days in Dubrovnik and goes anywhere else doesn’t share my interests.
https://europebetweeneastandwest.wordpress.com/2022/09/02/a-book-by-its-cover-dubrovnik-rebecca-wests-journey-through-yugoslavia-part-two/
https://europebetweeneastandwest.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/you-must-remember-this-dubrovnik-the-architecture-of-survival/
Some thoughts. But I am no expert. You would have to spend more than the 7 days i have and know a little more about yout interests and the dates to begin to be truly helpful.
Day 1 Gradska Kavana Arsenal Restaurant for dinner and wander the streets and enjoy the lights (well, this is time of year dependent)
Day 2 Splurge for a tour. I like Nera Pavlovic, [email protected], https://www.linkedin.com/in/nera-pavlovic-b2186873/ (PM and I can give you a whatsapp number). I think you will get a lot out of it. Then maybe one of the sunset cruises. Look for a private sailing yacht.
Day 3 I have several ideas, but they are time of year sensitive. But the Posat Restaurant for dinner is always a good idea.
Now, if you are spending more than a night in Split, then you move another night to Dubrovnik and you visit Cavtat … well you could do that on Day 3 too, but … when are you going? For me Cavtat beats visiting something like Lokrum. Admittedly I have never been but for what it appears to be, there are better locations of that nature, while Dubrovnik and Cavtat are among the best of what they are.
Hey, have you ever done olive oil tasting? Oddly enough, it's interesting.
Since you're using a private driver, consider Split---Mostar---Dubrovnik, skipping the Pelijscac peninsula. Then you could have 2 full days in Dubrovnik.
