På gång i Dubrovnik (Dalmatia), Croatia under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Winter (Christmas) holidays i Croatia

• Regel

  Old town caps and walls tickets

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  The city limits how many cruise passengers land in a day, meters the walls with timed tickets and fines you for wheeling a suitcase over the stone. The walls ticket is the expensive part of any visit here. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Off season (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), The bura (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Advent in the old town (28 nov – 6 jan)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Feast of St Blaise

  3 febReligiös högtid

  The town's patron saint and the one winter day the streets are full: banners, relics carried through the Stradun, and a procession that is on the UNESCO intangible heritage list. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Off season (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), The bura (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Spring (Easter) holidays i Croatia

• Helg

  Easter

  5–6 aprStängningar

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays: most shops close, churches overflow for Holy Week services, and families gather for long lunches. On the coast many restaurants and guesthouses open for the season around this weekend, while others stay shut until May. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Off season (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), The bura (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Easter

• Säsong

  Cruise season

  1 apr – 31 okt · vanligtvisTrångt

  The port takes at most two ships a day under an agreement with the city, but on a two-ship morning the walls and the Stradun are a slow-moving queue until early afternoon. Walk them at eight or at six. Källa ↗

• Öppning

  Island ferry season

  15 apr – 20 okt · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  The catamarans to Mljet, Korčula and the Elafiti run to a summer timetable only; outside it the islands drop to a couple of sailings a week and a day trip stops being possible. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Easter (5–6 apr)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Cruise season

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Cruise season

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 jun – 31 okt · vanligtvis

  The Adriatic here holds its heat well into October, which is why locals rate September and October above June for swimming off the rocks below the walls.

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Cruise season

• Risk

  Coastal wildfire season

  1 jul – 10 sep · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  Dry pine and a hot bora is the combination that starts fires along this coast most summers; open flames are banned outright and the smoke can shut a coastal road for a day. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Dubrovnik Summer Festival

  10 jul – 25 augKulturfestivalTrångt

  Forty-seven days of theatre, opera and concerts staged in courtyards, on Fort Lovrjenac and on the island of Lokrum, using the town itself as the set. It has run since 1950. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Cruise season

• Helg

  Italian and Croatian holidays

  1–25 aug · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Italian Ferragosto and the Croatian holiday fortnight overlap and the alleys go shoulder to shoulder. It is the most expensive and least pleasant stretch of the year inside the walls. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Assumption Day, 15 August

  14–16 augNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  15 August, Velika Gospa, is a public holiday at the height of summer. Churches hold processions and masses, many shops close, and it makes one of the busiest weekends of the year on coast roads, ferries and in accommodation, so book crossings ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Coastal wildfire season (1 jul – 10 sep (vanligtvis)), Dubrovnik Summer Festival (10 jul – 25 aug)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Cruise season

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Coastal wildfire season (1 jul – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Cruise season

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Off season

  1 nov – 15 mar · vanligtvisStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  Most of what is open in summer is shuttered, the ferry timetable drops to a winter minimum and the old town is residents, cats and rain. Cheap, and there is very little to do in it.

• Risk

  The bura

  1 nov – 31 mar · vanligtvisVindsäsongStängningar

  A cold gale that falls down off the mountains behind the town in winter, strong enough to stop the ferries and close the Pelješac bridge for a day at a time. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Advent in the old town

  28 nov – 6 janJul & nyår

  Stradun gets lights, a tree and a small market, and for a few weeks the city is busy with Croatians rather than cruise passengers. It is the one time the off-season here has something on. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Winter (Christmas) holidays i Croatia

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Off season (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), The bura (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Advent in the old town (28 nov – 6 jan)