Head back to the Old Town and walk to Lovrijenac Fortress, aka King’s Landing’s Red Keep (about 10 minutes by foot from Pile Gate). The fortress’ location, almost 40 meters above sea level, makes it the perfect vantage point to take gorgeous pictures of Dubrovnik’s Old Town and its walls. There’s a nice resting area all around the fortress with benches and trees from which you can photograph Dubrovnik’s Old City, Dubrovnik’s West Pier (where a few of Games of Thrones scenes were shot) and Šulić beach. The best views of the Old Town are from the entrance to the fortress. Afterward, get inside the fortress, stroll around its three terraces and look for interesting viewpoints.
Best time to take pictures: Anytime really – see our photography notes.
Dubrovnik Photography Guide Notes: This is the perfect location to get the best shot of the Old Town. In the early morning, before the opening hours, you’ll get the area to yourself, the sun rises from the direction of Dubrovnik’s Old Town, but if you don’t include it in your shot, you can get lovely colors of early morning hours. At noon, there will be lots of people, but the colors of the ocean are very vivid, and the kayaks down below add a little something to the picture (use your Circular Polarizing filter). In the afternoon the sun is going to be behind you, illuminating the Old Town in a golden light, however, if you only have one or two nights in the city, we would choose to walk the walls on the first day and take the cable up Srd. Hill on the second day.
Money-saving tip: The entrance ticket to Dubrovnik Walls (among the top things to do in Dubrovnik) also includes a visit to Fort Lovrijenac. It doesn’t matter which attraction you choose to do first as long as you save the ticket.
This is great – I’m starting to plan a trip to Croatia for next year.
Glad we can help you. Enjoy your trip!
Absolutely beautiful photography! Thank for the useful tips and for reminding me to try to get views from above a desired location! We are usually visiting as tourists first, photographers second, so don’t think about angles until we get home and realize what we missed…
Thanks so much Amy! Yes, we totally understand. Visiting a place as “regular” tourists vs. as photographers is totally different. so glad you’ve found our photography guide helpful!