How to get to the Bay of Kotor and around it

Bay of Kotor · Kamenari ferry landing, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

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Around the inner bay by road

Our routing estimates without traffic: Kamenari to Verige 0.76 km (about 1 minute); Verige to Risan 10.4 km (about 16 minutes); Risan to Perast 4.25 km (about 8 minutes); Perast to Kotor 13.75 km (about 22 minutes). Kamenari to Kotor by this road is about 29.5 km and about 48 minutes.

By the ferry from Kamenari to Lepetane, then by road: Lepetane to Kotor is 15.1 km (about 19 minutes), and Lepetane to Tivat 5.05 km (about 6 minutes). The ferry leads to Tivat, its airport and Budva; for Kotor our estimate is that it saves little or no time.

From Dubrovnik

By car: 79 km and about 1 h 50 via the ferry, or 94 km and about 2 h 25 by the road round the inner bay, without border queues (our routing estimates). The border crossing is Karasovići–Debeli Brijeg; we found no official waiting times. The documents required are on the Kotor page.

By bus, on Friday 23 October 2026 the Dubrovnik bus station listed four departures to Kotor, about €31 to €38. See the Kotor page for the timetable.

By air

Tivat airport is about 8 km from Kotor; Podgorica 79 km and Dubrovnik 71 km (town tourist organisation). The Kotor page has our estimate for Tivat and the notes on transfers.

To Lovćen and Cetinje

By road from Kotor: Njeguši 22.3 km, the mausoleum 30.8 km and Cetinje 48.2 km, by our estimates without traffic. We could not confirm any bus from Kotor to Cetinje or to Lovćen: without a car you need a taxi, a tour or the cable car, which stops at its own upper station. Parking in the centre of Cetinje costs €2 a day.

Guides mention about 25 hairpin bends on the road from Kotor to Njeguši; this is not confirmed by any official source.