Dubrovnik Old Town: Inside the Walls, Stradun to Jesuit Stairs | Self-Guided Audio Walk
1 hour and 15 minutes
About this experience
Over the gate of Fort Lovrijenac a Latin line says freedom is not sold for all the gold in the world. This walk shows how Dubrovnik, the old Republic of Ragusa, kept its freedom for four and a half centuries: with trade, tribute, neutrality and very good walls. Meet the engineers who brought the water in, the knight whose forearm was the city's measure, a head of state who served one month and could not go home, and the poet whose hymn to liberty still opens the Summer Festival. See what the earthquake of 1667 destroyed and what the city rebuilt after the siege of 1991. 12 stops on one easy walk inside the walls: Brsalje terrace, the Pile Gate and Onofrio Fountain, the Franciscan Monastery, the Stradun, Jewish Street, the Dominican Monastery, Luža Square, the Old Port, the cathedral, the Rector's Palace, Gundulić Square and the Jesuit Stairs. About 1 km and 75 minutes, narrated in English with a live GPS map of the route. Start whenever you like and pause as long as you want.
- Experience type
- Day tour or activity
- Duration
- 1 hour and 15 minutes
- Audio guide
- English
- Guide
- English
- Categories
- Walking tour · Cultural and theme tours · City tours
What's included
Self-guided audio tour in English: 12 stops, 0.9 km, 75 minutes Stops at Stradun, Orlando's Column, Sponza Palace GPS map and walking directions in your phone browser, no app needed Lifetime access: start any day, at any hour, and replay it
What's not included
A live guide: you set the pace and the pauses A fixed start time: begin whenever you arrive Museum and monument tickets, all optional extras Tip or gratuity Food and drinks Entry or admission fee
Please note
To start the tour, enter the ticket code from your confirmation on the Roamer redemption page linked there. Do this before you set off, while you still have signal. The tour then opens in your phone browser, with no app to download. Bring a charged phone and earphones. Mobile data helps; if you have none, open the tour on wifi before you set off. Best time: Early morning, before about nine, and the last hours before dusk are the calmest times inside the walls; the Stradun is busiest in the middle of the day in summer. Spring and autumn are gentler than midsummer, when the stone holds the heat. The whole route is outdoors, free and paved, so it works at any hour of daylight, and the market in Gundulić Square is held in the mornings. Checked 23 September 2026: the Franciscan cloister and Old Pharmacy museum costs 8 euros for adults and opens daily 9:00 to 18:00 in summer and 9:00 to 14:00 in winter, closed on Sundays from November to March. Checked 23 September 2026: the Rector's Palace museum costs 15 euros for adults, open 9:00 to 18:00 daily from April to October; the 20 euro Dubrovnik Museums pass covers ten museums, including the Rector's Palace and the Maritime Museum, for seven days. Checked 23 September 2026: the Maritime Museum in Saint John's fort costs 10 euros for adults and is closed on Wednesdays; card payment only. The main entrance onto the city walls is the stairway beside Saint Saviour, just inside the Pile Gate. A city walls ticket also admits you to Fort Lovrijenac. Our City Walls tour walks the full ring. Boats to the island of Lokrum leave from the Old Port, stop eight. The synagogue in Žudioska, the Dominican cloister and the cathedral treasury are open to visitors with a ticket; hours vary by season, so check at the door. The Stradun and the Old Town lanes are paved in limestone polished smooth by centuries of feet, and they are slippery when wet. Wear shoes with grip. The walk has steps on most legs: stairs between the two Pile gates, the stepped lanes from the Stradun up to Prijeko and on to the Dominican church, a flight down from the church, and nearly fifty steps up the Jesuit Stairs at the end. There is no step-free version of this route. At stop eight the harbour quay has no railing at the water's edge; keep children close, and take care when the stone is wet. City rules in the historic core (the municipal order as amended to 2023): no walking in swimwear or without a shirt, no eating, drinking or misbehaving near cultural monuments. Fines are 260 euros. Saint Blaise's church, the cathedral, the Dominican and Franciscan churches and Saint Ignatius are working churches. Dress modestly, keep quiet inside, and do not wander during Mass. The Stradun and Luža Square are crowded in the middle of the day in high season. Keep bags zipped and in front of you. The Summer Festival uses some squares and the Jesuit Stairs as stages in July and August; on performance evenings parts of the route may be fenced off. Public transportation nearby
Itinerary
- 1Day 0
Brsalje Terrace: The Forts Guarding the West
1 Brsalje, Dubrovnik
A terrace facing two sea forts. Just outside the Pile Gate, across the little bay stands Fort Lovrijenac on its rock, and Fort Bokar on the corner of the wall.
