Things to do in Kotor

Kotor sits at the innermost corner of the Bay of Kotor, a winding inlet of the Adriatic hemmed in by steep limestone mountains. Inside its medieval walls is a maze of marble lanes, small squares and Romanesque churches, and a fortification path zigzags up the hillside behind the town to the fortress of St John for a view over the whole bay.

The bay itself is best seen from the water. Boats run past Perast, a little baroque town of captains' palaces, to the man-made islet of Our Lady of the Rocks, then out towards the open sea along the Luštica peninsula, where old military tunnels and the glowing Blue Cave wait near the bay's mouth.