Private Tour: Kotor in Montenegro Day Trip from Dubrovnik with Optional Perast Visit

Start your tour with a pickup from your central Dubrovnik hotel. Board your private, air-conditioned vehicle and admire Croatia’s coastline on route to Montenegro. As this is a private tour, feel free to ask your guide any questions and to make any recommendations during your tour.

Stop to snap views over Dubrovnik Old Town and admire the pretty villages and coves of the Dubrovnik Riviera (Župa Dubrovačka) as you head south.

After roughly an hour, cross into Montenegro, a country that’s only now creeping onto the tourist radar. Trace the breathtaking, mountain-ringed Bay of Kotor (Boka Kotorska), and arrive at Kotor, the beautiful walled town at its head.

On arrival, explore independently or ask your driver to arrange a local guide (own expense). Then, enter via a gate in the 9th century walls, and discover the gorgeous Venetian lanes and squares lined with stone churches and mansions.

As you look around, be sure to visit the town's showpiece, Saint Tryphon’s Cathedral. Dating from the 12th century, this twin-towered church boasts a silver altar screen and the remains of St Tryphon, Kotor’s patron saint.

Break for lunch (own expense) at a restaurant, and if you wish, choose to spend more time in Kotor, or ask your guide to drive you to nearby Perast, also on the bay. Enjoy a tour of this tiny Venetian gem and then spend time here at leisure, perhaps absorbing the lovely views over the island monastery of St George.

After a short car ferry ride back across the bay, return to Dubrovnik, where your trip ends with a hotel drop-off.