Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay Resort
Donji Stoliv, Kotor, Montenegro · 5-star Hotel
Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay Resort in photographs
When to go
The cheapest month we have found is December, at around USD 246 a night - 0% against what this hotel usually asks.
Where to book
- Book on Booking.com - Free cancellation options, guest reviews and a familiar checkout.
- Hotel website - Photos, facilities and location.
Our notes
Montenegro's first Hyatt, on the quiet side of the bay
Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay Resort opened in 2023 as the brand's first hotel in Montenegro, taking over the former Blue Kotor Bay resort in Donji Stoliv. It sits right on the water on the Vrmac peninsula, the green ridge that splits the inner bay, across from the cliffs of Orjen and away from the cruise-ship crowds of Kotor's old town. The resort is low-rise and spread along its own waterfront: a long infinity pool lined with palms, a pebble beach, a stone promenade with steps straight into the sea, and a private pier where boats can pick you up for the bay.
Rooms are calm and light, with balconies onto the water and the mountains. Guests rate it well: 9.0 from 1,918 reviews on Booking.com and 4.5 from 1,376 on Google Maps (read October 2026). Booking.com still files it under its old Blue Kotor Bay name.
The area
The Bay of Kotor - Boka Kotorska - winds some 28 kilometres inland from the Adriatic between limestone walls that rise almost straight out of the water, which is why it is so often called Europe's southernmost fjord, although it is really a drowned river canyon. Illyrians, Romans, Byzantines and, for almost four centuries, the Republic of Venice all held it, and the Venetian stone towns along its shore are why the whole bay has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.
Kotor itself is the walled old town at the far end of the inner bay: a knot of marble lanes, squares and churches, the 12th-century Cathedral of St Tryphon at its heart. The walls climb the mountain behind it to the Fortress of St John, about 1,350 steps up - go at first light, before the heat and before the cruise ships unload, and the view down over the bay is the one on every postcard. Perast, a short drive along the shore, is the prettier and quieter of the two: a single waterfront of baroque captains' palaces, with boats out to Our Lady of the Rocks, a chapel on an islet that local sailors built up stone by stone.
Donji Stoliv sits on the Vrmac peninsula, the green ridge that divides the inner bay, opposite Perast and the cliffs of Orjen. It is a small, old seafaring village - walk up the old path through chestnut and olive trees to Gornji Stoliv, the half-abandoned upper village, for the view. Kotor's old town is about a quarter of an hour away by car or water taxi, Tivat and its marina at Porto Montenegro about 20 minutes, with Tivat airport close by.
What else to do: hire a boat or a kayak and explore the bay from the water; drive the serpentine road above Kotor - 25 hairpins - into Lovćen National Park to the Njegoš Mausoleum on its summit; head to the beaches of the Budva riviera on the open Adriatic; or make a day trip across the border to Dubrovnik. The best months are May, June, September and early October, when the water is warm and the crowds are thinner. July and August are hot and busy.
What it costs through the year
| Cheapest we have seen | USD 204 ≈ €182 |
|---|---|
| What it usually costs | USD 246 ≈ €220 |
| Dearest we have seen | USD 324 ≈ €290 |
| Times we looked | 7 |
| Gap between the two | 49% |
| Last checked | 2026-10-29 |