Lokrum Island
A wooded reserve ten minutes away by boat, with free-roaming peacocks and a sea to swim in.
Duration
4 hrs – 6 hrs
Best time
First boat of the day
Open
Every day
Entry price
To confirm
Lokrum is a wooded island six hundred metres off the old town, uninhabited and a nature reserve. A Benedictine abbey was founded here in the eleventh century; local legend has it that the monks expelled in 1808 cursed the island, and several of its successive owners met violent ends.
Maximilian of Habsburg laid out a botanical garden here in 1859 and introduced the peacocks, which still roam free. The Mrtvo More, the dead sea, is a small salt lake linked to the sea by fissures, where you swim without waves.
Getting there
Boat from the old harbour, ten to fifteen minutes, half-hourly in season. The ticket is a return.
What the price covers
boat crossing charged, island entry fee included
What to bring
- Swimsuit
Rules on site
Staying overnight on the island is forbidden: the last boat is final, and missing it is expensive. No hotels and few shops — bring water and food.
Other places in Dubrovnik
The city wallsTwo kilometres of rampart above the red roofs and the Adriatic.
Old townThe polished marble Stradun, the stepped lanes and the baroque squares — free of charge.
- Mount SrđFour hundred and twelve metres above the old town, with the islands behind.
Banje BeachShingle facing the walls, the finest view of the city from the water.