We Arrived in Kotor, Montenegro and Were Greeted With THIS SURPRISE! 🇲🇪

We Arrived in Kotor, Montenegro and Were Greeted With THIS SURPRISE! 🇲🇪

thank you hvala you remember hvala yes of course good morning 
from Kotor we decided to get up a bit earlier today because the vibe of the Kotor Old Town is 
so different after like 10:00 a.m it’s usually so full of people so full of tourists as it is 
a popular spot for cruise ships to dock and for everyone to come into the old town like you 
wouldn’t able to see the street here yeah but today we woke up earlier to enjoy a little bit 
of peace and quiet before the crowds come in and it’s pretty amazing yeah so what do you have 
planned for us today not much really because the Kotor old town is quite small so we’ll 
explore this a bit then go get some fresh seafood and then we’ll hike up to the top of the 
mountain behind us there’s a fortress there and I want to go have some cheese cheese and beer 
that’s how you motivated me it’s like if we walk all the way up there is a cheese shop i hope 
it’s open i hope it’s open if not it’s going to be a epic view up there anyway true we see it all 
the time from our Airbnb we’re like “Wow we should really go up there and check it out.” And also 
we’re excited to show you where we stay cuz it’s pretty epic i think that might be the best spot 
in all of Kotor the highlight where’s the church which one church of the lady you mean our lady 
of remedy maybe maybe that’s it do you have to hike up yeah it’s up the mountain midway up the 
mountain this one’s the St.Tryphon’s Church is St.Tryphon’s Church no thank you i don’t need to 
do that it’s about 25 minutes hike I think yeah it’s coming down with my knees that are the 
problem i like what you’re eating egg whites   that’s how I eat it yeah simple simple breakfast 
yeah where you from well from Thailand i might be going there well look at that yeah we had too 
chill of a breakfast the crowds are here now all the cruises people arrived and this is one of the 
popular stops this is actually the cathedral that is right next to our table at breakfast it’s 
St.Tryphon’s Cathedral and I think he is the patron saint of Kotor that’s why it’s a very 
important cathedral here it’s a Roman Catholic Church basically and his remains I think are 
actually in the church that’s why you have to pay €4 to go in to see to experience it it’s a pretty 
nice church it is it’s built in 1,166 that’s crazy Kamalaya Thai massage oh my goodness i’m dying 
for Thai massage right now a few more weeks it’s probably like 50 euros an hour at least at least 
i really like the old town here it feels different from other old towns we have been to in Europe and 
we’ve been to a lot but what makes it different especially like let’s compare it to another 
one that we really enjoyed which is Dubrovnik what’s so different is like this one doesn’t have 
a huge main road it’s all tiny alleys that are connected it almost feels like a maze yeah narrow 
streets lots of cafes and cute souvenir shops and a cute cats all around there is a reason I think 
why they designed it kind of like this to make it a bit confusing for people i think back in 
the day when they tried to conquer maybe it’s pretty neat yeah it’s pretty amazing oh I see what 
you did there yeah cats museum babe speaking of cats I do think we should go to the cat museum 
it’s only €1 per person to go in but the money supports the volunteers like the community who 
feed the cats there’s so many stray cats here and they look really well fed and around 7 o’clock 
at night we see food spread across the city on the ground and then the cats just eat so I think it’s 
for a good cause and it’s not too expensive and it’s just right here you know what’s cool is the 
cats have been part of Kotor’s history for years look at these old illustrations illustrations of 
the cats so we did mention this before when we were in Dubrovnik why do some cities some port 
cities have so many cats living there and it’s because a lot of these sailors they would bring 
cats because cats chase the mice so they want to protect the grains that they’re carrying um 
the food supply basically so the cats have been a part of the history yeah you know of Kotor 
for a long long time they play a significant role in the economy exactly and I think cats 
are good luck too like some people keep cats on boats so I think it’s also like a sign of of 
good luck yeah even in Asian restaurants you see the waving cats cats are always good luck and 
they bring wealth and happiness cats are the best crazy cat lady i sound really biased what is 
that i think you put you return a plastic bottle in here and and they dispense food to feed the 
cats oh that’s so neat that’s such a cool idea for cats in eco-friendly city so they’re trying 
to do two things at once oh should I just take a plastic bottle from the bin i want to take 
it and stick it in here okay can I try it does it work you think that’s how it works oh it’s stuck nope it’s not working but it’s a cool 
idea though i guess it’s not working isn’t this beautiful is this part of the fortress 
yes this is the wall we’re walking on the wall right now surrounding the old city and it’s a 
free entry which is nice from here you can see a little church there that’s called Our Lady of 
Remedy and there’s a flag at the tip that’s where the cheese shop is so we have to make our way up 
there before coming to Montenegro I knew nothing about this country nothing about Kotor didn’t 
even know it’s a popular destination for cruises and one thing we often do every morning is to see 
which cruise arriving today it gives us an idea of how busy the old town is going to be because 
like this one already today is a small cruise so you feel that it’s not as as crowded but sometimes 
you get these humongous cruises and you feel like you have 5,000 people 8 storey 10 storey cruises 
oh there’s one thing I knew about Montenegro the former prime minister of Thailand fled here 
and lived here for a while after the military coup back in 2010 I believe not a bad place too 
i mean it’s not as cheap as Thailand but it’s you can have an amazing quality of life here if you 
have some money he’s rich he’s rich so he would be having a good life here for sure are you ready 
for this fortress this way this is misleading this is near the bottom of the fortress we have like 
an hour to go we have 1,350 steps left oh what a gorgeous view from here must be nice to to live 
