Bokan Apartments - Dobrota

Bokan Apartments - Dobrota is a self-catering apartment on the coast at Dobrota, just outside the old town of Kotor on Montenegro's Adriatic coast. Dobrota preserves the charm of historic Kotor from the era of the legendary sailing captains, and the property sits directly on the waterfront with a private beach equipped with loungers and umbrellas, plus private parking for guests arriving by car. The apartment sleeps 2 in one bedroom with one bed, and has one bathroom — a straightforward fit for couples or two friends who want a quiet base on the bay rather than a large group setup. The building's rooms include air conditioning, cable TV, equipped kitchens and Bay of Kotor views. On-site the owners arrange boat excursions and sailing, scooter and car rentals, and day tours, making it easy to explore the bay and the wider coast region.

About the area

Sveti Stasije marks the middle of Dobrota, named for the parish church of St Eustace that stands directly on the shoreline — an eighteenth-century building whose bell tower is one of the landmarks you steer by from the water. This part of the bay is all waterfront: houses with their own steps into the sea, a narrow road behind them, and above that the grey limestone wall of the mountain. Sea-facing terraces look straight down the Boka toward Perast and the islets, and the light goes early because the ridge cuts the sun well before it sets.

Dobrota's wealth came from shipping. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the village's captains sailed Boka's barques on world routes, and the money came home as stone houses, family chapels and the mooring rings still set into the quay. Boats can be hired along this shore for the islets off Perast, for the Blue Grotto beyond the mouth of the bay, or simply to swim off rock where nobody else is. Kotor's Old Town is a few minutes by car or a level walk down the coast road, and the oyster and mussel beds further north keep the konobas along here supplied.