Dubrovnik Town

One Half or One Day Tour Founded on a rugged limestone peninsula in the seventh century, Dubrovnik is famous for its medieval walls and fortifications surrounding the entire town, its red roofs and many Church steeples, its marble-paved squares, steep cobbled streets, palaces, churches, fountains and museums - all built of the same light-color stone and facing the crystal clear and blue sea. Your visit will include historical landmarks such as: The Rector's Palace (15th century) - Once the Government and Rector's seat of Dubrovnik. Permanent displays of artifacts, furniture and baroque paintings. The Baroque Church of St. Blaise (Dubrovnik's patron saint) and recently visited and blessed by the Pope. The Franciscan Monastery (14th century) was destroyed in the 1667 earthquake and rebuilt. It holds the oldest pharmacy in the world. The Dominican Monastery (14th century) with works by Paolo Veneziano and the local Croatian painter Vlaho Bukovac and other valuable paintings out of the 15th and 16th century. The Cathedral (1667) with its Titian altarpiece and its large treasury of more than 100 relics. Here the skill and imagination of the old Ragusa gold and its silver-smiths can really be appreciated. The Synagogue (15h century) and second oldest in Europe still functioning today. The City Walls. Built from the 8th to the 16th century, the walls encompass the entire city of Dubrovnik with a total length of 1940m (5,820 ft); 5 bastions, 3 round and 12 square shaped towers.