When you are travelling, you can learn quite a few things. For me, my stay in Dubrovnik meant learning some things about the city that I did not expect – mainly because these were things a travel guide will not really talk about.

1. Dubrovnik can be a bit depressing, especially if you are travelling alone, and arrive in the evening in the rain.
2. Dubrovnik Old Town is basically one big pizzeria.
3. Even if it rains, there are a lot of tourists strolling in the streets of Dubrovnik at night.
4. If you think that Dubrovnik is full of tourists on a rainy evening, wait for 9.00 a.m. on the next (sunny) morning. Only then, you may know what "a lot of tourists" actually means.
5. If you already have adjusted your threshold for "a lot of tourists" at 9.00 a.m., you may want to adjust it even further just two hours later.
6. If you leave early enough in the day, you can still enjoy a two hours long walk on the city walls.

   

   
   

   

   

   Walking the city walls
7. A cruise is definitely not for me if in every destination such a huge number of tourists are crowding the city.
8. If you cannot stand the crowds in the Old Town any longer, a short boat ride to Lokrum might help. Compared to the Old Town, you are almost alone on this small island.

   

   

   Lokrum
9. The Old Town of Dubrovnik is most beautiful in the evening, after the crowds of day tourists have left the city.

   

   Bell tower

   

   Rector's Palace

   

   Church of Saint Blaise