- 2Day 0
Pile Gate: The Great Onofrio Fountain
21 Stradun, Dubrovnik
The oldest way into the city. Just inside the gate stands the domed fountain that brought water in, and the little votive church of Saint Saviour.
- 3Day 0
Franciscan Monastery: The Old Pharmacy
17 Stradun, Dubrovnik
A carved Gothic doorway on the Stradun. Behind it are a fourteenth-century cloister and a pharmacy the friars date to 1317.
- 4Day 0
Stradun: The Main Street Rebuilt After 1667
9 Stradun, Dubrovnik
A street built over the sea. The city's main street fills an old arm of the sea, and its matching houses were rebuilt after the earthquake of 1667.
- 5Day 0
Žudioska: The Jewish Street and Synagogue
Žudioska, Dubrovnik
The lane that was the ghetto. From 1546 this steep lane was the Republic's ghetto; upstairs in house number five is a synagogue the tourist board calls the oldest Sephardic one still in use.
- 6Day 0
Dominican Monastery: The Church Inside the Walls
Sv. Dominika, Dubrovnik
A monastery built into the walls. The friars call it the oldest monastery still in existence in Dubrovnik; the city built its wall around it in 1365, making the friars part of the defences.
- 7Day 0
Luža Square: Orlando, Sponza and the Bell Tower
1 Luža, Dubrovnik
The working heart of the Republic. A knight's column, the customs palace, the bell tower and the church of Saint Blaise share one square.
- 8Day 0
Old Port: The Harbour That Paid for It All
Old City Harbour quay, by the Fishmarket Gate, Dubrovnik
The harbour behind the walls, source of the Republic's wealth. The Kaše breakwater, Saint John's fort and the island of Lokrum are in view.
- 9Day 0
Cathedral of the Assumption: Titian and the Treasury
Poljana Marina Držića, in front of the cathedral, Dubrovnik
Rebuilt in Roman Baroque after 1667. It is at least the fourth church on this spot. Inside are an altarpiece by Titian and his workshop and the relics of Saint Blaise.
- 10Day 0
Rector's Palace: A Ruler for One Month
1 Pred Dvorom, Dubrovnik
Seat of the Republic's government. Its head of state lived here for one month at a time and could not go home.
- 11Day 0
Gundulić Square: The Poet of Liberty
8 Gundulićeva poljana, Dubrovnik
A poet's statue and a market. The square honours Ivan Gundulić, the poet of the Republic, whose hymn to liberty still opens the summer festival.
- 12Day 0
Jesuit Stairs: Saint Ignatius and the View Back
6 Poljana Ruđera Boškovića, Dubrovnik
Baroque stairs up to Saint Ignatius. The stairway of 1738 climbs to the Jesuit church and college, and the steps were used for a famous scene in Game of Thrones.
Meeting point
Brsalje Terrace, Dubrovnik 1 Brsalje, Grad Dubrovnik, HR
Pick up
Pickup is not provided.
Cancellation policy · Dubrovnik Old Town: Inside the Walls, Stradun to Jesuit Stairs | Self-Guided Audio Walk
Standard Viator policy
- Cancellation 0–24 hours before departure: 100% cancellation fee.
- Cancellation 24–24000 hours before departure: 0% cancellation fee.
Good to know
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