Revelin
iRamón from Llanera, España (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Ready-made walk · Dubrovnik

Up Mount Srđ: Cable Car and Fort Imperial

3 stops · ~20 min

Views

Rise above the city from the Revelin fortress by the Ploče gate to the cable car that has become one of Dubrovnik's symbols. At the top stands Fort Imperial, begun by French forces in the early 19th century to guard the northern approaches, with sweeping views over the walls, the islands and the open Adriatic.

The stops

  1. Revelin
    iRamón from Llanera, España (CC BY-SA 2.0)

    Revelin

    ~3 min here

    Revelin is the massive fortress beside Dubrovnik’s landward walls, separated from them by a deep moat and reached by a bridge.

  2. Tvrđava Imperial
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    Tvrđava Imperial

    ~3 min here

    This stone fortification on Mount Srđ defended Dubrovnik’s northern approaches and served as the principal strongpoint in a wider hilltop system.

  3. Žičara Srđ
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    Žičara Srđ

    ~3 min here

    Žičara Srđ is Dubrovnik’s cable car, linking the Ploče neighbourhood with Mount Srđ.

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