northern gate

This was the gate closest to my guest house in Old Town and gave one the sense of entering a true fortified town more than the main gate off the main road. Unfortunately, the smell of sewage coming off the river flowing under the entrance was a disappointment.

Most tourists enter the walled Old Town of Kotor through the western gate. It is also called Vrata od Mora or the Sea Gate and is the largest in town. Built in 1555 in renaissance style, it has a vaulted ceiling inside. Graced with cannons just in front of the entrance, two sturdy columns frame the main entrance, the one of the right was used to moor ships. Just above the door the date 21 Nov 1944 refers to when the town was liberated after WW2. As you walk through the arch, on your left is tourist information and on your right a 15thC relief showing Christ with St Triphon on one side and St Bernard on the other.

Absolutely essential to enter through the main gate.....and leave the same way I thought. Enter in the busy throng of tourists and head the way there is the least foot traffic and head back out to Kotor the same way you are faced with the port and enormous cruise ships.....it just seems wrong!

We deliberately avoided the Sea Gate and walked around the side of the walls to the north and around the more modern car park to access the Northern Gate as our point of entry. This allows you some great sights of the walls and the rivers running down this northern edge. You may miss this beautiful side of the old town if you enter and exit the walls through the Sea Gate and that would be a travesty. The water running down the edge is crystal clear and with the sun shining the moss is a delightful colour green. It leads straight into the built up compact Old Town and offers the chance here also to climb up onto the walls. It was great entering and immediately being channelled through the small tight walkways and we wound our way through this beautiful town. The Northern gate is a must as it offers something different to the Sea Gate. It was also fairly quiet, and we were off a cruise, so it allowed you a bit of peace as you explore. The views up the side of the mountain above are also excellent. Try entering this way. We still headed through the town and left via the Sea Gate so didn't miss much. Just wish we hadn't stopped so much as being on limited time we would have loved to have spent more time just wandering around Kotor.

This is the prettiest entry into Kotor old Town, its little bridge over the moat has the most wonderful views of the town fortresses which can be climbed (if you are up to it).

Kotor is a great place considering how the people build the old walls and so on. This gate is part of that surrounding walls and is is very good condition.

The Old Town of Kotor has several entrances into the city - the main gate opens up to the port. The Northern gate is at the side. It's one of the nicer entrances surrounded by water and huge stone towers. It's lovely and a great picture opportunity. The only not so nice thing is that the water below sometimes has a bad smell, and one can see things thrown about - it's a shame really.

The gates are an interesting photo op with its relief and signage. It's difficult in the high daytime to get a picture without other people standing in front of the gate. Kotor's walled section is not that big and seeing all the gates should take no more than one hour as you wander the streets. The biggest time draw will be how much time you spend in souvenir shops.

Be sure to check out all of the Gates to the Old City. This one was our favorite. During our visit we asked a local where to eat and they sent us to "Fortuna" a small eatery a few minutes walk from the Old City and across from the Mall. We felt like natives eating at this popular inexpensive restaurant away from the tourist crowd. Ask anyone for directions they all seemed to know it.

We trusted our photographer, we gave him the destiny and the history of our wedding day. He is a local guy, brought us here, where the picturesque rocks looking up to the sky, beautiful and chrystal clean water.We were happy on that bridge and some tourists made pictures of us.Moreover this bridge can help you to reach the big parking place where for example Villa Duomo hotel has its private parking.From that bridge you can enter the city and see the cats square near the church) If you are in Kotor take a few minutes to walk there))Pictures soon)

One of three original gates to gain access to the city, with the other two being the Sea Gate (main), and Gurdic Gate (south) being the oldest. The main gate is the town entrance, and this gate being the opposite or north end of town.

Beautiful bridge and walls. Check out the Fish Bastion restaurant right to your left.

Casi no es una opción: para entrar a la ciudad amurallada, hay que pasar por acá. Y la verdad es que es muy lindo.

旧市街を北門からでると、生活感のある場所に出ます。この雰囲気は、コトルがドブロブニクと違って日常の生活に近い感じがして、個人的に好きです。また、門を出たところの川はとても綺麗で、複雑な形の水門？の古い感じとのコントラストがよかったです。

Este acesso a Kotor, com longa pontezinha de pedestres exterior e as muralhas em si, muito utilizado para os que chegam a cidade por carro particular, já vai anunciando que se vai adentrar a uma pérola do turismo na Europa. No lado interior a cidade sonho começa a se revelar com fonte, com a igreja de Sta Maria e o principal acesso as muralhas.