From the ArchivesCreated January 1, 2001Updated August 16, 20262 min readby Gordan Stojović
In our further journey we came across Risan,
one of the oldest settlements in Boka, with numerous stories and legends about the famous Teuta, the Illyrian queen, who once dined there, Roman mosaics and
In our further journey we came across Risan,
one of the oldest settlements in Boka, with numerous stories and legends about the famous Teuta, the Illyrian queen, who once dined there, Roman mosaics and the terrible Sopot, which was empty and quiet when your reporters passed by, but which knows how to move across the street in moments of greatest anger.
Perast always brings some new feeling, some new experience. For the umpteenth time, we were once again impressed by the encounter with the islands of Pera and their brilliance.
We came across the Bujović Palace, now the museum of the city of Perast and once the summer home of this famous family from Perast. We also saw the busts of Marko Martinović, Andrije Zmajević and Trip Kokolj, three famous Peraštans.
Today, from the main square of Nihove, you can see the endless road of the sea, from where this pearl town drew energy and wealth for centuries.
And then we came across Kotor, a place that really had something to tell about, whose beauty was sung and painted by many, known and unknown.
Kotor shines in these morning hours with its walls, old town, churches, steps, gates, and cheerful locals....
Driving this stretch of the bay
The route. Risan to Perast is about 8 km and Perast to Kotor another 12, all on the shoreline road with the water on one side and the cliffs on the other. Allowing half a day is realistic; allowing a full one, with a boat out to Our Lady of the Rocks, is better.
Parking is the constraint. Perast is closed to through traffic and its car parks fill early in summer — arrive before mid-morning or after five, or take the bus. Kotor's parking is outside the walls and the old town itself is entirely pedestrian.
What each stop is for. Risan holds the Roman mosaics and almost no crowds; Perast is the baroque set piece and the departure point for the island churches; Kotor is the walled town and the climb to San Giovanni. They are complementary rather than repetitive, which is why the three read well as one trip.
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Written by
Gordan Stojović
Gordan Stojović is a Montenegrin politician, writer and publicist, and a member of the Parliament of Montenegro (Skupština). A specialist in the history of Montenegrin emigration, he is the author of several books on the diaspora in South America — among them "Crnogorci u Argentini" and "Crnogorci u Južnoj Americi" — and served as Montenegro's ambassador to Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay (2014–2019). For Montenegro.com he writes about Montenegrins across the Americas and the stories of the old diaspora.
