Tag: kotor

  • Formidable & Fascinating: Kotor’s Fortress Hike

    Formidable & Fascinating: Kotor’s Fortress Hike

    I awoke earlier than usual, in the cool of the morning, ready for my much-anticipated hike up to St. John’s Fortress, placed formidably on the highest point of the mountain, with Kotor at its foot. A quick coffee sharpened my senses and I head off within about 10 minutes of waking. I entered the old…

  • Kotor: First Glimpse of Montenegro

    Kotor: First Glimpse of Montenegro

    Kotor is veritable feast of culture and beauty surrounded by towering jagged mountains with a shimmering blue sea at its foot; a jewel of the Mediterranean. I’d never really given much thought to visiting Montenegro. I never learned about it in history, and its cities are too small to be placed on the same lists…