Sveti Jakob Beach is a paradise away from the popular and crowded Banje Beach. It’s a bit over a 2km walk past the Old Town from the Harbour side. Stay to the right and follow road to end with old church. Go behind the church down path & you will find steps to this beach. We loved it so much we went 3 days in a row. Early Oct temp was perfect. Shaded until 10:30 when sun comes over mountain behind. Plastic lounge chairs were €15 each or bring a beach pad for the rocks. Reef shoes greatly recommended only due to rocks. Great restaurant until mid Oct with a bar and another bar on other side of beach. Food was fabulous as we sat in our swimmers with linen tablecloth. Toilets and change area also available. All this enjoyed with pristine water looking out to the Old Town of Dubrovnik in the distance. No disabled access. About 79 steps to get down & up again, but we’ll worth it.

Lovely picturesque beach only a short distance from busy Dubrovnik. Beach shoes for entering the water highly recommended as it is painful to walk on the larger pebbles. Restaurant promote their own boat taxi partner which delayed us leaving the beach in the blazing heat. We landed up learning that there are plenty of other boat transfers that operate frequently. Be careful of this! Staff were not as happy/friendly as you would hope for a nice day out, but they were not bad. We arrived at 9.30 am and I would recommend this so you can enjoy the beach when it is quiet as it gets very very busy as the morning goes on. People were struggling to find somewhere to relax. Food at the restaurant is good and views are beautiful. Well worth a half day/full day (if you can stand the aug afternoon heat) out. So happy we went there. We were 30eur for a taxi from Dubrovnik and 20Eur total for 2 on boat back to the old town.

This beach is 7 minutes from the old town by Uber! I spent the afternoon with my friends on a sun lounger and we were very good, then we had lunch at the restaurant the food is not the best in the world but it's fine. The attention of the restaurant staff is good. The views from the top are spectacular!

I thought this beach was beautiful (albeit not a sand beach, has large pebbles so bring shoes you can wear in the water). Crystal clear water, if you go early you get shade from the hillside behind. Paid 18euro each for a sunbed, didn’t mind paying that but the man hiring umbrellas was really rude which took away from the experience. You need to walk down a long fairly steep flight of stairs.