For centuries, Dubrovnik has been an autonomous and neutral state –  until 1808, when Napoleon’s general de Marmont abolished the republic. The former city-republic of Dubrovnik stands on the coast of South Dalmatia. Its ancient city walls in the fifteenth century, surround and protect a wonderfully preserved historic city centre that has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979.

Lapad is located to the west of the Old Town of Dubrovnik. It is a peninsular that makes up for a larger part of Dubrovnik. The beaches on Lapad are mostly concentrated in a bay called Lapad Bay, or “Uvala Lapad” in Croatian. It boasts a line of pebble beaches that stretches from the Hotel Splendid to the Hotel Kompas.