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touches like complimentary fish pâtés with the bread add value and make Konakova
an even bigger bargain.
Setaliste Kralja Zvonimira 38, Lapad. & 020/435-105. Entrees 45kn-120kn ($8-$21/£4.10-£11). AE, DC, MC, V.
Daily noon-midnight.

Rozarij DALMATIAN SEAFOOD Rattan tables outside this tiny eatery
are arranged on steps around the entrance. Rozarij is on a hard-to-find corner of
restaurant-clogged Prijeko (at Zlatarska), but its impeccable seafood is worth search-
ing out. Try shrimp with white risotto or mixed buzzara, a combination of mussels
and scampi in a fragrant court bouillon.
Prijeko 2, Old Town. & 020/321-257. Entrees 50kn-120kn ($9-$21/£4.60-£11). No credit cards. Daily 11am-
midnight.
INEXPENSIVE
Café Festival SANDWICHES It can get warm in the afternoon sun at tables
under the nautical blue awning outside this smart cafe near the Pile Gate, so go inside
to try the salads, pastas, fancy drinks, and homemade pastries. Café Festival is ideal
for a light lunch or a cool drink.
Stradun bb, Old Town. & 020/420-888. www.cafefestival.com. Entrees 15kn-45kn ($3-$8/£1.40-£4.10). AE, DC,
MC, V. Daily 8am-11pm.

Finds

Konoba Lokanda Peskarija FISH/RISOTTO Turn left from Zlatarska
at the east end of the Stradun and go through the wall opening to the Old Harbor.
Entertainment is all around you: Watch walkers atop the wall; see boats dock and take
off; observe chefs working in an open kitchen that looks like a beach bar; and watch
hopeful diners standing around waiting for your table. Prices are low, main courses are
limited to a few fish dishes and risottos, but portions are huge. The octopus salad and
black risotto are standouts.
Gorica Svetog Vlaha 77. Old Town. & 020/324-750. Entrees 40kn-65kn ($7-$11/£3.65-£5.95). No credit cards.
Daily 8am-2am. Kitchen opens at noon and closes at midnight.
Restaurant Jadran DALMATIAN Turn right after walking through the Pile Gate
to Jadran, a touristy but solid restaurant with both a garden setting and an indoor din-
ing room. The restaurant is in the former Convent of the Poor Clares and the menu
has all the usual Dalmatian entrees plus the occasional omelet and salad. Jadran is a
good place for a quick bite before or after you embark on the walk around the city wall.
Paska Milicevi5a 1, Old Town. & 020/323-403. Fax [phone]. Entrees 19kn-49kn ($3.50-$8.50/£1.75-£4.80).
AE, DC, MC, V. Daily 10am-midnight.
EXPLORING DUBROVNIK
Dubrovnik sprawls well beyond the city walls, but just about everything worth seeing
is within the Old Town enclosure.
City Wall No visit to Dubrovnik is complete without a walk along the top of
its wall, a work of artful fortification built in medieval times that frames the historic
city. As you make the 2km (1 1 ⁄ 4 -mile) circuit around the wall, which is 25m (82 ft.)
high and 6m (20 ft.) thick at some points, you'll see greater Dubrovnik and its land-
mark red-tile rooftops from every conceivable angle. You'll be voyeur to tourists and
residents going about their lives, swimming in the Adriatic off the wall's base, or din-
ing at restaurants on rocky outcroppings that abut the wall's foundation.

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