Dubrovnik Cathedral vs Dominican Monastery, Dubrovnik
Two churches in Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik Cathedral has no online ticket listed; Dominican Monastery, Dubrovnik has no online ticket listed. The table and the two notes below put them side by side; the full pages have what to see, the ticket and the timing for each.
Saint Blaise stands at the eastern end of the main street of Dubrovnik, facing the column and the rector's palace, and it is free to enter. There is nothing to book, and the church is open through the day, which makes it the easiest of the old town's buildings to fit in. Walking tours of the walled city pass the front constantly and explain the saint's place in the republic's history, which is the key to understanding the town's iconography: his figure appears on gates, walls, fountains and flags throughout.
The Dominican monastery occupies the north-eastern corner of Dubrovnik's walled old town, just inside the Ploce gate, and it is ticketed, cheaply, with the ticket covering the cloister and the museum. The church itself can often be entered for free. This is one of the most rewarding interiors in the city and one of the least crowded, because the tour groups enter through the Pile gate at the other end of the main street and many never get this far.
