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Royal Hotel Ariston

Name: Royal Hotel Ariston
Address: Dubrovnik (Lapad), Croatia
Price range: USD 107-216 per night

Dubrovnik (Lapad), Croatia · 5-star Hotel Price swings 85%

The rooftop infinity pool after sunset, lit from below, the Elaphiti islands and the mountains dark against a pink sky — Photo: Royal Ariston Hotel · Photograph supplied from the hotel's own material, shown with credit · source

USD 107 a night, the cheapest we have seen it ≈ €96

USD 107-216 · usually USD 127 · looked up 14 times · worth it in its quiet season

≈ €96 - ≈ €193 · usually ≈ €114

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Royal Hotel Ariston in photographs

Royal Hotel Ariston from the air, white hotel blocks on a rocky, pine-covered point of the Lapad peninsula, with sea pools and the island of Daksa behind — Photo: Royal Ariston Hotel · Photograph supplied from the hotel's own material, shown with credit · source

The hotel's seafront restaurant terrace at sunset, a replica galleon sailing past — Photo: Royal Ariston Hotel · Photograph supplied from the hotel's own material, shown with credit · source

The pool terrace at sunset, sun loungers and parasols along the water's edge, the hotel's curved balconies rising on the right — Photo: Royal Ariston Hotel · Photograph supplied from the hotel's own material, shown with credit · source

Dubrovnik Old Town and its walls lit up at dusk, seen from above the old harbour — Photo: Royal Ariston Hotel · Photograph supplied from the hotel's own material, shown with credit · source

Lapad Beach at sunset, Dubrovnik — Photo: Jules Verne Times Two, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · source

Aerial view of the Old Town of Dubrovnik — Photo: Akira Takiguchi, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · source

Dubrovnik city walls above the roofs of the Old Town — Photo: Bernard Gagnon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

The Stradun, the main street of the Old Town — Photo: Martin Falbisoner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Aerial view of the west side of Dubrovnik and the Lapad peninsula — Photo: Chris93, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Uvala Lapad, the bay below the hill — Photo: Bracodbk, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

When to go

The cheapest month we have found is November, at around USD 125 a night - -2% against what this hotel usually asks.

Where to book

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Our notes

A five-star on the Lapad peninsula

The Royal Ariston stands on the Lapad Peninsula, the green, residential side of Dubrovnik, a short walk from a Blue Flag beach. It is one of five hotels in the Royal Dubrovnik Resort, so guests can use the facilities spread across the complex, including several outdoor pools. The Royal Spa is for guests aged 16 and over, with an indoor pool, relaxation area, steam bath, Finnish sauna and treatments.

The Old Town is not on the doorstep. Guest reports put the bus into the centre at around fifteen minutes, and a taxi is short. That is the trade: the quiet of Lapad and an evening swim, against a ride to the walls.

The area

Dubrovnik grew rich as the maritime Republic of Ragusa, which ran its own affairs for centuries and protected them with the city walls that still ring the Old Town. The Old Town was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1979. It was shelled in the 1991-92 siege and has since been repaired, which is why the terracotta roofs you see from above are newer than the stone beneath them.

What it costs through the year

Cheapest we have seen	USD 107 ≈ €96
What it usually costs	USD 127 ≈ €114
Dearest we have seen	USD 216 ≈ €193
Times we looked	14
Gap between the two	85%
Last checked	2026-10-31

EUR figures are indicative conversions of the USD figure at 2026-11-06 (1 USD = 0.8939 EUR), not prices any hotel quoted. The hotel bills in its own currency.

All prices are for two adults over three nights, converted into US dollars at the rate on the day we saw it. They are what we saw on the day, not live availability, and not an offer. How we do it.