Old Stone House in Strp

Old Stone House in Strp is a traditional stone cottage in the village of Strp, on the coast of Boka Kotorska near Kotor, Montenegro. Compact and self-contained, it sleeps two guests in one bedroom, with one bathroom and a single bed — a straightforward fit for a couple or a solo traveller who wants quiet rather than crowds. Strp itself is a working fishing village, known locally for the underwater archaeological site dating from the 4th to 7th centuries just offshore. The house belongs to a small group of restored stone properties in the village furnished in authentic Boka Kotorska style, so the setting is village life rather than resort life, with the bay and the old town of Kotor within easy reach. Rates start from 143 EUR per night. Amenity details are not listed here; contact the host to confirm specifics before booking.

About the area

Strp sits on the western shore of the Bay of Kotor, a fishing hamlet of a few dozen stone houses strung between the water and the steep slope behind it. It belongs to Kotor municipality but keeps its own rhythm: a chapel, a couple of small piers, fig trees leaning over garden walls, and neighbours who still take boats out early. Divers and archaeologists know this shoreline for the submerged site off the coast, remains dated to roughly the fourth to seventh centuries, a reminder that this quiet stretch of water was a working part of the late Roman and early Byzantine Adriatic long before the Venetians arrived.

Days here tend to be slow and swimming-led, the water off the pebble and concrete entries deep, clear and cool where mountain springs feed it. The coastal road runs both ways into the rest of Boka: Risan with its Roman mosaics and Perast with its two islets lie south along the shore, Kotor's walled Old Town beyond them, Herceg Novi in the other direction. Small konobas on this coast cook what the bay gives, mussels farmed in the shallows, grilled fish, olive oil pressed a few villages away. Evenings are dark and unhurried, and the lights of the far shore across the water do most of the entertaining.