BAY OF KOTOR

 We have a ton of things to tell, so we'll get to the point with jet speed: Montenegro is the most beautiful place in Europe where you can go without a visa in our opinion, and Montenegro is the Bay of Kotor. Established in one of the most beautiful bays in the Adriatic Sea, the settlement makes people fall in love with its Venetian style architecture, Italian cuisine, and magnificent view.

In the Bay of Kotor, there are several beautiful and small settlements, especially Perast, Dobrota and Kotor. We highly recommend planning your Kotor trip to include them all. In this article, what to see in the Bay of Kotor, how much to spare, what to do, in summary; You will find our suggestions on how to plan a trip.

There is the huge indented bay in the blue square above, the whole of it is called Boka Bay.

– As you can see, there are other gulfs within the Boka Bay. These gulfs also have their own name. The name of the inner bay marked in red on the map is Kotor. So Kotor is one of the bays inside Boka.

– Kotor; the name of both the historical city, which we will talk about shortly, and the bay in which it is located. In this article, we will tell you our suggestions not only in the historical city, but also in the whole Bay of Kotor. All of them are close to each other and must be seen together.

– Kotor, Perast and Dobrota, about which we will talk a lot, are settlements like these 3 poems in the Bay of Kotor. All of them are called Kotor administrative district.

– In a nutshell, Kotor; It is the name of the historical city, the bay and the region to which the settlements along the bay are connected.

As soon as you set foot here, you will understand why we praise Kotor so much. A magnificent medieval city awaits you. Various civilizations have ruled Kotor throughout history, but the most influential among them was the Venetians, who managed to stay here for 400 years (1420-1797). Today's architecture of the city is also inherited from them. You know; The Italians are very good at aesthetics, and when the magnificent geography on which Kotor is founded is added, an intoxicating beauty emerges.

Boka Bay is known as the fjords of the south. In fact, it is not fjord as a formation, but it is as a landscape. The steep mountains surrounding the bay trap the clouds, giving the sea a blue-silver hue. Here is Kotor, Perast, Dobrota, a village like poetry set in this exquisite landscape. Life goes on in all of them. The largest among them is Kotor, which has historical centers. Therefore, unlike other settlements, Kotor is surrounded by walls. The walls go up to the top of the mountain behind it and merge with the castle there.

There is a medieval village like poetry, inside these walls, where the palaces of the rich of the time. Architecturally, it is a complete Venetian: Narrow stone streets built to protect from the sun lead to squares with fountains in the middle. With cafes, restaurants and tiny souvenir shops underneath, it immediately steals people's hearts.

We couldn't fit the historical Kotor here, we explained the places we said to visit, the guided tours you can join, the useful information such as where to eat in our article "Places to Visit in Historical Kotor". Click for location. Number 1 on the map.