Back to Kotor today so the same walk down the promenade towards the end of the fiord before diverting off by the park, for the old town. A different entrance today and the whole group going together. We are going to start by climbing part the way up the old town wall.
The fortifications have been in place for a long time, this city has been occupied by the Venetians, invaded by the Turkish and has a rich religious heritage of both Roman Catholic and Orthodox. Outside the city wall by the entrance we are taking are outside swimming areas, from the past, adjacent to the river.
There are many steep streets and we quickly go to the start of the climb up to the section of the wall that goes up the side of the mountain. We start climbing up and at each view point more and more of the town is visible.
We are heading for a church which forms part of the wall and some of us climb up past it. I’m tempted to go up to the top of the wall but somehow don’t allow myself to do that, convincing myself the climb back down will be difficult – which it didn’t turn out to be! Felt a bit cross with myself !
They were great views and an abundance of different wild flowers. One member of the group did continue. Now to come down and explore the old city. A maritime museum and the cathedral were on my list, as well as just exploring the various streets. Rather bizarrely I never found the square where I had had a beer the day before!! I did find some excellent pizza!
Round every corner you can look up and the mountains soar above you. Some of the buildings are really large and would have been palaces when built. Many have stone verandas, mostly above the main door and like so many old towns there are cats in abundance.
In all I had walked over 5.6km before we caught a boat to visit an island in the middle of the fiord and then another village, so more walking round, a very hot day but a rather special place.
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