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Town in Kotor Municipality, Montenegro
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Perast (Montenegrin: Пераст) is a small city in Montenegro. This is a small quiet town with a population of less than 400 where you can escape Montenegro's busier seaside resorts such as Kotor bay and Budva and enjoy a couple of leisurely hours strolling through the streets, and visit a few museums and churches. It has a beautiful view towards the peaks around Kotor, and from here you can go to the small island in the bay, with a small monastery.
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Gospa od Škrpjela
Our Lady of the Rocks is an artificial island made from sunken ships and rocks dropped by seamen. According to legend, after a seamen found an icon of Madonna and Child in 1452, he and other seamen made an oath to drop a rock on this spot after every successful voyage. The tradition continues to this day. The Church of Our Lady of Rocks is the prime attraction of the island with its blue domes rising from the tranquil bay. See the many silver votive tablets and paintings inside. You can catch water taxis from €5 for a return ticket from the water front. Just look out for the sandwich boards.
Sveti Đorđe
A natural island unlike Our Lady of the Rocks. A Benedictine monastery occupies the land. The island is inaccessible to tourists. However, views of the island, monastery, and surrounding bay can be captured from Our Lady of the Rocks or on the boat ride there.
A mountain, 743 m tall, near Perast. The trail is signposted, and starts east from the city centre. Use walking sticks to remove countless spider webs, start early to avoid the heat (05:00 is a good estimate) and expect to walk at least 3 hours up. There is an abandoned church about halfway, and a fortress near the top. Great views.
Perast's Roman Catholic parish church is in a square facing the port. It is about 4 minutes' walk east of the museum.
Built as Bujović Palace, now Perast's museum of local history.
Serves excellent comfort food (e.g. pizza) and has great service. Accepts Mastercard.
Open air restaurant with extensive wine list at the Hotel Conte. Also serves breakfast for non-guests.
4-star hotel with private beach, sauna and fish restaurant. Open 24 hours and all 365 days a year. It's at the beach Orahovac. Very quiet cosy rooms with seaview overlooking Fjord of Kotor
Two apartments with kitchenettes above family home.
Upper end apartment rooms.
Very beautiful, and reasonably price hotel on the bay. The hotel is part of a restaurant building. Therefore, any hotel related questions (e.g. when is check out?) must be asked to the servers in the restaurant. It can be a little confusing because not all servers know the answer to hotel questions. Otherwise, the hotel is a pleasant experience. All rooms have complimentary Wi-Fi, but it can come and go at times. Mastercard is accepted.
By bus
Perast is reachable by bus and car from Kotor (15-45 min drive).
By boat
Several boat trips from Kotor and Budva takes you through the bay and sets you off at the small island church of Our Lady of the Rock.
Walking from one end to another is a relaxing mere 15-20 min stroll, so no other options than that are really necessary.
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