there hey with that beautiful terrace can see everything from there we’ll go there later we’ll 
go there later that’s actually our home down there can we pay by card yes okay we can pay by card €15 
each yes no discount no okay just important that you keep those till you finish without tickets 
you can’t exit so keep it safe perfect thank   you every time if you split just take tickets 
separately okay thank you that’s convenient we were wondering where can we get the tickets 
before cuz I saw a sign down down the stairs basically saying that if you don’t have a ticket 
then you could possibly get a fine but we thought   do we have to get a ticket from you know at the 
tourist center but no there’s a ticket booth as you kind of walk up the fortress you won’t miss 
it yeah and apparently you can stay until 10 p.m but he said you only need 2 hours there yeah 
i wonder if you can enter again cuz like it would be beautiful for sunset cuz we can’t see 
the sunset from where we’re staying but up the top maybe you’ll see the sun it doesn’t have a 
date on it so maybe keep it on yourself he said we’ll need it to exit as well so don’t throw this 
out one for me one for you one for me one for you so this fortress has a couple names it is known 
as the couture fortress but also known as the San Giovanni fortress and it was first built by the 
Byzantines but in the 15th to the 18th century when the Venetians were here they expanded and 
they reinforced the fortress here to make sure that it was a strong defense against invaders 
especially the Ottomans and now it’s just a very beautiful hike up to see the area the Bay of Kotor 
and there should be a couple interesting spots for us to stop while we make our way up to the top and 
just like that we’re at the halfway point already so this chapel is called Our Lady of Remedy i 
mean it’s not open or anything anymore i think I think you can just observe it from the outside 
honestly it has been pretty pleasant hiking up it only took us 15 minutes from the bottom to 
get up here and it’s shaded most of the a good portion of it was shaded which was nice i was 
expecting it to be fully exposed maybe the top it looks like they’re taking a selfie together don’t lean don’t lean i’m scared for you think 
about all those people having to hike up from the town to bring supplies to the fortress that’s 
crazy you don’t think they would use helicopter nope not back in the day a quick thank you to 
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tour in our description box below final stretch and we made it we made it to St John’s castle 
which is the top of the fortress so San Giovanni is St John and is that cool you’re sitting on top 
of the roof over there my only question is where’s the cheese shop you lured me up here and said 
there’s cheese no I saw on Google review there’s a cheese shop maybe it’s our luck everything closed 
you mean like a guy brought cheese up here to sell no no there’s an actual actual shop with tables 
and seatings let’s keep exploring maybe we’ll find him well I’m sorry babe there doesn’t seem 
to be a cheese shop anywhere now you’re probably going to say that there’s a cheese shop back 
in the old town we got to hike back to the old town to lure you back there you can still hike up 
higher but you have to take another path like you can see the zigzag ways on the other side there 
is it still like a fortress i think so let’s see that’s such a crazy backdrop oh my goodness 
we’re so high up we’re almost in the clouds that’s insane i can see the 
zigzag you were talking about here goes zigzag oh there’s people walking up 
it zigzag all the way up here to to the top that one must be really hard because that 
doesn’t have shade i feel like we have shade because of the trees and the mountain kind 
of on top of us but that one is very exposed incredible high five we made it go back home and eat cheese cheese and beer cheese afternoon beer time well deserved beer time we’re 
going to try this local Montenegro beer today with these wine and brandy glasses since 1896 you can still hear people coming down from the 
fortress they can only go to a certain part because it’s blocked just to take photo of this 
terrace yeah my favorite part of Kotor I have to say because we get the best views best views 
of the bay and it’s always nice and peaceful and quiet it’s beautiful no matter if it’s first thing 
in the morning or in the evenings like right now I think we are pretty lucky to be able to book 
this place for the price we paid for it yeah it was only 60 US dollars a night which is really 
really good i don’t know if it’s because we booked way in advance yeah exactly because I think now 
looking at the new booking is it is more expensive so yeah book ahead and I think this place might 
have put some people off because there’s a lot of stairs to get up here it’s not easy but it was 
totally worth it we thought it would be worth it so we actually lugged two of our suitcases up was 
it 115 stairs to get up here like we were we were dying now the only thing missing is Giovanni where 
is Giovanni we have a little grey cat that comes here every evening to hang out with us sometime 
she even went inside the room yeah sits on our lap i think it’s a male so that’s why we went 
from Gigi to Giovani but he is the cutest cat he’s so so adorable with crazy eyes with one crazy eye 
yeah but it’s he actually makes I’ll say even more special yeah cuz there’s so many cats i think for 
the first day we were here there were seven cats hanging out here and we got too excited too quick 
because they weren’t too friendly and they kind of just fought each other and left but finally 
on like the second day in the evening Giovanni came and he’s the sweetest he’ll probably come 
around later on in the afternoon i think it’s a bit too hot so now it’s like the right time you 
excited for tomorrow yes excited to hang out with our friends and we’re going to go on a boat trip 
i think it’ll be a fun fun afternoon out with our friends who happen to also be traveling in Croatia 
at the same time we were and then we drove down here to Montenegro together so we’ll introduce 
them to you tomorrow is this our boat babe no it’s not but another day another cruise in Kotor 
i think every single day there’s like new cruises that dock here for a couple hours half a day i’m 
not sure but we did hear like the the horn it’s so loud in the evening like three times and then they 
