Ever since the year 972, when people began to celebrate it, the feast day of St Blaise, Dubrovnik patron saint, has been a quite special festival, typical of Dubrovnik. Apart from the opening ceremony on Candlemass Day a festive procession in Stradun is organised with a large number of congregation members taking part. A series of church and secular concerts, exhibitions, book presentations and theatre guest performances are dedicated to the patron saint of Dubrovnik, whose statues look at us from the city walls and gates and whose caring hand guards Dubrovnik on his palm.

Our ancestors also had fun, and so should we... is a proverb which one can hear in Dubrovnik in February during the carnival, the time when everything is allowed, when people become someone else or show their true face...

Dubrovnik is an ideal city for lovers....

Dubrovnik is a city for all seasons. Each season has its distinctive charm. From the warm summer days when tourists flock to the city to the mild and calm winter months when a peace falls over Dubrovnik...