Most tourists come for the July festival, during which islanders perform the traditional island knight dance. Two parties of warriors, one wearing red, the other black, sing and dance as they fight for the cere-monial bride. The best of the walled city The seventh-century walled city of Dubrovnik, at the foot of the Srd range and dangling on the Adriatic, is the premier tourist attraction of Croatia. We stayed with Anka Berac, a Croatian whose house, located up winding stone stairs and past walled gardens and stone houses, overlooks the city. Her neighbor is an American investment banker who splits his time between San Francisco and Dubrovnik.
Tourism is the main source of revenue for residents.
Have a drink at the bar outside the walls overlooking the sea. You can see the bar from the top of the wall, but it takes some sleuthing to find its door from inside the city. It's owned by Baldo, a Croatian-American who returned to Dubrovnik with hopes of becoming a war hero during its troubles. Today, it's unlikely another bar will open in such a prime location. You can take a ferry from Dubrovnik harbor to neighboring fishing towns.