text: Kotor, Montenegro / UNESCO world heritage site ⋆ The Passenger
  Posted on April 18, 2019 September 26, 2020 by Stefan
  Most people visiting Kotor explore the city center and take the long walk up the hill to the fortress ruin to enjoy good views. It's 1350 steps and 1.2 kilometers long but it is worth the effort. But you should also visit the church Katedrala Svetog Tripuna and the Maritime museum of Montenegro. In front of the city you'll find the harbour where boat tours on the bay of Kotor and to the Adriatic coast can be booked. The city is full of cats that add their cuteness to the beauty of the city.
  The special location of Kotor at the bay which forms a natural harbour has lead to a long history and to many different rules. Already in the 3rd century BCE the Illyrians used the area as a harbour. The city was mentioned in 168 BCE as the Roman city Ascrivium; than Byzantine rule began and the city was fortified. Saracens and Mongols attacked the city which later became part of Serbia, the republic of Dubrovnik, Venezia, Bosnia, Austria, Russia and even France.
  Since 1918 Kotor belonged to Yugoslavia, from 1992 on to Serbia and Montenegro and with the declaration of independence in 2006 it became part of Montenegro. A complex history I don't want to learn by heart. 😉 If you don't arrive at Kotor by ship or car: the city has a good bus station with many national and international connections, for example to Podgorica or Tirana.