The cheapest way is to get to the island is to take a taxi boat from Perast. It should cost around €10 round trip. Alternatively, the island is a stop in most itineraries of the speedboat tours departing from Kotor
Our Lady of the Rocks is an artificial islet home to a stunning 17th-century Baroque church and museum, set against the dramatic backdrop of the Bay of Kotor's mountains
The cheapest way is to get to the island is to take a taxi boat from Perast. It should cost around €10 round trip. Alternatively, the island is a stop in most itineraries of the speedboat tours departing from Kotor
Visiting the island costs 5€ and gives you access to the small church and museum
Aim to visit before 9:00 AM in peak summer. By 10 AM, the tour boats from Kotor and cruise ship groups arrive, and the tiny island becomes extremely crowded
The cypress-covered island next door (Saint George or Sveti Đorđe) is a private monastery and off-limits to tourists. Don't let a boat driver convince you they can land you there, they can't
In the museum inside the church, look for the famous needlepoint. A local woman spent 25 years embroidering it while waiting for her husband to return from sea. She used silk, silver, and gold threads, but most remarkably, her own hair (which you can see turn from brown to grey across the piece)
Every year on July 22nd, a tradition called the Fašinada takes place where locals tie their boats together and row out to the island at sunset to drop stones into the water. This 500-year-old ritual is not just for show; it is a structural necessity to keep the man-made island from being eroded by the sea
