KEMBARA BALKAN - MONTENEGRO | 06 KOTOR : Semalam Di Kotor

Aku tinggalkan bandar Budva menjelang remang senja kian menghilang.

Bye bye Budva

Perjalanan dari Budva menuju ke Kotor agak lancar. Tambang bas 2.50 euro dan perjalanan lebih kurang setengah jam. 

Berdoa moga aku sampai di Kotor dan sempat untuk beli tiket perjalanan ke destinasi seterusnya esok hari.

Sampai di Kotor, Montenegro

Station bas Kotor

Sebaik saja sampai di station bas aku terus riki riki tiket bas untuk esok.

Alhamdulillah. Untuk esok pagi masa ada tiket ke Dubrovnik, Crotia. Harga tiket 17 euro. Agak mahal tapi sebab merentas sempadan memang acceptable lah. 

Malangnya tiket cuma ada jam 8 pagi esok, aku berbelah bahagi gak. Antara nak stay lama sikit kat Kotor ni atau terkandar di Dubrovnik esok hari.

Kotor dan Dubrovnik memang dua bandar yang memang menjadi tumpuan pelancong dan penginapan di kedua dua bandar ni memang mahal dari tempat tempat lain. So kalau boleh aku nak elak daripada bermalam di Dubrovnik esok. Kalau boleh, aku sempat naik bas ke Zagreb ataupun Mostar di Bosnia. Aku sendiri tak sure lagi tapi tengok lah cemana keadaannya esok hari.

Dapat tiket aku jalan kaki menuju ke Old City Kotor. Aku dah book penginapan di Kotor untuk malam ni masa kat Hard Rock Podgorica tadi. Memang susah nak dapat yang murah last minit macam ni. Belasah je lah. Janji aku tak jauh dari station bas dan sempat nak explore Old City Kotor esok pagi !

Pergunungan yang meliputi kawasan persekitaran Kotor Bay

Cafe cafe

Jalan menuju ke Old City

Kotor Bay

Tak jauh pun jalan kaki, aku sampai di area Old City Kotor

Laluan pejalan kaki

Entrance masuk. 

Nasib baik nak masuk ke dalam ni free je.

Old City of Kotor...

Located along one of the world’s most beautiful bays is Kotor, a city of traders and famous sailors, with many stories to tell.

Kotor is situated on the southeastern part of Boka bay, on a foothill of the mountain Lovcen. The area of community of Kotor is 355 km2. Kotor is cultural, educational, economical an sport center of this area.

As the only fiord on the Mediterranean, Boka Kotorska was added to the list of twenty five the most beautiful bays in the world in July 2000, the others being mainly in Scandinavia. Kotor is situated on the southeast end of Boka Kotorska. The history of Kotor can be traced to the most ancient times. In the surrounding caves there have been found various tools and ceramics witnessing humane existence from the Neolithic period, as well as drawings on the walls of the cave at Lipci near Risan.

For its unique mixture of different cultures, Kotor entered the list of the world cultural heritage under the protection of the UNESCO. In the past, the most developed industry in this area was trade and maritime affairs. Seafarers used to bring different products from overseas which they would exchange for the goods they were in need of. In that way Kotor became one of the most important trading centres in this part of the Adriatic coast.

The Old City of Kotor is a well preserved urbanization typical of the middle Ages, built between the 12th and 14th century. Medieval architecture and numerous monuments of cultural heritage have made Kotor land on the UNESCO’s World Natural and Historical Heritage Site list.

Through the entire city the buildings are intersected by narrow streets and squares. Cathedral of Saint Tryphon (Sveti Tripun) is at the center of one of these squares, and it’s a monument of Roman culture and one of the most recognizable symbols of the city.

The Church of Saint Luke (Sveti Luka) from the 13th century, Church of Saint Ana (Sveta Ana) from the 12th century, Church of Saint Mary (Sveta Marija) from the 13th century, Church of the Healing Mother of God (Gospe od Zdravlja) from the 15th century, the Prince’s Palace from the 17th century and the Napoleon’s Theatre from the 19th century are all treasures that are part of the rich heritage of Kotor. Carnivals and festivals are organized each year to give additional charm to this most beautiful city of the Montenegrin littoral.

Dan ni antara bangunan bangunan yang kelihatan di dalam kawasan Old City Kotor.

Old City of Kotor

Clock Tower

Bangunan bangunan lama

Sedikit berbeza dengan Old Town di Budva. Old City di Kotor ni nampak lebih luas dan suasananya sedikit berbeza.

Banyak restoran dan cafe cafe di buka ketika malam

Salah satu bangunan penting. Gereja lama.

Gereja lain

Ada banyak museum

Dan bangunan yang lain

Fokus aku sebenarnya nak cari penginapan yang aku dah tempah tu. Dalam suasana malap di Old City of Kotor tu memang payah nak cari. Signage pun semua kecik kecik je. 

