Perast is located twelve kilometers from Kotor and was once one of the most beautiful baroque towns on the Boka Kotorska. But the earthquake in 1979 left almost nothing but rubble and ruins.

Settlement in this region dates back to the Neolithic age. Archeologists date findings back to 3500 B.C.

The two small islands off the coast are Sveti Juraj and Gospa od Skrpjela. On Sveti Juraj is a Benedictine monastery; on Gospa od Skrpjela a baroque church built in 1630.