What Kotor costs
The walls, the Lovćen cable car and a hostel bed are the biggest lines in a daily budget for Kotor — all in euro, price by price.
- The walls
- €15
- Cable car to Lovćen
- €25 (€14 one-way)
- Hostel
- €10–27
Montenegro uses the euro in practice, so nothing in Kotor needs converting from another currency. The biggest single lines are the walls and the Lovćen cable car; the rest of a day — a bed, a meal and the odd taxi ride — sits below that.
Tickets
The walls are the biggest single line, €15 per person, at a ticket office that opens at seven from May to September and at eight out of season. The cable car to Lovćen is €25 (€14 one-way). The Cat Museum in the old town is €1, a symbolic price that goes towards feeding the town's cats.
Sleeping
In a hostel, a dorm bed runs €10–27. A three-star room runs €47–141, but listings under that label in Kotor are mostly apartments, because the town has few proper hotels.
Food and drink
No drinks, a restaurant main course is €15–25. A café coffee is €2–4. A tasting plate of Njeguši prosciutto and cheese, usually for two, is €15–20.
From the airport and around the bay
There's no public bus from Tivat airport, so a taxi is €15, 10–15 min to the old town. The Kamenari–Lepetane ferry, which closes the loop around the bay, is €5 (ferry, per car); the price is per vehicle, regardless of passenger count.
Day trips
A ticket for the Njegoš mausoleum on Lovćen is €8 (mausoleum ticket, not transport), the price for the mausoleum itself; transport is separate. For Lake Skadar and Budva, the price depends on the operator and the number of passengers in the boat or bus, so it isn't the same for everyone.
What moves the price
Ticket and food prices don't change with the month; what changes is how hard it is to find a free bed and how full the Boka is with ships.
What isn't in this total
- The tourist tax. The Kotor amount isn't confirmed; it's paid on arrival and doesn't show up on a booking site.
- The boat to Our Lady of the Rocks from Perast. €5, outside this sum because it's a trip to a neighbouring town.
- Breakfast, and any drinks with the meal.
The same comparison for 143 places: hostel, hotel, getting into town and a day pass. Travel costs →
Before you go
Short answers to what people ask most before setting out.
How much are the Kotor walls?
€15 per person, at a ticket office that opens at seven from May to September and at eight out of season.
Does the room rate already cover the tourist tax?
No. The Kotor amount isn't confirmed; the tax is paid on arrival everywhere in Montenegro, not through a booking site.
What's the single most expensive item in Kotor?
The cable car to Lovćen, €25 (€14 one-way) for a return ticket; more than the walls.
Ready for Kotor?
Where to next
Two churches and a prosciutto village beyond Kotor's six sights
→Two churches inside the walls that the six-sight list skips, and the village above town that gives its name…
Perast · 9 km
→Two hundred and thirty-seven residents, twenty baroque palaces and an island people built by hand
How well does Kotor suit you?
→Six questions: a score for this place and others like it.
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