Free walking tours in Kotor
The best free walking tours in Kotor with local guides
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How Kotor's Old Town walks work, and what you pay
A free walking tour in Kotor costs nothing up front. You book a spot on GuruWalk without paying and without a credit card, walk the lanes of the Old Town with a local guide, and decide at the end how much the time was worth to you.
Many set off from the Sea Gate, the Venetian-style main gate, and the Clock Tower, St. Tryphon's Cathedral, the Maritime Museum and Cat Park come up on most routes, in an order each guide chooses. A typical route is about 700 metres long, and a walk lasts an hour and a quarter on average. 5 local guides take turns at it, and Kotor's tours have earned more than 3,560 reviews and an average of 4.9 out of 5.
Legends and medieval tales of Kotor's Old Town
Essential Kotor: the Clock Tower, St. Tryphon's and the Maritime Museum
The essential Kotor tours tell the Old Town through its legends and medieval history: the dark secrets of the Clock Tower, a controversial medieval figure at Palata Beskuća, the noble family behind the palace that now holds the Maritime Museum. You can choose between 5 free walking tours of this kind, rated 4.9 out of 5 across 3,523 reviews.
Most of these walks take in the Clock Tower, Pima Palace, St. Tryphon's Cathedral, the Maritime Museum and Cat Park, and many also pass the Sea Gate, the Square of the Arms and Saint Luke's Church. Some leave the Old Town through the River Gate, also called the North Gate.
Sea Gate to Cat Park: Kotor's walking route stop by stop
Every guide in Kotor picks their own order, and not every walk includes every stop. When these stops do come up, they usually fall in this sequence:
- Sea Gate, the main gate, Venetian in style, where many tours begin.
- Clock Tower, a symbol of Kotor that guides say keeps a few dark secrets.
- Square of the Arms, where you hear how the town defended itself in the medieval wars.
- Palata Bizanti, home of the family that mattered most in Kotor for centuries.
- Palata Beskuća, tied to a controversial medieval figure.
- Pima Palace, a stop for its art and architecture.
- St. Tryphon's Cathedral, a stop guides tell you not to miss.
- Maritime Museum, in the Grgurin Palace, and the story of one more noble family.
- Saint Luke's Church.
- Old Fountain Karampana, which guides keep as a surprise.
- Cat Park, near the end of the route.
- Church of St. Mary Collegiate, with the story of a woman who became the town's protector.
Some walks finish by leaving through the River Gate, the North Gate, and some guides fit in the Church of St. Nicholas or the Franciscan church of St. Clare. A typical route in Kotor is about 700 metres long, and the walks take one to one and a half hours.
Meeting on Trg od Oružja: questions about Kotor's tours
Who sets the price of a walk through Kotor's Old Town?
Free tours in Kotor don't have a fixed price. At the end, each person contributes to the guide the amount they consider fair based on their satisfaction. As a guideline, GuruWalk recommends between €15 and €50 per participant.
How much time should you set aside for Kotor's Old Town on foot?
A free walking tour in Kotor takes an hour and a quarter on average: one hour at the shortest and an hour and a half at the longest, over a typical route of about 700 metres.
From what time can you join a walk in Kotor's Old Town?
In November, the first walking tour in Kotor sets off at 10:00 AM and the last at 10:00 AM. The booking page of each tour lists its own times. Kotor's walks are led in English, and some also in Spanish.
Where do Kotor's walking tours meet?
Most Kotor walks meet on Trg od Oružja, the Square of the Arms. Your booking gives the exact meeting point of your tour.
Since Kotor's Old Town route is short, do you need a guide at all?
Yes, you can walk Kotor's Old Town alone: a typical route is under a kilometre. What you would miss are the stories, from the noble families of Palata Bizanti and the Grgurin Palace to the woman who became the town's protector at the Church of St. Mary Collegiate, and a local guide costs nothing to book. Groups have limited places, so reserve ahead; no card is needed.
