Lady of the Rocks and Perast Old Town
Our tour will start in Tivat. On our way to island Our Lady of the Rocks we will pass next to beautiful villages of Boka and enjoy in panoramic view on old houses, churches and high mountains all around us. We will have 20 minutes for visit Our Lady of the Rocks island with church and museum (additional fees for visit). Island was made by local people few hundred years ago and we suggest you to visit both the church of Our Lady of the Rock and its museum with great treasury. After short ride we will stop in Perast, village of famous captains with beautiful museum and old houses. After 20 min break we depart from Perast to our meeting point.
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Lady of the Rocks and Perast Old Town
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What's included in Lady of the Rocks and Perast Old Town
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Our Lady of the Rocks
Our Lady of the Rocks is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks.The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rocks is the largest building on the islet;it has a museum attached.There is also a small gift shop close to the church and a navigation light at the western end of the islet. According to legend,the islet was made over the centuries by local seamen who kept an ancient oath after finding the icon of Madonna and Child on the rock in the sea on July 22,1452. Upon returning from each successful voyage,they laid a rock in the Bay.Over time, the islet gradually emerged from the sea.The custom of throwing rocks into the sea is alive even nowadays.Every year on the sunset of July 22, an event called fašinada in the local dialect, when local residents take their boats and throw rocks into the sea, widening the surface of the island,takes place.
Perast
Perast is an old town on the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro. It is situated a few kilometres northwest of Kotor and is noted for its proximity to the islets of St. George and Our Lady of the Rocks. According to the presumptions of the archaeologists, the first settlements appeared in the area of Perast in the Neolithic; There are also monuments of the Illyrian, Roman and early Christian periods. The city was founded by the Illyrians, named after one of the local tribes—Pirusti. The first memories of Perast refer to 1336—at that time there was a small fishing village, which had a shipyard, and there were always several commercial and fishing boats in the harbor. But since the strategically important island of St. George, which belonged to Kotor, is in the immediate vicinity, the development of Perast was going very slowly.
Inclusions
- Bottled water
- Bluetooth, Aux Music
- Museum Fees
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Additional Information
We can meet our guest in Pine, Downtown, Tivat
Meeting / End Points
- We will meet you in Kotor, in front of the Old town which is our starting point, or any other place which is more convinient for you in Kotor.
