Buža Bar is entered through a literal hole in the city wall — buža means hole in Croatian — at a point on the western side of the old city where the walls drop directly to the Adriatic below. The bar is a series of concrete platforms and terraces built into the cliff face outside the wall, without the architectural pretensions that would ruin it: plastic chairs, basic umbrellas, bottles of local wine served at the outdoor tables, and the open sea. The view is west and south — nothing between you and the horizon except the island of Lokrum. Buža operates on the principle that a location of this quality requires no decoration and no complexity, which is correct. The correct time to arrive is one hour before sunset, when the terraces are still warm and the western light on the water is at its most considered. The cold spritz and the specific quality of silence that comes from sitting above open water with the medieval city wall immediately behind you are what the bar is for.
Stari Grad, Dubrovnik, Croatia