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Tivat, Montenegro
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Once a naval town, now the bay's centre of gravity for money. Porto Montenegro was built on the site of the Yugoslav navy's Arsenal shipyard and holds the superyacht berths, the shops and a good share of the country's best hotels. The international airport is minutes away, which makes Tivat the usual arrival point for the whole bay. The old town beside the marina is modest and the beaches are better on the Lustica peninsula opposite. Gornja Lastva, a restored stone village in the hills above, is the local counterweight to the marina and worth the drive up.

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  1. Porto Montenegro

    Porto Montenegro

    Waterfront · 2 hr

    Two Yugoslav navy submarines sit on the dry dock in front of the superyachts. This was the Austro-Hungarian Arsenal and then the navy's own yard until 2006, and the collection in the old sawmill is about that.

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  2. Naval Heritage Collection

    Museum · 30 min

    Porto Montenegro occupies the yard where the Austro-Hungarian and then the Yugoslav navy fitted out ships, and this collection keeps what was left behind: torpedoes from the Rijeka works, uniforms, charts, ship models and two small submarines set up on the quay outside. Labels are bilingual and the rooms stay cool. An hour covers it, longer with a guide.

  3. Buća-Luković Museum and Gallery

    Museum · 30 min

    The Buća family of Kotor held an estate at Tivat from the Middle Ages, and their Renaissance summer house stands in the centre of the town. It holds the town's museum and gallery now.

  4. Tivat City Market

    Market · 30 min

    A short walk inland from the waterfront, the green market gathers growers from the Grbalj plain and the Luštica peninsula with tomatoes, figs, honey and rounds of cheese kept under cloth. Fish is sold at the counters beside it. Mornings are the whole of it, and by early afternoon the stalls are being hosed down and the traders have gone home.

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Where to Start on the Bay of Kotor
Kotor

Where to Start on the Bay of Kotor

A working order for the Bay of Kotor: up the 1,350 steps to San Giovanni before the ships are ashore, or the free Ladder of Kotor instead, then the Blue Line bus up to Perast for the boat that leaves whenever it fills.

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