Kotor has got one of the best preserved medieval Old Towns in the Adriatic and is a double Unesco World Heritage Site. No sun when we visited, but still beautiful –
When you visit this old town, you will immediately notice how many cats there are… Lonely Planet even goes so far as featuring Kotor in their Top 10 destinations for cat lovers! So, the Venetian Lion, symbol of the city, has more or less been replaced by a smaller variety – a stray cat.
Today they have dedicated an open square to the cats, and made small houses for them to stay in the park. Even with free WiFi…
The attitude towards cats is said to have developed from folklore, with the Montenegrin people holding the belief that cats saved the town of Kotor. It is reported that in 1918, during the revolt from the Austro-Hungarian navy, the Slav sailors would bring their ships into The Bay of Kotor, and with them, also their cats.
Walking through the narrow lanes, I did try to find a dog or two…but the only sign (!) of one was – MILO. My own dog – it’s just that this Milo was a restaurant…
Leya 
Wonderful photos 🙂
So glad you liked them, thank you!
Your’e welcome! 🙂
Do beautiful
Thank you!
I have been to Montenegro last year but I had not the chance to visit Kotor. Thank you for sharing these nice images, Leya
My pleasure, Flavia. Thank you. I found much beauty in every country we went through. Historic places are interesting
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Ahh, Milo! I can guess how happy you were to spot this. 🙂 Lovely images, never been. Interesting how in the photos with the reindeer they wrote ”From Christmas to Christmas”: the first part is in ”our” alphabet, the second in Cyrillic. I suppose one can see both over there.
Yes, interesting it is . The language tells you stories of a country!
What a lovely place, and aa great story! Free WiFi for the cats?!!
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It looks such a beautiful place, Ann Christine, and that’s a great story about the cats. Love your photos! 🙂 🙂
Thanks Jo. It really was a nice place. I love having animals around if they are healthy and well kept!
Great story – and pictures. The place that we remember from our travels as Cat Central was Ephesus. Dozens reclining on every ancient relic. We never found out why.
If the cats are healthy and well kept I think they are nice company.
They were (almost) the stars of the show.
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