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Kotor Serpentine Road
Kotor Serpentine Road
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About
The Kotor Serpentine road is a spectacular and steep mountain road with 25 numbered switchbacks, offering breathtaking views of the Bay of Kotor and the surrounding landscape
Insider Tips
The Kotor Serpentine Road (part of the P1 regional road) is one of the most famous and harrowing scenic drives in Montenegro. It connects the coastal town of Kotor to the mountain village of Njeguši and the Lovćen National Park. It is famous for providing a panoramic view of the entire Bay of Kotor
Avoid the road between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. This is when tour buses from cruise ships attempt the climb. Two buses meeting on a 5-meter-wide hairpin is a recipe for a 45-minute traffic jam that requires someone to reverse toward a cliff edge.
Did you know?
The road was an engineering marvel commissioned by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 1880s to provide a wagon route between the coast and the old royal capital of Cetinje.