Plaža Sveti Jakov
Pebble cove below a cliffside chapel, reached by a steep run of stone steps from the cliff top.
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This guide to Plaza Sveti Jakov in Dubrovnik starts with a name stenciled on a beach lounger, Jelavic, the company that controls nearly everything on this pebble cove below the little chapel of Saint James. It works through the quirk of Croatian law that keeps the shoreline itself free to the public, set against the roughly one hundred sixty stone steps down from the cliff top. Look up from the pebbles at the chapel and the stairway, with Lokrum island and the Old Town walls in view across the water.
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