Your day, step by step
08:30
Tender ashore. Walk through the Sea Gate and head straight for a fortress entrance inside the Old Town (signed from near the main square).
08:45
Pay €15 cash at the gate and climb to San Giovanni. Carry at least a litre of water each.
10:30
Back down. Rest in a café on one of the squares away from the Sea Gate.
11:15
Explore the Old Town: St Tryphon Cathedral, the Maritime Museum, St Luke's Square, the north gate by the Škurda river.
12:30
Lunch, for example buzara mussels at Konoba Scala Santa.
13:30
Option A: stroll along the Dobrota waterfront north of town for a swim. Option B (only on a long call): bus or taxi to Perast for 90 minutes.
15:30
Back at the Sea Gate. Last coffee or shopping within sight of the pier.
16:00
Join the tender queue, 90 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Old Town (Sea Gate)16:00
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Old Town (Sea Gate)Walk 2–5 min, then the tender queue16:00
- Perast (bus)Blue Line bus, 25–35 min, roughly hourly14:30
- Perast (taxi)Taxi, 15–20 min, then the tender queue15:40
- Lovćen cable car top stationCable car 11 min, shuttle 8 min, then tender15:40
Where people get Kotor wrong
Returning to the tender pier 30 minutes before all-aboard when everyone else does; aim for 90 minutes.
Built from our Kotor guide, checked against 11 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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