2 hours bus ride from Podgorica, the capital city to Kotor.
The bus station was swarming with guest house owners for the last minute visitors that haven’t booked their stay yet.
Once settled in our cozy apt for the two days to come, we decided to stroll the old town as the following day was reserved for our Lady of the Rocks.
Kotor is a lovely little town, fun to walk around and very very touristy. So are the prices. Unlike Podgorica where you can gorge yourself with less than €10, Kotor prices are not very “Balkany”.
You can however beat those prices by making your own pasta ( as most if not all restaurants serve them anyway) at home since there are tons of cheapo supermarkets around.
The main town attraction is, you guessed it right, walking around. The forteresse climb is tedious and extremely dangerous for people who faint from heat strokes, like yours truly, during summer time so I didn’t even attempt it.
The visit of Lady of the rocks was an interesting adventure.
The bus that takes you to the village where the church is, called Perast, has a few “secret” stops around the city. They are secret, no number, bus line or any such info is displayed but everyone knows where to wait.
We found the bus stop to be right next to the market, near the entrance of the old town. Facing the water. A blue sign is the key to wait there. The bus comes every hour at –:20
The bus line running is called “blue line”. However, there will also be other non-official vans that take people to the same place for the same price of €1.50/p. You will know who will take you as they tell “PERAST” for whoever wants to go and not wait for the –:20 official bus.
The ride was about 20min. Once there, we were told that we will not be able to go visit the church because of the festival preparation. Bummer!
But we were able to take some amazing photographs via our drone so no biggie.
The return bus from Perast is at every hour too but at –:30