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Indian press praises Dubrovnik

Written by  Mar 20, 2016

Dubrovnik is getting more and more popular in India! The latest evidence is an article in the online edition of the Mumbai Mirror, where Dubrovnik is described in detail, combining the history and experiences from a tour of the town that reporter Kalpana Sunder took with the local guide. Good to know – the Mumbai Mirror is a compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai, with a daily circulation of approximately 700 thousand copies, so we don't even have to talk about the level of promotion that this kind of article brings.

As usual, the Dubrovnik City Walls didn't fail to impress. ''The wall's turrets, forts, towers and cannons are straight out of a Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale'', writes the reporter in the article.

But even though she was enchanted with the historical monuments, in the end she fell in love with the ''normal'' Dubrovnik. She highlighted that in order to discover the soul of the town you have to go behind the historical sites.

''Take the alleyways that criss-cross Old Town like vertical shafts, and showcase local life with a Mediterranean flavour: steep, tortuous mazes of mottled stone with low archways adorned with lamps, huge flowerpots, open shutters and strings festooned with drying laundry; straggly cats, and intimate wine bars and tables laid out with red and white checked tablecloths and expensive boutiques. It's in the back streets of Dubrovnik that life really plays out'', says Kalpana Sunder for the Mumbai Mirror.

This is one more reason for Indians to visit Dubrovnik. First is, as you know for sure, the movie ''Fan'', featuring Shah Rukh Khan, one of the biggest stars in Bollywood. The trailer alone got over the 13 million views in just two weeks on YouTube. The trailer also shows that the first star of the movie is Shah Rukh Khan, and the second – Dubrovnik.

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