For six centuries has the town that was built on the entrance to the Boka Kotorska Bay been "on guard" - the town of Herceg Novi. In time, the ramparts of the Mare Fortress, the Citadel, the Spanish Tower and Kanli Kula, which were built between the 14th and the 17th century have become covered with African palms, Australian eucalyptuses, cypresses, oleanders, cacti, agaves, magnolias, mimosas and hundreds of other exotic species, brought here from different corners of the world, by the sea captains of Herceg Novi. To protect themselves from pirate raids, in the 15th century the local population, fishermen, built the fortified settlement of Sveti Stefan on a reef. Five centuries later at the time when the settlement became deserted the houses were turned into hotel suites.	Boka Kotorska is the largest and most beautiful fyord on the Mediteranean. It penetrates into mountains about 28km. The beauty of Boka has fascinated many famous writers like Marguarite Yourcenar, George Bernard Shaw, Lord Byron and the nobel laureate Ivo Andric. Today, Boka Kotorska welcomes its visitors with beauty of its inlets and coves, the peace of its two islands, Sveti Djordjije (St. George) and Gospa od Skrpjela (Lady of the Rocks) and its old towns where every step is a pace through history.
			Not far from Herceg Novi lies the attractive Mamula Island which was one of Austro-Hungarian fortification.	The longest sandy beaches, especially the one on the estuary of the river Bojana into the Adriatic sea, take you away from urban life.