My partner and I travelled to Dubrovnik for the first time only to find our accommodation had been double booked leaving us nowhere to stay. We sat in the garden in disbelief for an hour on hold to Hotels.com as we were eaten alive by mosquitos.
As the sun set, the hopeless scenario we found ourselves in was all too apparent for the owner of the accommodation, who asked her neighbour let us stay in her house for the night for €60. NOT the start we wanted.
After a total of 2.5 hours on hold, Hotels.com then booked us another apartment closer to Lapad, covering the cost entirely.
There we were met Ivica and Marija and our holiday finally began! They were so welcoming, allowing us to put our bags in their apartment so we didn’t have to take them to the beach.
They advised us about great places to eat, islands to visit (although we already had an island day planned it just made it all the more exciting).
We took their advice and ate at a pizzeria called Scala a few times, and used the kitchen for some home-cooked meals and made food to take with us on our adventures to Lokrum and beach days.
The bed was really comfortable, and the location of the apartment was great: 5 minutes from Splendid and Lapad, 5 minutes to a Tommy supermarket as well. An Uber to Old Town took ~10 minutes, 35 min walk.
We had a really great time, I would urge anyone to stay here.