A big climb and a day trip to Perast

For our first full day in Kotor we wanted to hit the ground running and get in some of the major sights, firstly that involved a climb to the Castle of San Giovani along the fortress walls. It's quite a climb, so we loaded up with some water and made our way up to the top. It took us around 40 minutes, we kept up a decent pace stopping only to take some photos along the way of the superb view. There are over 1350 steps and in parts it is quite steep. There was a load of other people also making the climb. There was a cruise ship in port and we chatted to a couple from the ship, they only had 3hrs in port, it made us very glad that we have 3 nights here to experience truly this wonderful part of the world.

Once at the top we sat back and enjoyed the view, took our photos and then made the descent, this was a lot easier than the climb, we were down in about 30 minutes. Given we were a bit sweaty, we went back to the room for a shower before grabbing a coffee to get us going for the rest of the day.

A trip to Perast was next on the list, Perast is a small town also located on the bay of Kotor. We caught a local bus for the price of 1 euro each, and promptly arrived in Perast about 20 minutes later. In Perast there is a small museum, lots of restaurants and lots of lovely buildings, making for some great photo opportunities. There are also two small islands, one you can visit by taxi boat, 5 euro return per person. On the island you can visit Our lady of the rock church (named after the island) and of course take lots of photos of the view of Perast nestled amongst the mountains. 

We caught the bus back to Kotor and took a bit of a stroll around the outside of the old city before heading back into the old city to buy a burek pastry for lunch. Following our late lunch we wandered a bit more, taking in the sights and checking out the various restaurants in order to decided what to have for dinner.

Time to freshen up before happy hour drinks, this time some more cheap Paulaner beer, sitting in a small cafe overlooking the Orthodox church. The bells of the church were going off every half an hour or so, they were very loud!

For dinner, we decided to go to a small restaurant not too far from our hotel, I had a hankering for some carbonara pasta and Pete wanted to have more of his squid ink risotto. Our meal was lovely and the waiter in the restaurant was super friendly and cheerful. There are some very lovely people in this part of the world!

After dinner it was time to retire for the night. It was another big day and very enjoyable. We love getting out for a day trip and plan to take a trip to Budva on Sunday, can't wait :-)