Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Before leaving Kotor, make a decision about where you want to go next. You have three
basic options: Budva Riviera; the mountainous Montenegrin interior; or back to Croatia
(see instructions for the third option in the next section).
Continuing past Kotor's Old Town, you'll follow the edge of the fjord. At the far end of
town (and the fjord), you'll come to a roundabout. Bearing left at the roundabout takes you
toward the handy tunnel to the
Budva Riviera
—or, along this same road, if you turn right
after the cemetery and just before the tunnel, you'll take the extremely twisty road up, up,
up into the
Montenegrin interior
(Njeguši and Cetinje).
Once you're finished in Montenegro, it'll be time to head...
Back to Croatia: Lepetani-Kamenari Ferry Shortcut
When you're ready to return to Dubrovnik, you can go back the way you came. Or, for a
quicker route, consider the ferry that cuts across the narrow part of the fjord (between the
towns of Lepetani and Kamenari). On the Kotor side of the bay, the boat departs from the
town of Lepetani.
FromKotor,youhavetwooptionstoreachtheferry:TheeasiestoptionistoleaveKotor,
bear left at the roundabout at the far end of town, and take the tunnel toward Budva. Once
through the tunnel, follow signs into Tivat, and continue straight through Tivat on the main
road to reach Lepetani, which is a few miles beyond the end of town. Or, for a more chal-
lenging but more scenic route, simply turn right at the roundabout and continue driving on
the waterfront road clockwise around the bay (through Pr
č
anj and Stoliv) until you land
in Lepetani. But be warned that this road is extremely narrow (one lane, with an Adriatic
shoulder) and can be exhausting if oncoming traffic is heavy. However, it also offers grand
views back across the fjord at Kotor, Perast, and other picturesque towns you came through
earlier.
No matter how you approach, remember that “ferry” is
trajekt
(it's also signed for
Her-
ceg Novi
—the big city across the bay). The boat goes continuously (in slow times, you may
have to wait briefly for enough cars to show up), and the crossing takes just four minutes (it
takeslongertoloadandunloadallthecarsthanitdoestocross).Asmallcaranditspassen-
gers pay €4.50 each way.
On your way back to Dubrovnik after the ferry, if there are long lines at the primary bor-
dercrossing,youcanusetheKonfinalternatecrossingdescribedearlier.AfterexitingIgalo,
just before the border—and just after the Hipermarket and Petrol gas station—watch for the
turn-off on the left that's marked
grani
ć
ni prijelaz Konfin.
This takes you to the alternate
crossing. From there, just can follow signs to
Dubrovnik
(on back roads at first, later mer-
ging with the main road).
