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If you're looking for a day trip from Dubrovnik, Croatia that won't break the bank, then check out Lokrum Island!
Lokrum Island is a small,private island with crystal clear waters and plenty of activities to keep you busy. From swimming to sunbathing to history, Lokrum has it all.
If you're looking for a mellow day out, Lokrum Island is perfect for you! This island is the perfect place to relax and rejuvenate after a busy day in Dubrovnik.
Also known as the City of Qarth to Game of Thrones fans
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Hi everyone it's Karen from the Georgie Grand Mar
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Welcome back to my channel and this is part four of my trip to Dubrovnik where we went a few weeks ago
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and today's video is our day trip to Loughram Island that we took from Dubrovnik Old Town
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It's an absolutely beautiful island. It was apparently where Richard, the Lionheart
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washed a show when his ship was wrecked in 1192 but I think
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Game of Thrones fans will probably know it better as the city of Coth
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where DeNaris goes and visits because they used a lot of the Locrum Island
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as sites for those episodes so it's only a 10 minute boat ride from
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Dubrovnik Old Town and it was quite nice to see the sites as we went across on the boat
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You do get a map when you buy your ticket so you can find your way around the island as different
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points that you can go and look at. This is the monastery at Loughcrum Island. As you first go into
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the monastery there's actually an exhibit, a Game of Thrones exhibit where you can go and sit on
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the Iron Throne and have your photo taken and there's lots of video
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footage of the cast of Game of Thrones talking about their experience of being in
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dispositovnik which was really nice to listen to so this is the monastery ruins that
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you can walk around there's lots of lots of gardens on Lokram Island and it's
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very beautifully kept very peaceful there as well it was an absolutely glorious day the
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day we went here really hot I think it was about 29 degrees which is very hot for me so it was
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nice to have a walk around these ruins And as you went through the ruins, you came out onto a lovely restaurant
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There was quite a few restaurants on Locrum Island. We decided to have some lunch here
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Here's me looking shattered. We had a pint of beer and a cup of coffee
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And I actually had some chilled cucumber soup which was really delicious This is the Maximilian Gardens on Locrum Island Very well kept again Beautiful I think part of this was featured in Game of Thrones
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You can see the restaurant from there as well. Lots of peacocks on Locram Island
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Lots of peacocks on Locram Island
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Lots of peacocks on Locrum Island, tons of them just wandering around everywhere
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There's some baby ones, so cute. And actually it's so well known for its peacocks that Game of Thrones actually featured peacocks in the scenes on City of Coth
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You can see them dotted around. They were very tame. There's lots of areas to walk around on Locram Island
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Lots of kind of wooded areas. very pretty very peaceful it's a nice walk this is our walk down to the legends of
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lowcrum exhibition which is in the in the basement of this building and it tells you
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more about Richard the Lionheart and the monks that lived on the island the Benedictine
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monks this is going down into the basement here you can actually get it
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an audio guided tour of it. And I think they are Game of Thrones tours
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tours on the island as well and they probably take you in here. I think they were actually doing some other stuff to it
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while we were there because there seemed to be a bit of building work going on, maybe adding to it
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And these steps go down into where the basement or the cellar where the monkey
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where the monks were. Which is actually supposed to be cursed by the Benedictine monks
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because they were evicted from Loughram Island. And they put a curse on the island
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on anybody who owned it. I didn't actually feel any ghostly presence
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as while I was there. After that it was back out into the sunshine
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and the walk down to the sea. Some spectacular views from here
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and lots of areas where people were swimming. You can see lots of lounges there and parasols where you can lie and relax
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There's another peacock there. Great place for picnics as well. Like I say there is lots of restaurants and, well not lots, but there are a few restaurants and cafes on Locrum Island
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and if you go at the right time you can get a happy hour where you get 30% off your food and drink
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There's the rocky bits there if you want to go and do a bit of rock pooling
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Sort of a man-made jacuzzi. There was actually people diving off these rocks which you'll see in just a minute
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I don't think I would quite want to have done that. You're braver people than I am
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You'll just see them in the distance here as it pans around
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I owe quite a few of them. quite a few of them going to jump off wow I don't think it was very high but I still
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wouldn't have wanted to do it more sunbeds there a bit more in the shade and this is
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the the Dead Sea area which was absolutely beautiful and I was really really
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annoyed with myself because I didn't take a swimsuit. If I had a done, I would have definitely gone in there
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It just looked so nice. The video doesn't do it justice. It was really, really beautiful there
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We spent quite a while just sitting there watching it. Very nice
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So if you do go, take a swimsuit. This is the path to paradise
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which people might know from Game of Thrones. I think this is the steepest hill I've ever climbed
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I'll just talk with twice when we get to the top. It was a very steep path, very steep
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I was absolutely shattered by the time I got to the top. And it leads up to Fort Royal
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Again, some more steps. I did about 17,000 steps that day. This is inside the fort at the top of that path
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Nice and cool in there after the sun. And again more steps
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It's not very accessible if your mobility is not very good. In fact not really accessible at all I suppose This is at the top of the fort and the views are really beautiful
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Okay so the views from the top were definitely worth the climb. It is absolutely spectacular up here col
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This was the path going back down not very stable at all and this is the pathway leading back to the main area as the monastery but I think we took a wrong turn some way
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Okay we're wandering through the forest on Loughcrum Island and I'm not sure we have a clue where we're going. So let's see where we end up
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on this path do you think? Whoa. We definitely took the wrong path somewhere
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but we can hear people, so I think we're on the right road now
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We found our way out. We have been rescued. And now, we're having an ice cream
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And after that rest in the cafe with our beautiful ice cream, we had walked back to the port
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the bay to get our boat back. Lots of tree frogs on Rockham Island
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We didn't actually see any. This is the queue to get back on the boat
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I highly recommend. If you go to Dubrovnik, I highly recommend a day trip to Loughram Island
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It's a fabulous day. It'll spend a full day there. But like I said, take a swimming costume and maybe a pack lunch if you don't want to spend money eating out
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As always, with the other three videos, I'm leaving you with some photographs here that I took
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There's so much to see there. I couldn't video all of it
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But it is a beautiful place. clean, very peaceful and lots to look at. So I hope you enjoyed that video. Thanks so much for
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watching. I hope you get to visit. If you've already visited, let us know in the comments what you
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thought of it. I think it was my favourite part of my holiday to Dubrovnik. So thanks so much for watching
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I'll see you again soon and bye for now
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