Perast
Perast is a small city in Montenegro. This is a small quiet town with a population of less than 400 where you can escape Montenegro's busier seaside resorts such as Kotor bay and Budva and enjoy a couple of leisurely hours strolling through the streets, and visit a few museums and churches.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Gertjan R., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Mijail Garrido, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint George and Our Lady of the Rocks.
Saint George
Islet
Sveti Đorđe Island is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. Unlike Gospa od Škrpjela, it is a natural island. A small action took place during the Siege of Cattaro on 14 October 1813 when the French-held island was captured by a British and Sicilian naval force.
Our Lady of the Rocks
Church
Photo: Bdell555, Public domain.
Our Lady of the Rocks is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lepetani and Ðurići.
Lepetani
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lepetani is a village in the municipality of Tivat, Montenegro. It is located north of Tivat, and just south of the Verige crossing.
Ðurići
Village
Photo: Jan Starec, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ðurići is a village in the municipality of Herceg Novi, Montenegro. The settlement includes the village of Kamenari and is located along the coast of the Verige Strait.
Jošice
Village
Photo: ines lukic, CC BY 3.0.
Jošice is a village in the municipality of Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Jošice is situated 3½ km southwest of Perast.
Perast
- Type: Town with 349 residents
- Description: town in Montenegro
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kotor Municipality, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.4863° or 42° 29′ 11″ northLongitude
18.6989° or 18° 41′ 56″ eastPopulation
349Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8FJWFMPX+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 48069998OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3193504Wikidata ID
Q998789
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Perast” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պերաստ”
- Bosnian: “Perast”
- Bulgarian: “Пераст”
- Cebuano: “Perast”
- Chinese: “佩拉斯特”
- Croatian: “Perast”
- Czech: “Perast”
- Dutch: “Perast”
- Estonian: “Perast”
- French: “Perast”
- German: “Perast”
- Greek: “Πέραστ”
- Hebrew: “פראסט”
- Indonesian: “Perast”
- Italian: “Perasto”
- Japanese: “ぺラスト”
- Korean: “페라스트”
- Latin: “Perastum”
- Lithuanian: “Perastas”
- Malay: “Perast”
- Persian: “پراست”
- Polish: “Perast”
- Portuguese: “Perast”
- Romanian: “Perast”
- Russian: “Пераст”
- Serbian: “Perast”
- Serbian: “Пераст”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Perast”
- Slovenian: “Perast”
- Spanish: “Perast”
- Swedish: “Perast”
- Turkish: “Perast”
- Ukrainian: “Пераст”
- Uzbek: “Perast”
- Venetian: “Perasto”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Perast”. Photo: Gertjan R., CC BY-SA 3.0.