Kotor

I knew nothing about the bay of Kotor until I received a postcard from my son saying that he had visited this medieval city in Montenegro and he thought it was really strange because the bay was actually a fjord. I was fascinated with the picture on the postcard which was an aerial shot of the closed town and the fjord. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Montenegro was once very fashionable with film stars in the 60's and Sveti Stefan was the place to go. So the last time my husband and I visited Korcula in Croatia we decided to take a couple of days out and visit this strange place. We caught a bus from Orebic to Dubrovnik and stayed in the old town ...  Read the complete review

Kotor, located on the Montenegran riviera is a place I have very fond memories of. In the corner of "the only fjord in Southern Europe" (it's actually a submerged river canyon though), Kotor certainly doesn't lack class. With a background of limestone cliffs, it's no wonder it was used in the last Bond film. Like all over the former Yugoslavian countries from the Croatian coast, to the Slovenian and Macedonian lakes, the Montenegran seaside has the same stunning jade colours. These days there are almost as many Serbs living there as Montenegrans, rich Serbs noticed the possibility of a property boom and put their money into the town. Now ...  Read the complete review