You can't beat the view from here, and a walk along the walls will probably be the highlight of your visit to Dubrovnik. If you feel like a spell in the sun, you could stretch out on Dubrovnik's city beaches , but a better bet is to take the ferry to Lokrum Island . This island is a national park, with a rocky nudist beach, a botanical garden and the ruins of a medieval Benedictine monastery. The easiest way to find a place to stay in Dubrovnik is to accept an offer of a private room from one of the women waiting at the ferry terminal - a hotel will cost you a lot more. You can get to Dubrovnik by air from Zagreb, by bus from all over the place, or by ferry from Hvar, Split, Zadar and Rijeka.
Ferries are a more expensive but far more comfortable option than catching a bus.
Buses must pass through border checkposts at Neum, where Bosnia-Hercegovina reaches the Adriatic coast, truncating Croatia's southern Adriatic coast from the rest of the country. When the nearby Roman colony of Salona was abandoned to the barbarian hordes in the 7th century, many of its inhabitants fled to Split, where they holed up behind the high palace walls. Split has become an industrial city, but the old town, the air of exuberance and the truckload of things to see make this one of the most fascinating cities in Europe. Diocletian's Palace is one of the most imposing Roman ruins in the world. You can still see the vestibule of the original palace, the fortress' colonnaded square, the Temple of Jupiter and the remains of Diocletian's mausoleum, now a cathedral.