Bursting at the seams with majestic mountains, breathtaking beaches and larger-than-life locals, minuscule Montenegro proves once and for all that good things do indeed come in small packages.
We made a spiritual visit to the monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog, who was buried here. From the monastery, and especially from the road leading to...
On the way from Durmitor National Park, we made an overnight stop at the city of famous local Nikšičko beer. Montenegro’s second-biggest city is located at the foot of Trebjesa Hill. Lively student city offers much cheaper entertainment than the tourist-populated bars of Budva. It’s also...
On the first day, we did a great full-day hike through the deep forest around the Black Lake (glacial lake, 1416 m). After the hike, we refreshed ourselves with local tasty Niksicko beer. This breathtaking national park was formed by glaciers and is traversed by rivers and underground...
We stopped for a while near the famous concrete Djurdjevica Tara Bridge. The bridge was built between 1937 and 1940 over one of the deepest canyons in the world, that time it was the biggest concrete arch bridge in Europe. It was blown up in 1942 by Partisan’s looking to block an Italian...
We made it through the narrow curvy road to the top and parked next to the lake, where we slept. In the morning we have enjoyed a nice hike around the lake and its virgin forest at Biogradska Gora National Park. It is the site of one of the last three large virgin forests in Europe. The...
We traveled in time back to socialism in the capital city of Montenegro – Podgorica. Given it’s undergone five name changes, passed through the hands of everyone from the Romans to the Turks to the Austro-Hungarians, and twice been wiped off the map entirely, it’s little wonder that...
We enjoyed great biking around the biggest lake in Southern Europe. The lake is located in Zeta – Skadar valley and is surrounded by mountains, two thirds of Skadar Lake lies in Montenegro and the rest is in Albania. The size of the lake varies from 530 to 370 km2, it is 44 km long and 14...
Our first Montenegro’s resting & partying place was a sandy beach near Ulcinj. In the morning we got in the city – one of the oldest settlements on the Adriatic coast. It was founded in the 5th century BC, later in 163 BC, it was captured by the Romans from the Illyrians...
The old town of Stari Bar resting on Londša hill, at the foot of Mount Rumija, in the southeast of Montenegro. The town has seen its fair share of troubles. Over the centuries it was taken over by the Venetians, the Serbians, the Hungarians, and the Ottoman Empire. The scene of a siege...
We arrived late at this small village of Petrovac. We did plan overnight near the beach, but we got stuck in some one-way roads on the way there, but helpful locals flexibly stopped all the traffic for some time that we could get out of there. Finally, we found a good parking place on the...