Why This Site Exists
Free Things To Do In Dubrovnik is a directory. It sells nothing and runs no tours of its own. Every walking tour listed here belongs to an independent local guide and is reserved through GuruWalk, where each walk is free to join and pay what you want. When a reader books a walk, this site may earn from that connection, and that is the only way the site is paid.
What Gets Published
Think of this site as a plain inventory of Dubrovnik experiences that cost nothing to enter, see or join. It owns no tours and guides nobody. Each walking tour belongs to an independent local guide and lives on GuruWalk, a platform with no connection to this site beyond its links. When a reader reserves a walk through a link here, GuruWalk may pay this site a fee, and that fee never lands on the reader.
Old Town History Walks
Durations run from 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, most in English with some in Spanish, gathering at Pile Gate, Ploče Gate or Nautika Restaurant.
Game Of Thrones Walks
Runs in English for 2 hours on GuruWalk, meeting at Amerling Fountain.
City Walls Walks
A GuruWalk walk in English, 1 hour 15 minutes, meeting at Ploče Gate.
Local Life Walks In Dubrovnik
English walks on GuruWalk of 1 hour 15 to 1 hour 30 minutes, leaving from Orlando's Column, Onofrio's Fountain or Amerling Fountain.
What Is Included, What Is Not
Published pages take in the St Blaise church and the Cathedral nave, open ground from Luža Square to Gradac Park, free beaches such as Danče and Sveti Jakov, the no-cost Srđ zig-zag trail, and dated free events including the Feast of St Blaise procession. Set beside those are 13 free walking tours on GuruWalk, spanning Old Town History, Local Stories, Game Of Thrones and City Walls. Paid sights get pages as well, always carrying their true prices.
Nothing Costs Extra
Walks here carry no fixed price at all: each runs free, pay what you want, and that phrase is the entire cost. A place is claimed on the guide's own GuruWalk page, the sole platform used on this site. You show up at the stated meeting point, whether that is Pile Gate or Amerling Fountain, and at the end the amount you hand over is entirely your call. Nothing here carries a minimum, a set charge or a suggested tip figure.
| Walk | Duration | Language | Meets at | Stops | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Of The Adriatic Walk | 1 hour 45 minutes | English | Pile Gate | Named on GuruWalk | |
| Ancient Old City, 1 Hour 45 | 1 hour 45 minutes | English | Pile Gate | Named on GuruWalk | |
| Free Spirit Local Stories Walk | 1 hour 45 minutes | English | Orlando's Column | Named on GuruWalk | |
| Old City Since 2018, 2 Hours | 2 hours | English | Nautika Restaurant | Named on GuruWalk | |
| History And Culture, 2 Hours | 2 hours | English | Pile Gate | Named on GuruWalk | |
| History Plus Game Of Thrones Combo | 2 hours | English | Amerling Fountain | Named on GuruWalk | |
| Walk With Baka, 1 Hour 30 | 1 hour 30 minutes | English | Amerling Fountain | Named on GuruWalk | |
| City Walls, 1 Hour 15 | 1 hour 15 minutes | English | Ploče Gate | Named on GuruWalk | |
| History And Culture, 1 Hour 30 | 1 hour 30 minutes | English | Pile Gate | Named on GuruWalk | |
| Mario's History Walk, 1 Hour 15 | 1 hour 15 minutes | English | Amerling Fountain | Named on GuruWalk |
Behind Each Figure
When something is called free on these pages, entry really costs nothing. Any attraction with strings attached gets them named on the spot: the Franciscan church is free while its cloister and Old Pharmacy are EUR 8, and both halves of that sentence appear together. Items that could not be pinned down, among them the Sponza Palace interior and the Jesuit church, are omitted rather than approximated. No attraction gets promoted into the free column to make a page look fuller.
Where Scores Come From
Figures on this site have a paper trail. Walk averages and review totals mirror each guide's GuruWalk page, and ticket prices mirror the operators themselves, such as the adult City Walls and Fort Lovrijenac price of EUR 40 for the 1 March to 30 November 2026 season. Where a number simply does not exist yet, the 2027 walls price being one, the page admits it or says nothing at all. Guesswork never wears the costume of a fact.
Where Each Rating Comes From
The ratings below are the scores walkers left on GuruWalk, and each one is shown out of 5 with its review total. A walk that has reviews but no average yet says so in the list.
| Category | Best for | Typical length | Languages | Free walks | Lead walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town History | Durations run from 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, most in English with some in Spanish, gathering at Pile Gate, Ploče Gate or Nautika Restaurant. | 1 hour 45 minutes | English | 5 | Pearl Of The Adriatic Walk |
| Game Of Thrones | Runs in English for 2 hours on GuruWalk, meeting at Amerling Fountain. | 2 hours | English | 1 | History Plus Game Of Thrones Combo |
| City Walls | A GuruWalk walk in English, 1 hour 15 minutes, meeting at Ploče Gate. | 1 hour 15 minutes | English | 1 | City Walls, 1 Hour 15 |
| Local Stories | English walks on GuruWalk of 1 hour 15 to 1 hour 30 minutes, leaving from Orlando's Column, Onofrio's Fountain or Amerling Fountain. | 1 hour 45 minutes | English | 3 | Free Spirit Local Stories Walk |
- Pearl Of The Adriatic Walk, starting at Pile Gate, rated 4.92/5 from 5,844 GuruWalk reviews.
- Spanish Essentials, 1 Hour 45, starting at Ploče Gate, rated 4.89/5 from 4,477 GuruWalk reviews.
- Ancient Old City, 1 Hour 45, starting at Pile Gate, rated 4.85/5 from 2,294 GuruWalk reviews.
- Free Spirit Local Stories Walk, starting at Orlando's Column, rated 4.94/5 from 2,029 GuruWalk reviews.
- Old City Since 2018, 2 Hours, starting at Nautika Restaurant, rated 4.98/5 from 1,302 GuruWalk reviews.
- History And Culture, 2 Hours, starting at Pile Gate, rated 4.91/5 from 837 GuruWalk reviews.
- History Plus Game Of Thrones Combo, starting at Amerling Fountain, rated 4.92/5 from 781 GuruWalk reviews.
- Spanish Local Guide, 1 Hour 30, starting at Pile Gate, rated 4.92/5 from 485 GuruWalk reviews.
- Walk With Baka, 1 Hour 30, starting at Amerling Fountain, rated 4.93/5 from 75 GuruWalk reviews.
- City Walls, 1 Hour 15, starting at Ploče Gate, rated 5.0/5 from 55 GuruWalk reviews.
- History And Culture, 1 Hour 30, starting at Pile Gate, rated 4.87/5 from 53 GuruWalk reviews.
- Mario's History Walk, 1 Hour 15, starting at Amerling Fountain, rated 4.83/5 from 29 GuruWalk reviews.
- Hidden Places Most Tours Miss, starting at Onofrio's Fountain, 17 GuruWalk reviews and no star average posted yet.
How Booking A Place Works
This site takes no bookings of its own. Each walk listed is run on GuruWalk by an independent local guide, and the place is reserved on GuruWalk's page for that walk. What happens here is description: the meeting point, the language and the duration are stated for every walk, then the guide's own GuruWalk page handles the rest. Nothing is sold or operated on this site.