The best time to visit Perast
The date changes the queue at the jetty and the price of a room, not the opening hours — Perast can be visited any month of the year.
- Best
- May, Jun · Sep
- Open
- year-round
- How long the visit takes
- half a day
Perast is open year-round. There is no month when the boat to the island stops running or the museum shuts for more than one day a week. What changes is the queue at the jetty and the price of a room; May, Jun · Sep keep the same sun as summer with half the people waiting for the boat.
No month shuts Perast down; what changes is how long you wait for the boat, and what a palace room costs.
Best time to go: May, Jun · Sep
Same boat, same church on the island, half the people at the jetty compared with July and August, while the waterfront terraces, which fill up by midday in summer, offer a seat without a wait in these months.
Summer
The car parks at both entrances fill by midday, and the boat queue can run long. Arriving before ten solves both. Fish on the terraces costs more in summer because every table faces two islands; pasta or the dish of the day holds the same seat for less.
Winter
The boat to the island still runs, just less often. The Museum of Perast moves to shorter hours, 15 Oct–15 Apr: Tue–Sun 10–16; 15 Apr–15 Oct: Tue–Sun 8–20, the streets are empty, and the palace terraces sit without guests — a different picture of the same town.
Before you go
Short answers to what people ask most before setting out.
When is the best time to visit Perast?
May, Jun · Sep keep the same sun as summer, with half as many people waiting for the boat.
Is Perast open all year?
Yes, year-round. The Museum of Perast keeps shorter winter hours (15 Oct–15 Apr: Tue–Sun 10–16; 15 Apr–15 Oct: Tue–Sun 8–20), but nothing closes for the season.
Is it worth staying the night in Perast?
yes, but pricey (palace rooms). Kotor and Risan are ten minutes away and considerably more affordable for the night.
Ready for Perast?
Where to next
Perast in 1 day
→Six stops fit into one morning, on foot from one end of the single seafront street to the other.
Kotor · 9 km
→A town wedged between sea and cliff, with walls that climb the mountain
How well does Perast suit you?
→Six questions: a score for this place and others like it.
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