Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska


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Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska

Boka Kotorska, or just Boka Bay, is the southernmost fjord in the Adriatic Sea consisted of four bays: Herceg Novi, Tivat, Risan and Kotor Bay. Bay of Kotor is the only fjord in the Mediterranean, surrounded by the high mountains of Orjen and Lovcen. This Bay represents a cultural landscape of exceptional and universal value, with its diverse and special natural, geographical, historical, and cultural features. 
Boka Bay hides numerous prominent sailor and fishing settlements that visitors should not miss visiting. Let us guide you through some of these.

Morinj

Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska

Morinj is hidden halfway from Kotor to Herceg Novi and is a former fishing village known for its olive mills. The only mill that remains today turned into a renowned restaurant Catovica Mlini.  Read More

Kostanjica

Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska

Kostanjica is a famous settlement of sailors and fishermen, also characterised by the richness of bay leaf, which the locals have been collecting for centuries and producing essential oils from it. It is a quiet village located near the entrance of Risan Bay. Read More

Risan

Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska

At 4km from Morinj, the city of Risan is located as the oldest settlement in the Bay of Kotor. It was first mentioned in the 3rd century BC as an Illyrian fortification. Risan was the centre of maritime, trade and crafts of the Illyrians, and until 229 BC Risan was the capital of the Illyrian queen Teuta.  Read More

Prcanj

Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska

Legend has it that this place was founded by Boka warriors and skilled sailors who connected the then Perzano (today's Prčanj) with Venice and Constantinople. The indescribable Mediterranean ambience, sandy beaches, the healing power of the sea and wind, covered by the gigantic mountains Orijen and Lovćen that rise above the coast and protect the bay from the cold winter climate, make this place a unique oasis of health.  Read More

Stoliv

Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska

Stoliv is a settlement in the Bay of Kotor made of two parts Donji and Gornji Stoliv. Donji Stoliv lays along the coast, and it consists of a series of stone houses located at the foot of the slope of the part of Vrmac, which separates Kotor from Tivat Bay. Read More

Dobrota

Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska

Dobrota is the most populous settlement in the Bay of Kotor (approximately 8,000). It was first mentioned in 1260 under the name Dabrathum. It stretches for several kilometres along the coast, from Kotor to the settlement of Ljuta and is rightly considered one of the most beautiful settlements in the Bay of Kotor. Read More

Bijela

Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska

Bijela is one of the unavoidable holiday destinations in Montenegro. It is located at the gate of the Herceg Novi Riviera. In the past, it was a village of fishermen, winegrowers, olive growers and sailors and is recognisable by its tradition of shipbuilding, which dates back to the time of King Tvrtko, the founder of Herceg Novi.  Read More

Kamenari - Lepetane

Towns, villages, and islets around Boka Kotorska

Kamenari is named after the construction workers who work with stone and call themselves kamenari. From Kamenari to Lepetani (a village on the opposite shore of the bay), there is a ferry boat connecting Herceg Novi Riviera with Tivat Bay. Read More

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