A splinter of Venice – a little tower, blue dome and red roofs – has seemingly drifted far down the Adriatic coast like an iceberg in white marble, and become lodged on the coast of Montenegro.
Our Lady of the Rocks looks absurdly out of place in Kotor Bay, a fjord in looks, if not technically in name. As I squint across blue water backed by stony mountains, this church looks like an act of defiance. Even the artificial island on which it sits challenges the waves.
I’m on a Balkans tour with Collette, a company that cleverly combines want-to-see sights with more unusual destinations that always prove interesting. There’s certainly plenty of the unusual in this part of Europe over the horizon from classic tourist stomping grounds.
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