Perast

This is a small quiet town with a population of less than 400 where you can escape Montenegro's the busier seaside resorts such as Kotor bay and Budva and enjoy a couple of leisurely hours strolling through the streets, and visiting 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.

Perast is a small city in Montenegro.

Sveti Đorđe (St. George) Island, as seen from Gospa od Škrpjela

Get in

By bus

Perast is reachable by bus and car from Kotor (15-30 min drive).

From Kotor's old town, the bus stops at the southern end of the fresh market (no actual bus stop, look for people waiting around the light poles). In Perast, you can find the glass bus stop in front of the main church. Look for the Blue Line minibuses, which cost only €1 per ride. As of 2017 the Blue Line buses picked up passengers every 30 to 60 minutes until 22:30. To ensure the bus stops, it is advised to wave it down, otherwise it will not always stop. Other (long-distance) buses traveling between Kotor and Perast might also stop, if you wait and wave on the main road to Perast, and take you to Perast. There are also several open tourist buses driving along the coast after the hop-on hop-off principle. It stops here as well.

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. Here you have a view towards Perast town itself and the surrounding bay area. These boat trips are found many places along the beaches of Kotor and Budva.

Get around

Walking from one end to another is a relaxing mere 15-20 min stroll, so no other options than that are really necessary.

See

Belfry of Church of St. Nicholas

• The two local islands. St. George island and Gospa od Škrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock). You can catch water taxis from €5 for a return ticket from the water front. Just look out for the sandwich boards. 

Do

Perast doesn't have sandy beaches, however it does have stony beaches, at both north and south ends, close to its public parkings. You can sunbathe there, on the numerous small stone and concrete docks jutting out into the sea, or at a beach club.

Buy

Eat / Drink

• Konoba Milinovic, near the Boka Bay Bed & Breakfast. 
• Cafe Dardin, near the city square. Serves excellent comfort food (e.g. pizza) and has great service. Accepts Mastercard. 
• Conte Nautilus. Open air restaurant with extensive wine list at the Hotel Conte. 

Sleep

• Amfora Hotel, close to city center of Perast, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. Check-in: 24h, check-out: 12h. 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 quite cosy rooms with seaview overlooking Fjord of Kotor From €30 to €99. 
• Boka Bay Bed & Breakfast. Two apartments with kitchenettes above family home 
• Hotel Conte. Upper end apartment rooms 
• Palace Jelena, ☎ [phone]. 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. 
• 🌍 Bluemarine Perast - Rooms & Apartments (100 meters walk from Perast Museum direction Kotor), e-mail: [e-mail]. Check-in: 14:00 to 22:00, check-out: 07:00 to 11:00. from €25 to €85. (updated Mar 2016)

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Go next

• Kotor
• Risan
• Budva
• Herceg Novi