The parking in front of the five-star Hotel Dubrovnik Palace today as the opening stage of a classic old-timer rally kicked off. Classic Jaguars, beautiful Mercedes, a 1964 Austin Healey and a 911 Porsche Targa were all on show today as the rally from Dubrovnik to Athens started.

The 16-day rally will take in Sarajevo, Belgrade, Kotor, Tirana and Aristi amongst other cities before ending on the 18th of October in Athens.

The rally, which is a pre-1980 classic touring event, is organised by ROARR who have been, as they state, “running classic car rallies since 1999 in some of the most exciting locations on the planet.”