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Then head back down, enjoying your reward: a downhill walk with head-on views of
the Bay of Kotor. On the way down, watch your step on the slippery-even-when-dry marble
stairs, highly polished by the feet of centuries of visitors. At the round terrace below the
church, you can head to the right (back the way you came); or, for a different path, head left
following
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signs,thendown(right)atthefork.Theticket-sellerwarnedme
that he's often seen people wipe out on the very last step on their way down—so exhausted
after the demanding hike that they let their guard down.
Kotorisadelightfultownandanenjoyableplacetospendthenight.(Givenitspopularityas
a cruise port, and among side-trippers from Dubrovnik, only a tiny fraction of visitors both-
er to sleep here.) However, the town has two big disadvantages: inexplicably high prices
(you'llsleepmoreaffordablyinDubrovnik)andlotsofnighttimenoise—itseemsthatevery
street in town has at least two or three bars, cranking their music until the wee hours. In
most towns, I take noise into consideration when recommending hotels—but here, I don't
even bother and just assume it'll be loud everywhere. While it's noisiest in summer, pack
