Đurđevića Tara Bridge rises above the 172m deep canyon of the river of the same name and is one of the ten most beautiful bridges on the planet.novirednoviredIn 1940, when it was built, it was the biggest vehicular concrete arc bridge in Europe. Since then, it has adorned the north of Montenegro and served as an inspiration to many artists, architects and engineers.novirednoviredThe first of the five arches are especially magnificent, connecting the steep banks of the cleanest European river with a span of 116m.

Perast is surely one of the strangest, and by its history one of the most beautiful places in Kotor bay. Today it is often called the quietest town in Boka. Its narrow streets and numerous, mostly abandoned renaissance, and baroque palaces, testify about the former richness of the Kotor bay, and about the days when there used to be led a luxurious life of its inhabitants.novirednovirednovirednoviredPerast used to be a town of sailors, and it was know by that even outside the space of Montenegro. We can see even today that famous stone housed and captain’s palaces standing out. There are 16 preserved palaces in Perast, among them is the baroque palace Bujovic at the very entrance in Perast. Other palaces are: Bronza, Sestokrilovic, Mazarovic, Balovic, Viskovic, Pavlovicini, Martinovic, Zmajevic and others.novirednovirednovirednoviredAll of them represent 12 Perast brotherhoods (clans). While along Perast you used to hear the sound of footsteps day and night, and while along the streets you could see the ladies of the rich seaman, and girls in love, walking, in the coves of Perast hundreds of sailing boats used to dock in, and today Perast is mostly an abandoned town, with barely 360 citizens. Even though the situation is like that, one should walk through Perast, and fill oneself with the spirit of renaissance and baroque. Perast during the winter has more sunny hours that the famous tourist places on the Azure coast.novirednovirednovirednoviredEven though it doesn’t offer lots of events, Perast is quite interesting during the summer. During July and August various festivities like traditional Fašinada – a ritual procession of barges and boast, which take stones with them which is then put onto the Our Lady of the Rocks island, occur there. Fašinada is held in July. In August Perast is a host to the manifestation – Meetings of music clappers – in which competitors – singers compete in traditional singing which is present on the part of the Mediterranean which goes from Dalmatia to Montenegro. Because of the lack of beach zone, the coast of Perast is not suitable for beach tourism.