Lagi kena ikut laluan yang kecik dan lorong lorong yang suram.

Cari laluan

Jumpa pulak orang ramai ramai nak menonton show

Sampai membawa aku keluar dari kawasan Old City ni. Dah terkeluar dari entrance

Berhenti jap carik napas sambil cuba cuba menikmati pemandangan.

Berhenti study map jap. Maybe aku dah terlepas lorongnya or termiss dan tak nampak signange. Memang penginapan aku dalam area Old City tu sendiri so aku kena patah balik dan start semula mencari.

Yakin boleh ! Letih ni. Dan paling penting.. aku lapar ! Satu hari tak makan hari ni.

Gigih aku mencari dan memerhati setiap lorong kecik kecik dalam kawasan ni. Tup tup................

Hah ! Ni dia ha............ aiyo... lorong sempit gila.

Palazzo Drusko. Ini lah penginapan aku malam ni. Kira ni hotel paling mahal aku book sepanjang trip ni. 50 euro gak lah. Nasib lah sebab tak de choice dah.

Rasa macam membazir gak bayar penginapan mahal mahal walhal aku nak tidur kejap je. 

Tapi kehadiran aku di sambut mesra oleh staff di sini yang memang tengah tunggu aku sampai. Layan borak borak jap then dia bagi aku bilik.

Tengok pada setting dalaman hotel ni memula aku rasa macam oldies gila... memang sesuai la dengan lokasi dia dalam Old City di sini....

Tengok keadaan bilik terus rasa macam kembali ke zaman silam ! 

Decoration dia lain dari yang lain !

Single bed

Ruang just enough for one pax. Nak solat pun muat muat je

Ada TV, aircond etc

Bathroom. 

Paip dia siap kaler gold.. cas cas mewah

Sinki

Located in a 600-years-old stone house formerly owned by Montenegrin nobility, Palazzo Drusko Deluxe Rooms is 150 metres away from St. Tryphon's Cathedral in Kotor and offers air-conditioned accommodation. Free WiFi access is provided.

Spacious rooms here are individually decorated in traditional style with 150-years-old furniture, stone wall and wooden elements combined with ornamental patterns. Each comes with a flat-screen satellite TV. The private bathrooms are fitted with a shower or a bath. Every room is equipped with an authentic radio supported with traditional music from this region, that gives you specific feeling of being in Old Town Kotor.

A shared kitchen is at the guests' disposal at Deluxe Rooms Palazzo Drusko. Various café bars and restaurants can be found within 200 metres from the guesthouse. The property is 300 metres away from the sea.

Various historic sights can be found in the UNESCO-protected Kotor Old Town, where the guesthouse is located. The Lovćen National Park can be reached in 18 km. Tivat Airport is 7.5 km away from the guesthouse.

Free public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is not possible).

Palazzo Drusko Deluxe Rooms,

Adress: Stari Grad 484,

Kotor 85539, Montenegro,

contact: +382 32 325 257, email: palazzodrusko@gmail.com

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Aku recommend sesapa ada duit lebih skit boleh menginap sini, memang feel dia agak lain..... Hotel paling mahal tapi paling best. Tilam pun empuk er.

Aku suka ! Dan hotel ni memang dapat rating yang bagus di trip Advisor.

Dah la sampai sampai tersedia air lemon... Kasi hilang dahaga...

View dari bilik aku. Buka tingkap bunyi bising sikit lah muzik kat bawah tapi tutup tingkap OK

Settle mandi dan bersihkan diri.. aku turun semula. Kali ni misi nak cari makanan ! Aku lapar.......

Jalan jalan pusing keliling kawasan Old City ni semula...

Jalan pusing pusing, sambil belek menu menu yang ada. Tak jumpa yang menarik yang aku boleh cuba. Aku nak nasik ! Macam dah lama tak makan nasi.....

Tak jumpa. 

Last sekali balik ke hotel tu aku tanya minah kat front desk, dia kata semua resto ada nasi, nasi di panggil 'Risotto'.

Suka hati. Aku singgah resto depan penginapan aku tu je dan tanya tanya. Dia kata boleh buatkan aku Risotto Vege.. ! Aku suka hati.....................

Tunggu nasi siap

Hoyeh. Dapat nasi, naik bilik dan makan dengan sambal ikan bilis. Nikmat tahap dewa dewi....

Nasi tu di gaul dengan tomato.. Tak pedas tapi harga 7 euro ! Hmmm nasib la nasi tu banyak so aku boleh makan 2 kali.

Dah makan, kenyang. Lupakan segala keindahan duniawi.

Aku tak sabar sabar nak tidur dan bermimpi masuk ke alam Medieval, pakai jubah dengan pedang nak bertarung merebut Princess of Kotor !

Ah !! Dasar pengotor... Tak jadi lah. Baik aku tidur.

Kroh ! Kroh ! Kroh !

bersambung..............