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Medieval Kotor-a cheaper alternative to Dubrovnikby Steenie Harvey
Date: 10/31/2006
Twisty laneways and stone archways…frescoed Italianate and Byzantine churches…piazzas packed with gaily-canopied cafés. And within Kotor's triangular-shaped old town, no traffic.
Hidden in the far reaches of the Boka Kotorska fjord in northern Montenegro, Kotor is the country's most authentic medieval walled city. Framed by ominous-looking mountains, it's set beside the hypnotically blue Adriatic, in summertime bobbing with small boats. Unlike Budva's Stari Grad (old town), which has been almost totally rebuilt, Kotor wasn't completely destroyed by 1979's devastating earthquake. Much of what's here is the real deal.
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