Port of Dubrovnik for Dubrovnik cruise guests

As your luxurious cruise ship slowly sails into the Dubrovnik port, you will have a chance to enjoy the view of the lush green landscape around Dubrovnik town and charming traditional grey stone houses on one side.

On the other side of the port of Dubrovnik you cannot but notice a relatively new white suspension bridge of Dr. Franjo Tudjman, the first president of Croatia, at the very entrance into Dubrovnik.

If you are standing outside on the open deck, take a deep breath, enjoy the seductive smell of clean sea, pine and cypress trees and get ready for an amazing day in beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia.

The new, commercial port of Dubrovnik is located in the Gruz neighbourhood. It is about 2,5 km northwest from the Old Town of Dubrovnik, which is where you will want to spend your day.

The port of Gruz, and Dubrovnik in general, is one of the busiest cruise ports in Europe.

*To locate Dubrovnik transportation points of interest on the map, click the link immediately below it for a larger view with a legend*

It is not rare that 5-6 ships visit this amazing town in one day and that way create a lot of pressure on the infrastructure of this relatively small town.

Every year the number of visitors is getting bigger and bigger, so in 2010 they expect over 646 ship visits and almost 1 million visitors to enter the town through this port.

This makes Dubrovnik port third in the Mediterranean and tenth in the world! Not surprising if we tell you that in February 2010, Croatia won the award in the category of Best Cruise Destination 2009.

But trust us, once you see this beautiful place you won’t mind sharing it with another 10 000 cruisers walking its narrow streets ☺.

There is a lot of work being done on the new port of Dubrovnik.

We absolutely do not recommend walking as you will spend at least 1 hour trying to get there and all that on your already limited time. Not to mention the heat… you would be tired before even setting foot in the best part of Dubrovnik!

There are a few options when it comes to getting downtown Dubrovnik and you can read more about it here.

Port of Dubrovnik is very close to the local bus station, ferry port and there is a big supermarket right next to it, but when it comes to sightseeing there is nothing to see there.

The closest ATM machine and money exchange service are at the local bus station, which is just a few steps away from the port.

No matter how you decide to get to the Old town, you simply need to get there! This is not the day to save on transportation money. You would deeply regret it!

When you return back to the cruise ship terminal you will find some souvenir stalls to browse through in front of the ship.

This is just a last minute shopping solution, so make sure you buy your Dubrovnik cruise souvenirs downtown. There, you will find a much larger selection and it will be the only place to get some quality, locally made souvenirs.

• GETTING TO DUBROVNIK OLD TOWN
• DUBROVNIK OLD TOWN
• DUBROVNIK WEATHER