Fascinada

Joining in this longest-running festival, which has been going on for over 500 years will help you become a part of this gorgeous place's rich cultural past!! Fascinada is held at Perast, a small town on the Bay of Kotor, and honors Our Lady of the Rocks, a church on a man-made island just off the coast. Its purpose is to commemorate the founding of a centuries-old man-made island church.

Each year, as the sun sets on July 22nd, a convoy of ornately painted fishing boats travels along the coast and out to the island, accompanied by local acapella singers. When they arrive on the island, they hurl rocks into the sea to symbolize the island's resistance against the ocean's might. The whole thing is a beautiful and authentically Montenegrin experience! Fascinada is unique in that it invites the entire town to take part. Every family's men row their boats to the island, while the women wave them off from the beach.

When: July

Where: Perast