Kotor and Boka

Parking in Kotor: Every Zone, Every Price

Kotor's old town has no cars in it and about a thousand spaces around it. In August those spaces are gone by half past nine, and the queue to find that out takes twenty minutes.

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The zones

WherePer hourNotes
Directly outside the Sea Gate€2.50 – €3Fills first, by 08:30 in August
Behind the bus station€1.50 – €2Five-minute walk, fills by 10:00
Along the Dobrota road, north€1 – €1.5010–20 min walk, usually space
Škaljari, south of town€115 min walk, rarely full
Roadside beyond DobrotaFree20–30 min walk, always space

Payment is by machine or by a warden who comes to the window. Both take cash; the machines increasingly take cards. Keep the ticket on the dashboard where it can be seen.

The order things fill

It is predictable enough to plan around. On a cruise-ship day it happens an hour earlier than this.

  • 07:00 – 08:30 — everything available, including the gate
  • 08:30 – 09:30 — the gate car park goes, coaches take the bus station overflow
  • 09:30 – 11:00 — Dobrota road fills southbound
  • 11:00 onwards — you are walking from beyond Dobrota whether you meant to or not
  • After 18:00 — it empties again as the day visitors leave

Clamps and tows

Kotor enforces. A wheel clamp costs around €40 to remove and the number to call is on the sticker; a tow costs more and takes longer. The places that get clamped are the ones that look like spaces and are not — in front of gates, on the yellow-marked bays reserved for residents, and on the pavement anywhere near the Sea Gate.

If you are staying inside the walls

Apartments in the old town come with no parking, because there is nowhere to put a car. Ask your host before you arrive: some have an arrangement with a car park, some will meet you at the gate to unload, and some will simply tell you to use Dobrota. Arriving with luggage and no plan at eleven in August is the version to avoid.

The alternative

Do not bring the car. Buses run to Kotor from Budva, Tivat and Herceg Novi every twenty to thirty minutes in summer for €3 to €5, and the bus station is a two-minute walk from the Sea Gate. On a day when you are only going to Kotor, that is cheaper and faster than driving and parking.

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