Dubrovnik Cable Car

This guide to the Dubrovnik Cable Car follows the ropeway up Mount Srd from its first version in 1969, the earliest cable car on the Adriatic coast, carrying about fifteen riders at a time up a slope that had defeated foot traffic for centuries, complete with a disco at the top station in the 1980s. You'll hear how war reached the mountain in 1991, wrecking the line for nearly two decades, and what came back when it reopened in 2010 with new cabins, a Swiss-built motor, and wind and lightning sensors watching the ridge. Look down as you climb at the two kilometers of city wall curling below.