Boka Kotor Bay

Kotor Bay, or Boka Kotorska, is the largest bay of the Adriatic Sea, is considered one of the most beautiful bays in the world. As part of the bay, it is customary to allocate several bays, named after large settlements on their shores. This is the Gulf of Hercegnovia, the Bay of Kotor, the Gulf of Morinj, the Gulf of Risan, and the Gulf of Tivat, in which you can distinguish three islands that make up the archipelago: Prevlaka Island, St. Mark’s Island, and the island of Gospa ode Milo.

The shores of Kotor Bay began to be inhabited in 229 BC. Now on the shores of the bay there are several historical and tourist centers. These are the cities of Herceg Novi, famous for numerous ancient buildings, Tivat, which was mainly built up during the socialist Yugoslavia, Risan, Perast, next to which there are two islands with churches: St. George and Madonna on the reef, as well as the ancient city of Kotor with fortifications.