Kotor, Montenegro

Dear Family and Friends,

We wound our way out of the mountains of Montenegro and made our way to the Adriatic coast.
We were on our way to cross the boarder into Croatia by the end of the day, but we stopped one last time in Montenegro to visit the a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the walled city of Kotor.


This small city is located on the beautiful bay of Kotor.  Since the year 2000, it has been a popular destination for cruise ships.

I posted in this blog about our visit to this same city in November of last year...which has a lot of information about the area and many more photos of the beautiful bay. Kotor post from December 3, 2018
On our previous visit we were there all day, on this visit we were there only a couple of hours.

Kotor is surrounded by fortification and is a very well preserved medieval city.  

In the photo below you can see a portion of the wall and how beautifully clear the water is.

The tunnel entrance into Kotor.

This clock tower is one of the main symbols of Kotor.  It is located in square opposite the main gate.

This photo is of St. Tryphon Cathedral, which dates back to 1166.

The streets are narrow but open up to open squares where there are gift shops and restaurants.

And, yes, there are people who live in this city.  However, many have moved away and are renting their houses to tourists.

Kotor has many resident cats.  Our tour guide told us that cats are loved and protected here because of the great job they did ridding the early city of rats.

Kotor even has a cat museum.  Here is one kitty perched in a window.  

Chuck and I stopped at one of the many outdoor restaurants for lunch.

Here is Chuck's bowl of mussels.  It seems like he had the same dish when we were here before.

We went out of the city through the same tunnel we entered.  Hopped on our tour bus and drove around the beautiful bay on our way to the boarder of Croatia.

Next time I will share about the popular and beautiful walled city of Dubrovnik.

Love, 
Nancy