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An early start to get ready for the short walk to the airport for our 9am flight. We checked in quickly and headed to the lounge for a drink and breakfast. The flight was called on time and we boarded as expected. However the weather seemed to be causing problems and so it was almost 40 minutes later that e pushed back, by which time the rain was pouring down!

We eventually departed and had an uneventful flight landing in Dubrovnik just after 1pm.

We picked up our bags and caught a bus to the city centre which took about 30 minutes. It was a short ish walk from the bus stop to our hotel where we were able to check in. Or accommodation in Dubrovnik is a B&B - Andio - https://g.co/kgs/VPRiVD. The entrance is through a fragrance shop, just off the main street, and then up a couple of flights of stairs. We have a four poster bed and the room is overlooking the alley.

After a quick change, for me, into shorts we headed out for a beer in the main street then decided to tackle the city walls. After recovering from the cost of 35 euros each to walk the walls (compared to Chester and York which is free) we started the walk!

The walls have loads of steps, both up and down, but has some amazing views of the coast and the old town itself. We had a quick beer in the way, overlooking the bay and fort and then continued around the walls, passing a number of lively bars below with people diving into the water!

The walk took us about 90 minutes and we arrived back at our hotel with just 10 minutes spare before a food tour that we'd booked.

We met the group leader, Tea, and two other people who were doing the tour. Tea was a slightly bonkers 70 year old who told us some of the history of Dubrovnik as we walked around.

We stopped at three places and had a number of different courses, including a platter of meats, pasta, anchovies and bruschetta served with plenty of local wine. The final stop was down by the harbour where we had ice cream!

After leaving the tour we had a final glass of wine in a bar hollowed out of the rock before heading back to the room for an early night at a long day!Læs mere