GALA VENUES

| theatres | special places | catering |

Location, location, location! Three key words for a success on the Dubrovnik Riviera. All key locations for a success of your event will be exclusively or partly rented, catered and set up for the gala moments - the most sensitive ones in your whole project. Dubrovnik Travel will be your partner in providing all these services and much more.

We invite you to enjoy with us a tour of all these places so you can choose the best ones for your events - but if you have not time to come to Dubrovnik for that, please enjoy some of our best Gala Venues on the next pages.

Theatres

MARIN DRŽIĆ THEATRE
Address: Pred dvorom 3, Tel. +385 20 321088
Capacity: inside 350 (110 floor)

Special places

TERRACE OF THE PALMS
Address: Hotel Excelsior, Frana Supila 12, tel. +385 353353
Capacity: terrace 170 seats

Don`t miss the chance to visit the famous Terrace of the Palms at he Excelsior Hotel, the most beautiful terrace in Dubrovnik, with an unforgettable view of the Old City.
During the summer, there is live music every evening, the perfomances of the famous singers from Dubrovnik like Ibrica Jusic, Buco & Srdan...

REVELIN FORTRESS (16th century)
Address: Dubrovnik, tel. +385 20 351800 (City Hall)
Capacity: inside 400 seats, terrace 200 seats

Revelin is a large fortress, an irregular square in a form, built outside the city walls in the eastern part of the city, into the Ploče Gata. It was built in the middle of the 16th century, at the time of the newly-risen Venetian danger threatening the Dubrovnik Republic. The building itself went on rapidly, all other public building-enterprises and most of the private ones were stopped in order to make the unhindered building of the fortress as quick as possible.

ST. JOHN FORTRESS (16th century)
Address: Dubrovnik, tel. +385 20 425222
Capacity: terrace 200 seats

St. John's Fortress was meant to be the main defense of the city harbour and one of the most important defense fortifications of the city. The first tower of the fort was built in this place in the first halh of the 14th century, and it is still one of the parts of the fortress.

LOVRIJENAC FORTRESS (14th century)
Address: Dubrovnik, tel. +385 20 425222
Capacity: terrace 100 seats

Fort Lovrijenac is another monumental and impressive fortress outside the city walls at the western side of the city. It rises proudly on a step sliff about 37 meters high, as if wrapped up in the legends about its origin, as well as those referring to the heroic deeds of its guards and defenders. It dominates the two approaches to the western part of the city, those from the sea and the land
It has become one of the finest and most dignified stages in the world, famous for the perfomances of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" - one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature.

MINČETA FORTRESS (14th & 15th century)
Address: Dubrovnik, tel. +385 20 425222
Capacity: terrace 50 seats

The Minčeta Fortress, with the magnificent battlements, has been dominating the city for centuries. It was the symbol of the city's freedom and a defying challenge to all impudent fellows; today it is still one of the most beautiful symbols of the city.

RECTOR'S PALACE
Address: Knežev Dvor, tel. +385 20 321422
Capacity: inside 70 seats, terrace 100 seats

Permanent displays of artifacts, furniture and paintings in the saloon ambience of the Rector's Palace, the once seat of the government and the rector of the Dubrovnik Republic,collections of old Dubrovnik coins, medals, decorations, stamps, heralds and arms. The inner atrium has a Renaissance arcade on three sides and on the fourth side there is an imposing staircase that leads to an arcaded balcony. Below the stair arch is a Venetian Gothic fountain and a doorway (angel in niche above) leading to the offices of the Conservation Department in the former repository of the State Archives.
The bust of Miho Pracat (Michaeli Prazzato) by Pietro Giacometti da Recanati (1638.) was the only monument to a citizen ever erected (or even allowed) by the Dubrovnik Republic. Pracat, a 16C merchant adventurer from Lopud, bequeathed his riches to the Republic. A small staircase leads to the mezzanine and former hall of the Lesser Coundi, which now houses temporary exhibitions. At the first floor the Rector's working and private rooms were situated. The Palace is available for special events.

SPONZA PALACE
Address: Palača Sponza, tel. +385 20 321032
Capacity: inside 20 seats , terrace 150 seats

Throughout the times of the Dubrovnik Republic it had different purposes and was used as a custom house, a mint and main warehouse ( known at different times as the Pontik, Divona or Dogana). Sponza was one of the more important buildings in the city and remained in continuous public use until the end of the 19C. Sponza was designed by Paskoje Miličević, built by Petrović, Radivojević, and the Andrijići brothers (1516-1522). It represents a harmonious blend of Gothic and Renaissance architecture; at the ground floor there are monumental renaissance arcades; at the first floor we find elegant gothic monofores and trifores; the second floor is decorated with Renaissance windows, while the roof is built in Gothic style. The interior of Sponza consists in a round and spacious court, arranged as a double cloister, with round arches below and slightly pointed arches on the first floor. The first floor was used for social gatherings and meetings of learned and literary societies. The ground floor houses exhibitions of artists and festival concerts and contains the original 16C mechanism that controls the town bell and clock (called Zelenci - Maro and Baro).

