The Historic Village Perast

Perast is a small quiet fishermen town with a population of less than 400 inhabitants. But one of the most famous villages in Montenegro because its location and history.

Perast is situated in front of the hill of St. Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3°C, and the number of sunny days is 240 (or around 2,500 sunny hours per year).

Probably the most distinctive standard bearers of the city identity of Perast are the two historic islands situated between the Verige strait and the town. Although differing in many respects, they lie in harmonious conjunction, united by the vastness of the sea. Thousands of torurist start discovering these two island from the local habour of Perast every year.