Dubrovnik, where we stepped from Çilipi Airport, is one of the most important tourism centers of Croatia.. While the resident population of nearly 50 thousand folds up in the summer months, important tourism facilities appeal to tourists with money in their pocket.. This is a city that has a high share in the added value Croatia derives from tourism.

In Dubrovnik, which is the city most visited by European tourists in the Adriatic region after Venice, The distance between the airport and the city center is about half an hour.

Croatia, which still does not apply a visa to Turkey (visa has been applied since June 2014) We are more than ready to enjoy the Balkans in the country we entered without question, like tourists.. First of all, our target is the Old City called Stari Grad.

The Old City Is Inside the Walls…

Rome and Venice, like many coastal cities in the region An example of the peoples living behind the walls built to protect them from attacks from the sea during the period can be seen in Dubrovnik.. The Old City bears the traces of the people living within the walls and generally dealing with maritime trade and getting rich.. Sharing the Adriatic Gulf with Italy, Croatia has managed to bring many of its islands to tourism.. The islands, which can be reached from the shores surrounded by steep cliffs, attract the attention of tourists with their untouched structure.

Ragusa in the Ottoman Period

Dubrovnik, which we come across as Ragusa in Turkish sources, is also the city established in the city. state reached a privileged position with the agreement of the Republic of Ragusa with the Ottoman State.. The city, which regularly paid taxes to the Ottoman Empire in return for this privilege, continued to exist under the protection of the Ottoman Empire until the wars in the period of Napoleon Bonaparte.. The French army, which entered the city in 1808, ended the city-state and connected the city to France.. The Congress of Vienna, which took place in 1815, decided to connect the city to the Austrian administration.

The fact that not a single trace of the Ottoman Empire was found in the city, which was under Ottoman rule in a period of 443 years, is attributed to the fact that the Ottomans did not show much interest in the city, which regularly paid taxes.. The city, which had a wealthy local population, did not penetrate the Ottoman city, as the city wanted their lives not to be interfered with in return for paying taxes to the Ottomans. It was carried out in an order that the delivery vehicle remained in the palace until the next tax period.. Thus, diplomatic relations between the city and the Ottoman Empire were maintained and the bond between them was not broken.

Croats Came to the Region in the 7th Century

Like other South Slavs The Croats, who settled in the Balkans from the 7th century, became Christians in the 9th century.. With the weakening of the Ottomans, who were weakened after the Siege of Vienna, they came under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.. After the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which they founded by uniting with Bosniaks, Serbs and Slovenes in World War I, was invaded and disintegrated by Nazi Germany, a racist fascist regime came into play in Croatia.. The Gypsy, Jewish and Serbian populations, which were destroyed in a planned manner together with this regime, showed an attitude where one-to-one examples of other world fascist administration practices were experienced.

Time of Separation

Croatia, a member of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was founded with a great struggle by Tito, announced to the world that it left Yugoslavia by declaring its independence in 1991 with a referendum as a result of internal conflicts in Yugoslavia, which could not provide stability after Tito’s death.. After this announcement, the Serbian-led Yugoslav army attacked Croatian territory and tried to intimidate the Croats, while many Croatian citizens lost their lives in these attacks.. Many Croatian cities such as Dubrovnik were tried to be destroyed, historical artifacts and old city ruins were destroyed under bombardment.

The naval forces, which set out from present-day Montenegro, the naval base of the Yugoslav army, bombarded Dubrovnik from the sea between 1991-1995. i.

Old Town, one of the most popular touristic spots in Dubrovnik, has taken an important step towards becoming a popular tourist destination by regaining all its past knowledge lost during the Yugoslav bombardment in 2005 with the support of UNESCO, with its renovation works.

Currency Kuna

The Kuna, the currency of Croatia, one of the 6 federated states forming the former Yugoslavia, is the currency of Dubrovnik. It is possible to obtain it from exchange offices that you can find anywhere.

Euro can be used in addition to Kuna, but Kuna is not valid in some businesses and local transportation networks.. As of July 2011, it is possible to buy 7.5 Kuna for 1 Euro.

