
Almost everyone's first minute in Kotor is spent on this square. You come through the Sea Gate off the quay and the space opens out — the clock tower, the old pillar of shame, café tables spilling across worn marble — before the lanes close in behind it. Being on the Square of Arms means you never really plan a route: the cathedral, the Maritime Museum and half a dozen smaller piazzas are all three or four minutes away through the alleys.
Just outside the gate is the part of Kotor that belongs to residents. The covered market sells smoked ham, sheep's cheese, olive oil and figs each morning, and the quay beyond it sends boats to Perast, Our Lady of the Rocks and the Blue Cave out towards the open sea. The bus station is a ten-minute walk for Budva, Cetinje and Podgorica, and Tivat's airport is roughly twenty minutes by road. Kotor's calendar rewards a look before you book: the St Tryphon feast in early February brings out the Boka Navy in costume, and summer fills the squares with concerts that run well past midnight.
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