Casa Kondelli
Staying in Croatia? Casa Kondelli offers dependable 4-star quality and puts Fort Lovrijenac and central Dubrovnik within easy reach.
From here, Dubrovnik's main attractions — including Fort Lovrijenac — are an easy walk or short ride away, so you spend less time in transit and more time exploring.
Rates shift with the season and with demand, so the live price on the booking page is always the one to trust — tap through for tonight's or your dates' real availability.
Key facts
What’s included
Around Croatia
Best time to visit Dubrovnik: month-by-month prices and weather
May, late September and early October are the value sweet spots: sea around 20–22°C, daytime highs of 22–25°C, and Old Town 4-star rooms at €130–200 versus €350+ in August. July and August are peak — expect 30°C, cruise ships in Gruž, and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival (10 July–25 August) pushing rates to their annual maximum. June and early September are the compromise: warm sea, full ferry schedules to Mljet and the Elaphiti, prices 20–30% below August.
November to March is genuinely quiet; many Lapad and Babin Kuk hotels close, but Old Town properties like Hotel Stari Grad and the Pucić Palace stay open at €90–140. The Feast of St Blaise on 3 February fills the town for a weekend and Christmas markets on Stradun run mid-December to early January. April sees Easter spikes and the reopening of most seasonal hotels, with the Cavtat and Mlini resorts back online by the middle of the month.
Getting around Dubrovnik: airport, buses, ferries and whether you need a car
You do not need a car if you're staying in the Old Town, Pile, Ploče, Lapad or Babin Kuk. The Platanus airport shuttle from DBV runs to the main bus station in Gruž for €10 one way, taxis are a flat €35–45, and Libertas city buses 1A, 1B, 3, 6 and 8 link Pile, Gruž, Lapad and Babin Kuk for €1.73 in advance or €2.65 on board. Old Town to Lapad is 4 km, roughly 15 minutes by bus; Pile to Gruž port is 2.5 km.
For Cavtat (18 km), Mlini and Srebreno, bus 10 runs along the Adriatic coast road or you can take the seasonal water taxi from the Old Port. Ston, Slano, Orebić and the Pelješac wineries are where a hire car earns its keep — the D8 coastal road plus the new Pelješac Bridge (opened July 2022) means you can skip the Bosnian border crossing at Neum. Islands are ferry-only: Jadrolinija and Kapetan Luka from Gruž reach Lopud in 55 minutes, Šipan in 90, Mljet's Sobra port in about 2 hours and Korčula Town in 2h 15.
How many nights in Dubrovnik and a first-timer itinerary
Four nights is the honest minimum: one for the 1,940 m city wall walk (best at 8am opening or after 6pm), one for a Mljet or Elaphiti day trip, one for Ston and a Pelješac winery, and one for beach time at Banje, Sveti Jakov or Sunset Beach in Lapad. Three nights works if you skip either the islands or Pelješac. Under three and you'll spend most of the trip queueing behind cruise passengers between 10am and 4pm.
For a week, add Korčula Town as an overnight (Marco Polo's supposed birthplace, 2h 15 by catamaran), a night in Cavtat for the Račić Mausoleum and a quieter waterfront, and a proper day on Mljet's saltwater lakes inside the national park. Base yourself in Ploče or Pile for the walls-and-Stradun half of the trip, then shift to Lapad or an island for the second half — the change of pace matters more than people expect.