The Budva Old Town sits on a small rocky peninsula jutting into the Adriatic, surrounded on three sides by sea and connected to the mainland by a short causeway. The Venetian-era walls that encircle it are remarkably intact, and the narrow stone streets inside reward aimless wandering. The town's churches — including the Church of the Holy Trinity (Sveta Trojica) and the Church of St. John — are open to visitors and hold artworks that date back centuries.
At the tip of the peninsula stands the Citadela (citadel), the highest point of the old town's fortifications. From the walls you get an unobstructed view of the Adriatic and, on clear days, the coast stretching south toward Sveti Stefan. In summer the old town hosts the Budva Theatre City Festival, an open-air theatre event that has run since the 1980s and turns the historic spaces into stages. Even outside the festival, the old town is best explored in the morning or evening — the midday heat and tourist crush make it less pleasant in high summer.