Tip, do Dubrovnik in the first part of the day. We were in the car park by 10, after a coffee in the old town by 10.30. By then it was busy, but when we left at 3pm the queue to get in went back to the by-pass.
What can I say it is a lovely old city, especially if you get away from main tourist area. It was badly ravaged during the 90s war but they have done a good job of restoration, although you can tell the new buildings versus the originals still standing.
The authorities – like Carcasonne, Venice etc have let commercialism go too far. There are too many shops selling cheap tat, too many bars & restaurants. By lunchtime it was heaving. Not sure what the answer is, we need to preserve these places but tourism could end up destroying them again.
Anyway found nice place for lunch (whoops what did I just say about tourism !), and had just finished when the thunderstorm that had been rumbling away launched itself, boy did the rain come down. Being a walled city there is no open ground i.e. earth so the stairways and alleys become the drainage system. So we had waterfalls cascading down the stairs to the main street, and we were eating lunch in a stream of tepid water flowing past our feet downhill to the next stairway.
Initially the eaters braved it out, so the storm went up a gear, we gave up & retreated indoors.
Later on back at the campsite lo & behold it had another go at us. Twice in one day.
This is meant to be the med, at least though the rain was warm, and afterwards you can still go for a swim.
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