The Old City, which we enter through the Pile Gate, impresses with its extraordinarily preserved architecture in a building where life continues almost 24 hours a day.. The cost of exploring the two-kilometer length of the walls, which have 6 gates in total, two of which are on the seaside, on foot, is 50 Kuna.. The marina, located in the Old City, was the oldest port of the city, and today is the departure point for boats sailing to the islands.

The fountains where you can drink the most delicious and natural waters of the region are located at points accessible to the public.. It is a great blessing for us not to deal with the problem of getting water as we do in Turkey.. I really can’t get enough of the icy-flowing waters.

Dubrovnik, the Center of Many Firsts

While wandering step by step in the city built within the walls, the world’s first health center (1301), the world’s first health center (1301), We learn that the first pharmacy (1317), the world’s first elderly care center (1347), the world’s first orphanage (1432) and the world’s first quarantine hospital (1377) were opened in Dubrovnik.

Today, we have a pharmacy in a church. Although it did not fit perfectly with the pharmacy structure we designed, it played an important role in healing the patients during its time.

While we are walking through the narrow stone streets, we stop in front of an old barber shop.. With the heat of the weather and the crowd, we need to take a water break at short intervals.

While Croatian shows many similarities with other Balkan languages, it surprises us with the words it borrows from Turkish.. Words of Turkish origin such as kidney, wonder, börek and cherry are pronounced almost exactly.. Restaurants that add Turkish language option to their menus with the intense interest of Turks in the region are competing with each other to host Turkish customers.

Food Suggestions in Dubrovnik

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Meatball option is available for those who do not eat seafood at the restaurants where seafood, shrimp, squid, mussels and fish products are served fresh every season.. The meatballs, which are recorded as İnegöl Meatballs in Turkey, were actually brought to Turkey by the Bosnians living in this region.. The real name of this meatball, which was later called by various names, is Bosnian Kebab.

Dubrovnik, where you can pay around 20 Euros for two drinks per person and an average meal, is very expensive compared to neighboring countries and cities when the general price average is considered.

Especially when we make an analysis by comparing souvenirs, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro make us smile with their prices half the price of Dubrovnik.

Municipal Buses Are Very Effective

Municipal bus services to the surrounding centers until late at midnight are quite successful.. If you try to buy the bus ticket, which you can buy from the ticket office for 10 kunas, from the driver in the bus, you pay 12 kunas for the same ticket.. (July 2011) It is worth remembering that bus drivers do not accept Euros.

Croatian people are distant towards Turks and tourists.. Especially since the local people of Dubrovnik do not need a lot of money and they think that tourists are making a “fuss/crowd” in Dubrovnik, they can harass tourists with meaningless looks.. When we were in the queue to get on the municipal bus, we were very upset to meet the types who broke the line like “hurrah” and said “We don’t want to wait for the tourists”.. While we were struggling to host tourists in a much better way in our own country, we could not understand the rudeness of the Croatian people.

It is possible to swim from anywhere

The magnificent nature and every It is possible to enter the Adriatic Sea, which is clean due to the constant current, from any part of the city.. You can even go to the beaches of five-star hotels and swim in the sea.. Hotels in Turkey do not create an obstacle by hiring security guards or asking for money.. Anyone can swim freely from anywhere.. On the Croatian coast, where there is no sandy beach, almost all facilities have changing cabins, toilets and showers.. Even with this feature alone, we see to what extent tourism in Turkey is in the hands of people.. We are sorry.

To summarize for those who want to go to Dubrovnik:

• Prices are expensive but not too crazy
  • There is no point in staying more than 3 days
  • You can stay in Bosnia-Herzegovina or Montenegro and come to Dubrovnik for a day
  • There is not much in the island tours and the prices are very expensive
  • Choose city buses instead of taxis
  • Do not pay for ready-made water, you can drink water from all fountains
  • A few museums and city walls can be seen in the Old City

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  • Ropeway can be used to see the city from above
  • If you do your shopping with Kuna, you can be profitable from time to time
  • Italian ice creams, which are sold with great visuals, taste very bad
  • If you are into seafood, you should definitely you should taste
  • Do not sit down without comparing prices
  • There is no sand beach in the country. You can swim from the cliffs almost everywhere
  • Croatia will be an EU member very soon, so visit as soon as visas start.