The Ladder of Cattaro (Venetian for Kotor), is a series of switchbacks that go up the Scurda Canyon alongside the fortress overlooking Kotor. It was built as a mule track, connecting Kotor to Njegusi and Cetinje (former the royal capital of Montengro).
It’s not a difficult hike, but it’s a lot of constant plodding steadily uphill, always just a couple of feet from a plunging edge, but spectacular views.
We stopped at the Sveti Juraj chapel and tested our Latin skills counting the engravings to determine when the church was built (what do you mean 9 can be either VIIII or IX?).
We did not make it to the summit, but we did climb significantly higher than the top of St John’s fortress, and had quite the view during our lunch stop. On our way back we stopped a a local house for local beer, cheese, bread and raki.
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