day-tripping to herceg novi & perast

this bank holiday monday has been an utter washout so i thought it was time to publish the next post in my little montenegro series & daydream about sunnier times. not content with having booked 7 stops on our trip round the country, we slotted in a few day trips too. first was herceg novi with a little perast pit-stop on the way back to kotor.

herceg novi

we caught a bus from kotor’s ‘stanica’ & the ride took around an hour (praise air con). herceg novi turned out to be a funny little place, with a pretty old town & a seafront that had quite a tacky, old-fashioned vibe going on…in sort-of a good way. while we were there we paid a very reasonable 1€ to explore the kanli kula fort & enjoy the views over the harbour. the fort is transformed into an outdoor cinema every august – wish we’d known about that in advance!

wearing: boden dress, rayban wayfarers

perast looked so gorgeous when we drove through it earlier in the day that we had to hop off the bus on the return journey. it’s a tiny little town (we walked from one end to the other in about 15 minutes, including lots of stopping to take photos) so while i wouldn’t recommend basing yourself here it’s well worth a wander if you’re passing through the area.