Hostel Anton

Location

By car/bus: Kotor (15 min), Budva (30 min), Herceg Novi (1h), Dubrovnik (2h), Podgorica ( 1h 30 min), Cetinje (1h), Mostar (4-5 h), Sarajevo (5-6h) etc. The small towns of Boka Kotorska Bay, as treasuries of history; art and beauty, are strung like pearls on its coastline. Kotor is the old coastal and cultural center. For centuries, it has been a crossroads of commercial roads under the strong influence of Venice. It is protected by mountains with a strong defensive structure, built during the time of Byzantine Empire. Perast is a small town in which numerous palaces of former sailors and ship owners are still preserved. Perast is the homeland of many world-known sailors and a town whose destiny has been always relate to the sea. By its lifestyle, it resembled Venice with which it had very lively trade relations and cultural ties. There are many remains of the old aristocratic palaces that bear witness now to its ancient splendor and richness. In one of them, the Bujevic’s palace, is located the Town Museum. There is a tale very interesting historically saying that the Russian soldiers used to come in Perast to learn sailing skills and that it was know as a cradle of the Russian fleet. There are two islands around Perast, Gospa od Skrpjela (Lady of Skrpljel) and St Gorge, both unique tourist attractions. Risan is famous for the remnants of the classical culture. The remains of a Roman patrician’s villa with floors in mosaics as beautiful as those made during Roman period. Herceg Novi is a town situated at the end of the bay. Its appearance is an illustration of its turbulent history. The town is a fine combination of Romantic, Byzantine and Oriental styles interweaved in the Mediterranean appearance of this town. Today, Herceg Novi is the town of flowers with all its windows faced toward the sun and the sea. It is one of the warmest towns on the Adriatic coast. One should visit the City Museum and the Archives, the Modern Arts Gallery, and the Old town with the Tower clock.