One city that many foreigners do not consider is Makarska, roughly half-way between Split and Dubrovnik.
Officials said Monday the referendum failed because only 31 percent of Dubrovnik voters cast their ballots Sunday.
Rogge held a breakfast meeting in Dubrovnik with bid leaders from London, New York, Paris, Madrid and Moscow.
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Empire was the tiny Croatian city-state of Raguso now known as Dubrovnik.
Croatia is reacting to the continued rebel Serb shelling of the Dubrovnik area.
Over time, the festivity has evolved as Dubrovnik and the world have changed.
Another such resort is the 162-room Grand Villa Argentina in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
On the sea front the Dubrovnik ferry is docking, dwarfing the town.
Margate appears with Iceland, Puerto Rico and the World Heritage site of Dubrovnik in Croatia in the new Rough Guide listing.
New routes by carriers in the summer include Dubrovnik, Naples and Verona.
And now there are reports from the United Nations that at least two brigades of Croatian army troops have moved towards the high ground above Dubrovnik.
DUBROVNIK, CROATIA (CNN) -- Diplomats and U.N. officials are concerned that new fronts may soon open in the Balkan war, around the cities of Dubrovnik and Drvar.
On Saint Blaise s day, Dubrovnik gathers not only its residents, but all those who pay respect to tradition and the right to one s freedom and peace.
The ritual dates back in some form to at least 1190 and has reinforced a close identification of Dubrovnik s residents with the city s patron, Saint Blaise.
The United Nations believes that would indicate a coming offensive against Bosnian Serb artillery across the border in the town of Trebina which is close to the Dubrovnik area.
Every year, Croatia relies heavily on its sun-kissed Adriatic coast to draw Italian tourists, who make the short journey through Slovenia to the Balkan holiday resorts such as Split and Dubrovnik.
The likes of Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar and Rovinj have added a new range of hotels and restaurants to their already attractive Venetian- and Roman-era architecture, and the Adriatic waters are now alive with yachts.
Backers of the project say it would provide hundreds new jobs in Dubrovnik, would bring wealthier golf-playing tourists to the area and stretch the main tourist season, which currently last only two summer months.
DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) A landmark referendum held in Croatia has failed to derail plans for the construction of a large golf complex that could change the face of the ancient walled tourist resort of Dubrovnik.
The opponents of the project worry that the vast club will choke their scenic city of red-roofed stone houses and aquamarine sea, dubbed the Pearl of the Adriatic, and would represent an environmental hazard without bringing financial gains for Dubrovnik residents.
The shining jewel of the Adriatic, Dubrovnik, is for many reasons one of the most popular destinations: its gorgeous cliff-top setting, its history as a rival city-state to Venice and its honey-coloured roofs (or what was left after shelling in the Bosnian War).
The evening before the festivity of Saint Blaise in Dubrovnik, Croatia, as all the church bells in the city ring and white doves are released as symbols of peace, worshippers gather for a ritual healing of the throat to preserve them against illness.
On the third of February, the official day of both saint and city, parish banner bearers flow into the city in folk costume for the centrepiece of the festival, a procession attended by bishops, ambassadors, civic leaders, visiting notables and the people of Dubrovnik.
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