Montenegro and surprising holidays mix well

Montenegro is a Balkan country with rugged mountains, medieval villages and a narrow strip of beaches along its Adriatic coastline. The Bay of Kotor, resembling a fjord, is dotted with coastal churches and fortified towns such as Kotor and Herceg Novi. Durmitor National Park, home to bears and wolves, encompasses limestone peaks, glacial lakes and 1,300m-deep Tara River Canyon.

Montenegro is a country with rich culture. Each town has its own story, so it can be quite challenging to decide where to go and what to see. We know the struggle, so our editors have made a list of TOP 5 must-visit places in Montenegro (listed down below).

As Montenegro’s busiest tourist destination, Budva is certainly a city that should be on every traveller’s list. Budva’s Old Town is a Venetian maze of cobblestone streets, anchored by the 15th century citadel.

A tourist Mecca, Budva comes alive in the summer months. Beautiful and modern-equipped beaches offer an unforgettable atmosphere. Excellent hotels, villas and apartments attract tourists to spend their vacation there.
Due to its good location, you can travel to any other place from Budva in relatively short amount of time.

Have breakfast somewhere on the Riviera, swim along the coast, as Budva has some of the most popular beaches (Mogren, Becici, Fine Sand, Jaz, Trsteno, Sveti Stefan, Budva), enjoy your lunch at National Park Lovcen or Skadar Lake, and finally allow Montenegro to show you its other side, by going on a hike in the grandiose mountains of Durmitor National Park.

One of the most striking natural features in Montenegro, soaring Mount Lovcen is capped by two mammoth peaks of granite. Part of the Mount Loven National Park, the mountain inspired Montenegro’s name and is a symbol of national pride. Climbs to the top of Mount Lovcen offer panoramic vistas of the fortified city of Kotor, the surrounding hills and the Bay of Kotor. With its circular viewing platform, the nearby Njegos Mausoleum is a destination for sightseers as well as for those who want to pay their respects to the poet and philosopher buried there. Petar II Petrovic-Njegos is beloved for writing “The Mountain Wreath,” Montenegro’s national epic poem.

Located to the northwest of Kotor and sharing the same gorgeous fjord-like bay, pretty Perast is a small town notable for it stone-crafted villas and historic churches. Two of the city’s picturesque chapels are situated on tiny islets, Our Lady of the Rocks and St. George. Back onshore, the Church of St. Nikola is worth a visit for the pleasant views that a climb up to the belfry offers of the town and bay. While there’s no beach in this bay-front city, the stone jetties along the waterfront are popular places for sunbathing and relaxing.

The main Montenegro attraction is Kotor:

During the visit to Kotor you should, by all means visit the fortress St. John (Sveti Ivan). It is situated above the bulwarks of the Kotor’s Old town. Climbing up to the fortress St. John or as people from Kotor like to call it San Giovanni, starts with the serpentines from the east part of the Old Kotor, which go to the very top of the fortress on 280 m above sea level. Before you set yourself to climb towards the fortress we suggest that you take your camera with yourself, because the pictures of Kotor and bay of Boka Kotorska, which you will see, can not be described in words, but instead they have to be first, experienced, and then noted, pictured. While you are climbing you can enjoy the sights of the Old town of Kotor.

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85356 Bar / Utjeha
MONTENEGRO
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