DOMINICAN MONASTERY
Address: Sv Dominika 4, tel. +385 20 321423
Capacity: Atrium 200 seats

The east wing of the Dominican Monastery has a Museum which clearly shows a valuable collection of Dubrovnik Paintings from the 15th and 16th centuries (Božidarević, Hamzić, Dobričević), as well as sculpture, works of gold, incunabula and music scripts collected through the centuries by the Dubrovnik Dominicans. The graceful late-Gothic Cloister, erected by local masons to a modified design of Maso di Bartolomeo of Florence, has interesting bosses in the vault and tomb slabs in the walls, but is somewhat marred by the over-clever interlaced ornament in alternate tympana and in the balustrade above. The cloister's garden is planted with orange trees. The Bell Tower, begun in 1390 and completed in 1531., in a curiously retarded Romanesque style, continued by the later baroque lantern.The cloister of the monastery is available for exclusive dinners, cocktails, presentations.

FRANCISCAN MONASTERY
Address: Placa 2, tel. +385 20 321410
Capacity: Atrium 200 seats

In the museum collection, a part of the cloisters, which housed the ancient Pharmacy, there are Inventories of the Pharmacy (ceramics, bowls, laboratory equipment, and old medical books), as well asworks by goldsmiths, embroiderers and painters' studios. Here one can see many incunabula and other valuable books from the Monastery Library, one of the most well known in the world. Of special interest is the painting of Dubrovnik, before the great earthquake of 1667. The Cloister of the Franciscan Monastery is considered to be a masterpiece of architecture in Dubrovnik. It was built in Romanesque-Gothic style by the famous Mihoje Brajkov from Bara. The capitals are a true example of Romanesque style, with bestiary motives bringing the spirit of Gothic as well. The cloister of the monastery is available for exclusive cocktails and presentations.

ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM - RUPE
Address: Od Rupa, tel. +385 20 323018
Capacity: inside 100 seats + 100 seats

Utmost care was paid by the Republic of Dubrovnik to the reserves of grain for the city within the walls.Among the several silos,the largest was the one called "Rupe"('holes'). This granary is built in 1542. - 1590. with 15 huge storage chambers engraved in the rocks. The average yearly temperature in the chambers is 17.5 C. The attractive halls on two levels can be combined for welcome drinks and/ or gala dinners.

MARITIME MUSEUM
Address: Tvđava Sv. Ivana, tel. +385 20 426465, Capacity: inside 150 seats

St. Ivan fortress (2nd and 3rd floor), Divided into four sections; the period of Dubrovnik Republic, the age of steam, the Second World War, and the techniques of sailing and navigation, the exhibition displays maritime heritage of a wider local area since Dubrovnik Republic until nowadays. The fortress and the museum can be combined for exclusive cocktails and gala dinners.

CRIJEVIĆ PUCIĆ PALACE
Address: Dr. Ante Stračevića, Dubrovnik
Cocktails, presentations, concerts.

SORKOČEVIĆ PALACE
Address: Lapadska obala bb, Dubrovnik
Cocktails, presentations, concerts.

MODERN ART GALLERY
Address: Frana Supila 23, Dubrovnik - Tel. +385 20 426590
Capacity: inside 150 + 150 seats , terrace 150 + 50 seats

Unique venue for an open air or an indoor cocktail party with catered dining. The Old Town of Dubrovnik is just a short walking distance away.
The fascinating view from the huge terrace of the gallery is excellent for energetic folklore performances.

Catering

We can offer our affirmed cuisine and organize elegant and evocative settings for ceremonies of all kinds, business meetings, conferences, private dinners and more... Beside our traditional menus we offer large choice of meals especially adapted to different diets or religious customs.
For us menu is never the same, the venue is never the same and the challenge is always fresh.

Choice of the freshest ingredients of the highest quality, sensational menus, topnotch teams of chefs from famous catering houses, and other qualified staff, our know-how, state-of-the-art hi-tech catering equipment, modern delivery vehicles and polished organization and service guarantees success for your convival occasion.

From start to finish, Dubrovnik Travel provides the experts, food, decor and staff to help you create the perfect event. Let us organize memorable events for you and your guests.