After driving from Sarajevo to Montenegro, through the valleys I showed yesterday, I arrived in Perast, where I made my stay for 4 days.
In the bay of Kotor, Perast sticks out as elegant. It is on a shallow rise around a bend. The city has been there since Roman times, but most of the old buildings are from the Venetian Period of when they dominated the region. For centuries - particularly in the 1700s, 20 palaces were built in Baroque style, 17 Catholic and 2 Orthodox churches. And since one of the best maritime schools was housed here, Peter I was sent here from Russia by promising sailors for training with extraordinary captain Marko Martinovic.
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This was the view from my apartment high. I was at the top, near the road.
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Now in reality, the "palaces" are from the old time, so they are 2 or 3 story buildings that are now usually apartments or rehabbed into a new home, but not a "palace". Famously, Cathrine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas own a home here. The current draw, aside form the history, is thatPerast is limited by roadway and sea so that no more buildings can be added.
Kotor Bay has a lot of new 4-7 story apartments around in nearly every city. Perast is the only one without any new building at all.
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These were the cornices from an 12th Century church.
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| An 18th Century Church tower and clock. |
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This church is being rehabilitated now.
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This is looking at Perast from the Northern end (parking on both ends).
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These are some buildings that are being fixed
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| This is just a section of the city. People like, totally live here. |
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Amazing Fish at restaurants.
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Tisis looking down the bay towards Kotor at sunset
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| You can rent a boat and guide to go to the islands right off shore (where there is an 11th Century church) or across the bay. |
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