Pajović Apartments in Dobrota

Pajović Apartments sits directly on the seashore in Dobrota, part of the municipality of Kotor on Montenegro's coast. This particular apartment is arranged for two guests, with one bedroom, one bed and one private bathroom — a straightforward fit for a couple or a pair travelling together. The wider property offers two-, three- and four-bed apartments, each with a sea-view terrace, separate bathroom, baby crib, cable or satellite TV, and 24-hour water service. Guests share a courtyard with a lawn where children can play, a private stone and sandy beach, boat mooring, a beach bar with beach music, and private parking for 25 vehicles. Staff speak English and Russian. Dobrota runs along the Bay of Kotor just north of Kotor's old town, so the setting is quiet and waterside while the town itself stays close at hand. Rates start from 87 EUR per night.

About the area

At the northern end of Dobrota the houses thin out and the settlement gives way to Ljuta, where a short, very cold river drops out of the mountain and reaches the sea within a few hundred metres of its source. This is the quieter half of the shore. There is less traffic, more garden wall than pavement, and the water is calm enough that mussel and oyster rafts float offshore in the sheltered inner bay, supplying the konobas along this stretch of coast.

That shellfish is the thing to eat here, usually treated simply: mussels opened in white wine, garlic and parsley, oysters raw with lemon, fish straight off the grill. With a mooring in front of the house, the bay itself becomes the road. Perast lies a short way north along the shore, its baroque palaces facing the islets of Our Lady of the Rocks and Saint George, and the coast road carries on past it towards Risan. Kotor's walls are the other direction, close enough for an evening out and far enough to leave the crowds behind.