depart but this is not our cruise we are going on a speedboat tour today so we’re just walking over 
to the pier slightly smaller than this maybe like the safety boat like the Yeah yeah yeah the one on 
the side yeah do you think you would enjoy going on a cruise one day i think one day seeing people 
get off and get a couple hours here i feel like it’s not enough yeah I enjoy having that space to 
ourselves that house that gorgeous house up there for a week and slowly enjoying the town and 
its surroundings but maybe when we get older our travel style will change and we’ll enjoy it 
more i think it’ll be more fun if you have like family or friends just a group of people so it’s 
more of like spending quality time together while traveling in comfort but never say never right i 
think not right now you got a ticket yeah ticket for four we are waiting for the next boat to come 
how much is it it is €40 per person so the two of us and our two friends Marc and Ying also known 
as the The Lost Dew on YouTube we’ll plug your YouTube channel in there yeah yeah so we met you 
guys three years ago right yeah three years ago in some way in some way and you’ve been solid fans 
of our channel and we became great friends and now we travel together whenever we can stalking works 
guys yeah yeah just creep up and be like “Hey we like your videos.” Then you know you might become 
friends with us that’s actually what we did wow wait wait you guys you and Mark are the only two 
guys on the whole boat full of women nice awesome so about 20 minutes into our boat ride right 
now our captain just said that on our right here is the small town of Perast which 
is one of the most visited old towns not just Montenegro but in in Europe and we are 
actually going to make a stop just in front of us here at this little island called Our 
Lady of the Rocks so we will get to learn a bit more about it so far the tour is pretty 
interesting every now and then the the crew   will tell us some facts about the area so 
it’s kind of a great way to learn about this beautiful place and enjoy the views at the 
same time and the ride has been so pleasant so nice i thought it was going to be super bumpy but 
quite smooth this kind of speed boat is so smooth thank you thank you wow we have 20 
minutes here it feels like there’s about a thousand people here but it is 
the most popular destination in this area he was saying that in Montenegro there’s about 
600,000 people like the population of Montenegro but even just this bay here and Perast and 
this island in the old town of Kotor they get about a million visitors of visitors every 
year but that’s humongous for such a small place aside from Flora being a fact person we 
have another person here who knows all the facts about everything i don’t know about 
that putting you on spot now i don’t know why is this church so important yeah so 
it’s called Our Lady of the Rocks it’s cuz Dwayne the Rock Johnson was born here a long time 
ago okay never mind back to Flora that’s Note’s type of answer though and Lady Gaga too
so the real fact is that there is a legend where in 1452 some fishermen 
found an icon of Madonna and the child on the rocks over here so for them every single time they 
go on a sea voyage and successfully come back they started throwing a rock or laying a rock close to 
this area where they found the icon because they felt like maybe they are being looked after from 
above so this tradition kept going and eventually this space just got wider and wider and they built 
an island or an islet here with a church on top we are now going to this tunnel i think it is 
a former submarine bunker like a dock cool so it hasn’t been used since 1990 i don’t remember 
now basically for tourists only eerie isn’t it to store submarines in here or to ambush yeah 
pretty interesting kind of makes you wonder how many of these are around the world right now 
that we don’t know of i’m sure there are many more that is top secret in different countries 
so this is our fourth stop pretty interesting this is called Mamula Island and it used to be 
a prison you know like the one in San Francisco Alcatraz this was a prison back in World War I 
yeah but now a rich Egyptian guy just bought it turned into a super luxurious resort that cost 
€1,500 to stay per night there’s like 32 rooms yeah they turned the prison cells into the the 
luxury rooms and there’s even a casino inside pretty crazy do you hear what he said do not sit 
do not stand sit do not stand sorry cuz it’s very low we’re about to go inside the cave now this 
is called the Blue Cave and we actually saw the Blue Cave on so many boat tours when we were 
in Dubrovnik but we didn’t sign up for it but now it’s the same Blue Cave but probably much 
further for us to come from Kotor to here see I didn’t realize it i didn’t realize we we’re 
pretty close to Dubrovbik we’re like 10 minutes they said 10 minutes skate boat down this way 
is already do okay the entrance is quite narrow that’s crazy that’s why blue that’s why it’s called 
the blue that’s amazing so they stop here so that we can all jump into the blue water 
but it it doesn’t actually sound as enticing as you think because inside here just smells 
like boat fumes and there’s so many boats so tightly fitted in here so you basically jump 
in and climb up the ladder so do you want to jump in there for the 10 seconds of fun uh 
no and ride one and a half hours of windy windy windy ride back no I think it’s going to 
be cold especially the water inside the cave okay so I think once you come out of 
the cave if you want to jump you can jump around here so it doesn’t look as blue but   it doesn’t smell like fumes what’s the 
verdict decided the water is too rough I’m not a strong swimmer yeah yeah 
that’s okay two girls are jumping in though good for them it’s 
okay we can still enjoy the view good to be on land again I think we’re we’re land 
people i was getting a bit a little bit seasick when we stopped too long at the blue cave yeah 
the ride back was a bit rough yeah but generally I think this was a fun 3-hour boat tour to do in 
Kotor you get to see another side of this area and it’s very very beautiful for €40 and you can also 
book this on GetYourGuide as well and it’s one of the most popular day trips to do so I’ll leave 
the link in the description box below thanks again for watching and as always have a wonderful 
day we’ll see you in the next one bye bye

