Dubrovnik City Walls

Walking along Dubrovnik's city walls is considered to be the highlight of any Dubrovnik visit.

These enormous walls that encircle the entire Dubrovnik Old Town, dotted by towers and overlooking the sea, are indeed the city's most famous feature.

The walls were built between 12th and 17th century, and are very well preserved until nowadays.

Town walls are about 2 kilometres long and they include 16 smaller and larger towers, among them the tower of Sveti Ivan, the largest one, built at the very entrance to the harbour Porporela. The walls are about 25 meters high and up to 3m thick at the sea side of the town, while at the mainland, they are thick up to 6 meters.

The views from the walls are really nice; probably the best views of Dubrovnik, with patches of red roofs of the numerous houses beneath them.