Three-star hotel on the main square of Kotor's UNESCO-listed Old Town, with a terrace restaurant, bar, free Wi-Fi and air-conditioned rooms steps from the fortress.
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Hotel Rendez-Vous is a three-star hotel set right on the main square of Kotor's UNESCO-protected Old Town, ringed by the churches of St Luka, St Nikola and St Ozana. It is a small, central property that guests reward above all for its position, scoring the location a standout 9.4 across 730 reviews.
Rooms are decorated in pastel shades with hardwood floors and air conditioning, and many look onto the main square and the surrounding historic buildings. The range runs from a compact single and economy double through twins and triples to a spacious suite with city view and a self-contained studio with its own kitchenette.
Downstairs there is a restaurant serving Adriatic seafood and Montenegrin dishes, with a bar and a terrace set directly on the square. Free Wi-Fi, rated 9.2 by guests, reaches the rooms, and an airport shuttle to nearby Tivat can be arranged on request. Free parking is available at a nearby location.
Hotel Rendez-Vous has eight room types, from 10 to 30 square metres, spanning a single, an economy and standard double, a twin, two triples, a suite and a studio. They share the same character: air conditioning, pastel-shaded décor and hardwood floors in the heart of the Old Town.
What sets them apart is the outlook and the layout. Several rooms look directly onto the main square and the churches around it, the two fourth-floor triples trade a short climb for extra space, and the Suite with City View adds a separate bedroom. At the top of the range, the studio brings a kitchenette and a living area with sofa beds for guests who want to settle in.
For a small city hotel, Hotel Rendez-Vous covers the essentials well. Every room is air-conditioned and has a private bathroom with a bath or shower, free toiletries, a hairdryer and slippers, while free Wi-Fi — rated 9.2 by guests — reaches throughout.
The social heart is downstairs: a restaurant with a terrace on the main square, a bar, a coffee house and continental breakfast, with room service and breakfast in the room also available. Reception handles private check-in and check-out, daily housekeeping, luggage storage, laundry and car hire, and can arrange an airport shuttle to Tivat. Bicycle rental, a garden and an outdoor dining area round out the stay, and there is free parking at a nearby location.
Kotor sits at the head of its dramatic bay, and the nearest airport is Tivat, roughly nine kilometres away by road and about fifteen minutes by car; Hotel Rendez-Vous can arrange a shuttle on request, which saves haggling with taxis on arrival. Larger international gateways are further out — Dubrovnik in Croatia is around 55 kilometres and just over an hour by road, though the border crossing can add time, while Podgorica is about 75 kilometres and an hour and a half. Kotor's bus station is within a 500-metre walk of the hotel and links the town to Budva, Tivat and beyond. Once you are inside the walls there is no need for a car at all: the Old Town is entirely pedestrian, and the hotel is on the central square, so everything is reached on foot. Bear in mind the property has only free parking at a nearby location, so arriving by car is the least convenient option in high season.
The whole Old Town is the attraction, a maze of stone lanes and squares wrapped in Venetian-era walls. From the hotel you are steps from the North Gate, the Sea Gate and the Clock Tower, and a short walk from St Tryphon's Cathedral. The classic effort is the climb to St John's Fortress, whose long stone staircase switchbacks up the hillside to sweeping views over the bay — best tackled early morning or late afternoon to dodge the heat and the cruise-ship crowds. Kotor Beach and the waterfront promenade are a few minutes north, and boat trips out onto the bay leave from the marina nearby. May, June and September bring the mildest weather; July and August are hot and busiest, when day-trippers pour in, so an early start pays off. Evenings, once the crowds thin, are the best time to wander the lamplit squares.