Planning a trip to Montenegro soon? Check out these activities:
🛥️ Blue Cave & Our Lady of Rocks Boat Tour: https://gyg.me/k2NbwOfp
🥾 Explore the wild beauty of North Montenegro: https://gyg.me/rhvdit0d
🚠 Kotor Cable Car Tickets: https://gyg.me/t5HrRJfz

We made it to Kotor, Montenegro — and what a stunning surprise! We didn’t realize how popular it was as a cruise stop, but it makes perfect sense after exploring this unbelievably charming old town. After hiking up to the fortress for jaw-dropping views of the Bay of Kotor, we share our favourite hidden gem: the most beautiful Airbnb we’ve ever stayed in! To top it off, we reunited with friends and hopped on a boat tour to explore the bay’s islands — easily one of the best things to do here.

LOCATIONS FEATURED:
📍Kotor Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/12933076?guests=1&c=.pi129.pkpast_trip_share_virality&s=67&unique_share_id=b230c80f-4aed-4046-9243-3d4ea5c2085d
📍Sara: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ABSVkFx4fHWc8nrx9
📍Saint Tryphon’s Cathedral: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZDbvfxCH8Qd3Z276A
📍Kotor Cats Museum: https://maps.app.goo.gl/29cMBSqSU79Z6FDy9
📍Church of Our Lady of Remedy: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VRqF5oFiWnreZDSo8
📍Kotor Fortress: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BpbWUFYnfcC49zmq6

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Video Breakdown by Chapters:
00:00 Slow mornings in Kotor
04:31 Cats of Kotor
08:49 Hiking up to the Fortress
17:12 Our favourite place in Kotor
20:26 Must do boat and island tour

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