Alfa Dubrovnik

Fourteen units make up Alfa Dubrovnik, a small apartment-style property on Ulica generala Janka Bobetka in Dubrovnik's Lapad district, three floors up with lift access and sea-facing balconies on the odd-numbered rooms. Lapad's pebble beach and promenade lie a ten-minute walk downhill, with the Old Town reached by local bus rather than on foot.

Each unit keeps a small kitchenette, useful given Lapad's cluster of konobas and grocers nearby rather than hotel dining. The building sits back from the main tourist strip, suiting travellers who want a residential base with easy transit links over a central, noise-heavy address.