The Boka Kotorska                                                 Pictures of Montenegro

Painters, poets, scientists, tourists, they all experienced the Boka Kotorska in a different way. Everybody finds motive or inspiration for oneself, experiences it as something special, unusual, prodigious. And the Boka Kotorska is, which was confirmed by signing the Kotor-Risan bay on the list of World's natural and cultural heritage of Unesco, and accepting the Bay in the Club of the most beautiful world bays.

The variety of the Boka Kotorska...

The Boka Kotorska is full of differences: high mountains and extensive sea, continent and Mediterranean, two civilizations, east and the west. All those differences in the Boka Kotorska unify. It's easier to see that harmony of differences in the historical and cultural heritage than in nature. We can notice the presence of many civilizations, cultures, and styles – prehistoric fossils, iliric epoch, antique, prelatin, latin, gothic, renaissance, baroc.

Climate of the Boka Kotorska...

The Boka Kotorska has a special kind of climate. There is a lot of rain in late autumn and winter, since the 1000-1700 metres high mountains stand in the way of cyclones coming from the direction of the sea, bringing rain. There is also a little bit more rain during summer than in other coastal areas of Montenegro. Consequently, a special flora developed along the Bay of Kotor. In spring, when the mountains around the bay are still covered with snow, at the foot of the mountains fruit trees begin to blossom and flowers to bloom. The water surface of the bay is rimmed with luxuriant agaves, palmtrees, oleanders and pomegranate-trees.

Parts of the Boka Kotorska...

The bay is naturally divided into four smaller parts: the Herceg-Novi-bay, Risan- bay, Kotor-bay and Tivat-bay. As pearls, the small towns, as treasuries of history, art and beauty, are strung on their coastline, with Kotor as an old coastal and cultural centre. For centuries, it has been a crossroad of commercial itineraries under strong influence of Venice. It is protected by mountains with a strong defense structure built during the time of the Byzantine Empire.

Dobrota is a small town in which numerous palaces of former sailors and shipowners are still preserved. Perast is the hometown of many world-known sailors and a town whose destiny has always been related to the sea. By its lifestyle, it resembled Venice with which it had a very lively trade and cultural links. There are a lot of remains of the old aristocratic palaces that now bear witness to the ancient splendor and richness. In one of them, the Bujevic's palace, the Town Museum is located. There is a very interesting historical story saying, that the Russian soldiers used to come to Perast to learn sailing skills and that it was known as a cradle of the Russian fleet.

There are two islets around Perast: Gospa od Skrpjela (Lady of our Rocks) and St. George, two unique tourist attractions.

Risan is famous for the remnants of the classical culture. The remains of a Roman patrician's villa with mosaic floors as beautiful as those made in Roman period can be found here.

Herceg-Novi is a town situated at the end of the bay. Its appearance is an illustration of its turbulent history. The town is a fine combination of romantic, Byzantine and oriental styles interweaved in its own Mediterranean appearance. Today, Herceg-Novi is the town of flowers with all its windows faced toward the sun and the sea. It is one of the warmest towns at the Adriatic coast. One should visit the City Museum and the Archives, the Modern Arts Gallery, the old town with tower clock and especially the Boka Kotorska itself !

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