Dubrovnik Pride Walking Tours
Dubrovnik Pride Tour – Celebrate Love, History & Identity
Step into the heart of Dubrovnik with a one-of-a-kind walking tour that celebrates diversity, resilience, and the untold stories of this stunning medieval city. Curated and led by a licensed local guide with deep knowledge of Dubrovnik’s layered past and vibrant present, the Dubrovnik Pride Tour is a meaningful, inclusive experience designed for LGBTQ+ travelers and allies who want more.
Explore the Old Town through a fresh lens—where centuries-old walls whisper not just of kings and battles, but of hidden lives, quiet courage, and cultural breakthroughs. You'll discover local legends, queer-coded histories, and contemporary LGBTQ+ life in Croatia today. Along the way, you’ll enjoy engaging storytelling, hidden corners, and safe, open conversation in an atmosphere of pride, respect, and joy.
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Dubrovnik Pride Walking Tours
What's included in Dubrovnik Pride Walking Tours
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Pile Gate
"The Beginning of Control & Identity" Theme: Entrance to the city, metaphor for entering a closed, controlled society. Story Angle: Introduce Dubrovnik’s history as a conservative Catholic republic with strict social codes. Discuss how identities, including LGBTQ+ ones, were shaped or suppressed under these norms.
The Franciscan Church and Monastery
"Silence and Shelter" Theme: Religion, medicine, and marginalized lives. Story Angle: Discuss the monastery’s role in healing and confinement. Highlight how LGBTQ+ individuals in earlier centuries may have sought refuge—or were forced into silence—within religious institutions.
Gunduliceva Poljana Market
"Public Life, Hidden Love" Theme: Everyday life and coded existence. Story Angle: A vibrant public space where people met, traded, gossiped—and where queer individuals had to hide their identity in plain sight. Reference queer-coded behaviors and how community was quietly built even in repressive times.
Inclusions
- Tickets
- Personal licensed local guide
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- In front of the main entrance of the Old City, Pile Gate. Your guide will be waiting for you next to the only tree there, on the right side from the gate. The guide will be holding group leader's name.
