Only in Dubrovnik: A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

Explore Dubrovnik's stunning architecture, rich history, and hidden gems with this cultural explorer's guidebook.

Discover Dubrovnik's enthralling architecture, tumultuous history and artistic treasures with this explorer's guidebook to Croatia's culture capital. Fearsome forts and forgotten palaces, saintly relics and vestiges of war, converted convents and cursed islands. From a macabre cathedral treasury and an ancient arboretum to Dubrovnik's Gibraltar and a holiday resort in ruins. Locations include the Red History Museum, a submerged river valley, one of Europe's oldest quarantine hospitals, and a clifftop cemetery. Also a Game of Thrones' tour, an historic pharmacy, Onofrio's aqueduct, and the origin of the necktie. The ideal city guide for travellers who want to escape the crowds and go beyond the well-known paths, as well as for those inhabitants who perhaps thought they already knew their city. Published by The Urban Explorer, these city tales from new and unusual perspectives are aimed at independent cultural travellers.