In Kotor you do not pay to enter the old town. You pay for the town walls with St John’s Fortress (15 euros according to the latest municipal notice, dated 28 February 2025), for the cable car (20 euros return, 12 one way, at the fares we read on 23 October 2026) and for the museums. The Kotor City Pass costs 19 euros (S) or 30 euros (M) and does not include the walls. We read the official sources on 23 October 2026. Prices and hours change, so check them again before you go. We are an independent guide: we do not sell any of the official tickets below.
Official prices at a glance
| What | Price | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Town walls and St John’s Fortress | 15 euros | Municipal notice of 28 February 2025. We found no notice for 2026: confirm at the ticket office |
| Cable car, adult | 20 euros return, 12 one way | Operator’s website, 23 October 2026, end-of-season fares |
| Cable car, children 2 to 12 | 5 euros return, 3 one way | Same |
| Cable car, people with disabilities | 9 euros return, 5 one way | Same |
| Kotor City Pass S | 19 euros, 5 sites | Tourist organisation of Kotor |
| Kotor City Pass M | 30 euros, 10 sites | Tourist organisation of Kotor |
| Perast Town Museum | 8 euros (children up to 12: 5) | Museums of Kotor, in force since 1 January 2025 |
| Roman mosaics of Risan | 6 euros (children up to 12: 4) | Museums of Kotor |
| Boka Aquarium | 10 euros adult, 6 euros ages 6 to 18 | Aquarium’s website, 23 October 2026 |
Not confirmed: a single ticket for the Cathedral of St Tryphon, the churches of St Nicholas and St Luke, the 2026 price of the Maritime Museum, the boat to the islets of Perast and the church-museum on Our Lady of the Rocks. We found no current official price for them, so we give none.
Town walls and St John’s Fortress: 15 euros
The 15 euros is the fee for the walls and the fortress, not an entrance fee for the town. The municipality collects it from 1 March to 30 November, at two ticket points: Parilo, behind the church of St Mary Koleđata, and Škaljarska pjaca. Hours in the 2025 notice: 8:00 to 18:00 in March and April, 7:00 to 20:00 from May to September, 8:00 to 17:00 in October and November. The notice says nothing about December, January and February, and gives no last-entry time.
We found no online ticket for the walls. We found no statement on paying by card at the ticket points, so bring some cash. Buy only at the municipality’s ticket points: according to local press, in 2025 the tourist organisation of Kotor warned about people selling tickets without permission near Parilo and Škaljarska pjaca.
It is not clear who is exempt. The 2025 notice lists only people with registered residence in Montenegro. The 2024 communiqué also lists children up to 12, people with disabilities and visitors on religious feast days, according to the calendar of the Diocese of Kotor. Ask at the ticket office. See also the opening hours page. The notice is on the municipality’s website.
Cable car
The cable car goes from a lower station just outside Kotor to an upper station on the Lovćen mountain. The ride takes 11 minutes. At the end-of-season hours we read, it runs from 9:00 to 19:00 every day, but on Tuesdays only from 10:30; the last ascent is at 18:30 and the last descent at 19:00. The fares and hours change with the season. In strong wind or storms the service can stop, and the operator advises checking its website and social channels before you go. Its page says that buying online avoids the queue and gives a discount on some tickets. The shop is shop.kotorcablecar.com. Animals are allowed only in dedicated cabins and with the consent of the other passengers.
We did not confirm whether a path leads from the upper station to the Njegoš Mausoleum, so we do not say that the cable car takes you there.
City Pass: S and M
The Kotor City Pass is sold by the tourist organisation of Kotor. It is valid for one visit to each site, within 30 days of purchase. The churches cannot be visited during services.
- City Pass S, 19 euros: Maritime Museum, Boka Aquarium, Cathedral of St Tryphon, the church of St Nicholas and the church of St Luke.
- City Pass M, 30 euros: the five sites of the S, plus the Roman mosaics of Risan, the Perast Town Museum, the church of St Paul, the Solidarity Gallery and the church of St Michael.
The town walls are not on either list. The aquarium is in Dobrota, about 1.6 km north of the Sea Gate by a walking estimate, outside the old town. The museums of Kotor also sell their own combined tickets: five sites for 15 euros, Perast and Risan together for 12.
Small charges you may meet
The tourist tax is 1 euro per person per night (ages 12 to 18: 0.50, under 12: free). It is collected with the bill by your accommodation. The excursion tax of 1 euro per person applies only to visitors in an organised group with an agency or another registered operator, and the organiser pays it, not the single visitor.
Tours from our partners
The cards below are tours sold by our partner GetYourGuide, a third party. They are not the official tickets. We do not show their prices, because they change with date, group size and language: the price is on the partner’s page. What each card adds, as the partner writes it:
- the guided walks of the old town: a live guide in English for 1.5 hours (the walk starts at the Sea Gate) or a private visit of 2 hours, where the language is chosen when you book (English, Italian, French, Russian or German). The private visit lists entrance tickets as not included;
- the Lovćen day tour includes transport and the cable car ticket; it does not include the entrance to the mausoleum, the park tax or the entrance to the monastery of Cetinje;
- the two boat tours from Kotor include the boat with its crew, guiding on board and an audio guide in several languages (11 on one card, 14 on the other). The optional museum ticket on Our Lady of the Rocks is not included.
Every card has its own cancellation terms and meeting point. Read them before you book.
