The city walls

The walls run about two kilometres and completely encircle the old town. They were brought to their present form in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, reaching six metres thick on the landward side — the Republic of Ragusa kept its independence thanks to them, and to its diplomacy.

The circuit is one-way, compulsorily so, and there is no turning back before the next exit. Allow an hour and a half: you look down on the tiled roofs, the inner courtyards and the Adriatic at once, and it is the only viewpoint that gives all three.