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Croatia/Adriatic

Flew today, June 7, 2025 from San Diego to Newark to Dubrovnik, Croatia. I had been in the old Yugoslavia in 1973 under the regime of Tito. Now after a war a new country is created in the name of Croatia. How beautiful the coast line is.

Tourism in Croatia is a major industry and economic sector of Croatia and it's coastal inhabited islands along the Adriatic Sea.

The Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west.

Tourism expanded throughout the 1960s to the 1980s before the independence of Croatia in 1990 curbed tourism until the late-1990s.

One of numerous dining rooms with views of the Adriatic.

The hotel we are staying is the Royal Ariston. A beautiful large multi building, multi story hotel with varied dining rooms and pools and rocked areas along the Adriatic. Beaches are rare along this stretch of Dubrovnik. The water is beautiful to swim in this time of year.

The 2000s saw a significant resurgence of Croatian tourism as it underwent nation-building with a particular emphasis on tourism revenue.

By the late-2000s, Croatia became one of the most visited tourist destinations in the Mediterranean. A total of 20.2 million tourists visited Croatia in 2024

Another bar, restaurant and an area in our hotel to relax next to the Adriatic sea.

Outside the walled city of old Dubrovnik is a mixed area of restaurants and tourists items.

A tourist vessel passes in front of us.

St. Lawrence Fortress, often called Dubrovnik's Gibraltar, is a fortress and theater outside the western wall of the city of Dubrovnik. It is 121 feet above sea level.

Famous for its plays and importance in resisting Venetian rule, it overshadows the two entrances to the city, from the sea, and by land.

The Miceta Tower part of the Walled city which I will walk in another day on the top all around the walled city.

Main entrance into the Walled City.

Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, a seaport and the center of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County.

St. Savior Church built in the 16th Century. Earlier in the 13th century an earthquake almost destroyed the city.

Our guide Daniella giving us the history of the city which probably dates back to the 7th century, when the town known as Ragusa was founded by refugees from Epidaurum.

Stradun, whose name derives from Venetian, and means "large road" or "wide road", is the main street of Dubrovnik, Croatia. A main street within the walls of the city to the southern part and the harbor area in the distance.. The history of the city probably dates back to the 7th century, when the town known as Ragusa was founded by refugees from Epidaurum.

The center walk ways are very narrow. It was under protectorate of the Byzantine Empire and later under the sovereignty of the Republic of Venice. Between the 14th and 19th centuries, Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state.

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