Dubrovnik Old Town Walking Tour

The tour guide was friendly and informative and, being a local, shared good knowledge and insight, which enhanced the experience

Fantastic tour. Our guide Elvis was friendly, incredibly knowledgeable, and kept all of us even our kids interested the whole time. He had so many interesting facts and stories. We sincerely enjoyed this because of him. Super guy!

Our guide was so experienced and knowledgeable and friendly. We felt like we learned more in two hours than we could from a tour book. Also we were in a small group which was great for us. A wonderful experience.

Elvis provides an incredible walking tour on the history of Dubrovnik from its founding to present day. I found him to be incredibly knowledgable, very engaging, and refreshingly candid. His storytelling is riveting. Dubrovnik was our first stop on our trip through Croatia, and the historical context provided gave me such a better understanding of history, including the rivalry and influence of the Venetian republic, which would come up throughout our time in Croatia in areas far beyond Dubrovnik. I was particularly struck by the ways in which the republic of Dubrovnik was very progressive, even as early as the 1400s. I would suspect that many visitors have little understanding of the conflict in this region and how the present borders were formed. Elvis helped me realize how little we talk abut how some parts of Europe were divided and settled after World War II (especially the Balkans). I was challenged to consider some of the realities of being a country that was only able to recently obtain its independence. Elvis has a living memory of the Homeland War in the early 1990s, and it was interesting to hear first-hand knowledge about life in the former Yugoslavia and the change to independent nation. I cannot recommend this tour enough to gain a better understanding of Dubrovnik beyond the city walls. Elvis is an incredible guide with so much knowledge to offer.

Karalina was attentive to the five of us on this tour. Her personal recollections of the Homeland War were chilling, especially as we are the same age so her stories of evacuation from her home to live in the safety of a hotel, family being injured, playing for hot shrapnel as the bombs dropped were in stark contrast to my childhood in the UK where I saw the bbc news reports. I applaud her for her in depth knowledge and neutrality over the warring factions, her explanations were factual and concise. We didn’t walk much, I was hoping for more exploring of the narrow side streets, but the content of ancient and modern history gave really fascinating context to the tumultuous history of the city. Following this tour we went onto the city walls and I was pleased to have learnt from her as we could see the evidence of the bombings more clearly, along with the older architectural narrative of the city. Given this is real factual history of Dubrovnik I would take this over an HBO tour any day. The small group was a great size. Would definitely recommend for anyone interested in understanding the history of Dubrovnik.

We enjoyed a very interesting and informative overview of historical Dubrovnik and small group tour of the highlights of the Old Town. Thanks!

Small group, almost private tour with very knowledgeable guide. Not just history, but traditions, culture, food. We loved it.

We were very privileged to be only 3 in our French walking tour. Our French guide and Croatian born guide went beyond her duties and took us to special spots were a big tour would not go. Her passion for her country made this walking tour truly exceptional.

Our tour guide Marija was absolutely excellent. She was so enthusiastic about our tour and gave so much useful information to us. We were very fortunate that our group was only 3 people so she took us to a few extra places, which made it even better.I highly recommend this tour if you want to learn more about the City.

The weather was a huge factor in my low score for this tour - pouring rain - Guide was good but hard to hear and because of the weather we had to cut the tour short. Not the best Viator tour I've ever taken.