Climbing Kotor’s City Walls in Montenegro
Top things to do in Kotor Montenegro

Admission to the Kotor city walls costs €8 between 8am and 8pm from May to September (technically the walls are open 24 hours a day so you could go up before or after then for free). The main entrance to the walls walk is near Kotor’s North Gate. It takes about 90 minutes to two hours to do the journey up and back down

The earliest Kotor city walls were built into these steep, rocky cliffs back in the 9th century to protect the town from invaders. They were added to over the years by whoever ran the city at the time – everyone from the Byzantines to the Venetians – until the 15th century when the walls finally formed a full loop running up into the hillside above the town.

The walls are mixed in with an array of ramparts, gates, churches, forts and bastions too. And despite the onslaught of time, invasions and earthquakes over the years they are still remarkably well-preserved. Today the climb to the highest point is one of the best things to do in Kotor – though you do have to put in some effort if you want to earn those views.

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