Dubrovnik Revisited
Slobodan Prosperov Novak

The most pleasurable way to reach Dubrovnik is from the sea by regular ship, or rather ferryboat line which arrives in the afternoon hours. Its been so ever since the Habsburg emperors times. That afternoon ship comes to the port in Gruz all the way from Rijeka, stopping in Zadar, Split, Hvar and Korčula. Dubrovnik is very well connected with Italy and has a regular ship line to Bari in Apulia. However, the majority of the ships and powerboats are not coming from Bari but from Ancona and Pcscara so the main destinations for these ships are Zadar and Split, Croatian ports north of Dubrovnik.
During the summer a number of big tourist ships cruising Mediterranean anchor near Dubrovnik. More than once giant military aircraft carriers, heavily armed battle cruisers and destroyers used to stop there Soviet and now American ones. Today such fleets visit Dubrovnik rarely but it would be better if they don't at all.