Free cruise planning tool
Dubrovnik Cruise Day Planner
Turn your ship’s arrival and all-aboard times into a practical Dubrovnik day, with travel time, flexible sightseeing and a safe return margin already considered.
Last reviewed 18 September 2026 · checked locallyBuild your time ashore.
Enter the times printed in your ship’s daily programme. Choose the pace that feels right; the planner keeps a 75-minute ship-side safety margin before all aboard.
- Leave the ship
Allow time to disembark and clear the terminal.
- Reach the Old Town
Use the transport option that suits your group and enter at Pile or Ploče Gate.
- Old Town orientation
Onofrio’s Fountain, Stradun and the historic centre at an easy pace.
- Main sightseeing window
Keep this flexible for a short meal, landmarks or quieter side streets.
- Begin an unhurried finish
Check traffic and your ship’s official all-aboard instructions before leaving the centre.
- Leave for Gruž Port
Protect a 75-minute ship-side safety margin. Aim to be back by 15:45.
This is planning guidance, not live ship instruction. Port traffic, tender operations, weather and schedule changes can alter your day. Always follow the earlier time if your cruise line gives a different all-aboard deadline.
Follow your plan
See where your cruise day takes you.
Switch between the route from Gruž Port and the numbered Old Town walk, then save the route before leaving the ship.
Dubrovnik Cruise Map
Key passenger locations and recommended routes from Gruž Port through the Old Town.
Offline tip: download the GPX route before leaving the ship and open it in an offline-capable map app. The route and saved place list remain available; live background map tiles need internet unless your map app has downloaded them.
Complete your plan
Check the details that can change your day.
Use the official arrival list, the day’s crowd forecast and the practical route guides before you step ashore.