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Montenegro Location

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Montenegro is located on the west part of the Balkan Peninsula between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the west, the Republic of Serbia on the north and Albania on the south-east. Its south and south-west banks are bordering with the Adriatic Sea. Therefore, Montenegro belongs to southern Europe - the Mediterranean. More accurately it extends from the delta of Bojana River on the south to the mountain Kovaca on the north and from Sutorine near Herceg Novi on the west to Jablanica east of Rozaje on the east; that is between 41°52’ to 43°32’ north latitude and between 18°25’ and 20° east longitude. Therefore, the distance between the most southern and the most northern point is about 200km, by air, while it is 173km from the most western point to the most eastern point.

Relief
Montenegro is an extremely hilly-mountainous country in which are the highest and most inhospitable parts of the Dinara mountain system. The lower part of Montenegro is the narrow Adriatic seaside on the most southern part of the country, on the foothills of Orijen, Lovcen and Rumija. On the south-east, the Adriatic seaside with the valley of Bojana, through the Skadar Lake basin, the valleys of Moraca and Zeta, which deeply enter the inner part of the land. Through these valleys and basins pass the fertile and narrow plains of Montenegro: the Skadar basin, and the plains of Zeta and Bjelopavlic.

The capital of Montenegro is Podgorica

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Further, in the lower flow of Zeta River, 18km from Danilovgrad, at the merging point of the rivers Zeta, Moraca, Ribnica and Sitnica is situated the capital of Montenegro - Podgorica. Podgorica lays in the Zeta Plain at the attitude of 44m. Visiting Podgorica is an opportunity of getting acquainted with the city, which is intensely inhabited. It is expanding and has numerous economic, political, managing, cultural and educational institutions. Podgorica is a city of transit and business tourism. Within the city and in the surrounding there are many attractive locations for tourists. Most interesting are: Duklj archaeological locality with the remnants of the Basilica, temples, the church of Sveti Djordje under Gorica (9th-11th Centuries), Celije Piperska Monastery (12th century), the old Vezir bridge, Sahat-kula, landmark to partisans on Gorica and others. Outstanding cultural institutions are: City Museum, Natural Museums, Montenegro Post Museum, Marko Miljanov Landmark Museum and galleries: Art Gallery "Risto Stijovic", Petrovic Castle (Contemporary Art Centre), Art Pavillion, etc. Because of its location, road junction, railroad and the airport (Golubovci), it is an important transit center.

Montenegro - Adriatic Sea

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The Adriatic Sea (138,000 km²) is a part (gulf) of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the northwest southeast from the Otrant Gate to the Trieste Gulf, between the Balkan and the Apennine Peninsulas. The part of the Adriatic Sea that belongs to Montenegro extends from Prevlaka (Cape Ostro) to the delta of Bojana River (293km). It includes the inner waters of the Boka Kotorska Gulf and the territorial waters of the Montenegro seaside (11km from the shore to the open sea). Out of this border there are the international waters.
The Adriatic Sea Shore
By selective wave activity, at places of less resistant rocks, gulfs and beaches are formed. On the contrary, at places with more resistant rocks (lime), peninsulas are formed with outstanding rocky capes. The seaside region of Montenegro has very attractive areas and well known tourist places in the whole of the Adriatic. The most outstanding tourist areas in this part of Montenegro are the following Riviera: Herceg Novi, Kotor, Tivat, Budva, Bar and Ulcinj.

Herceg Novi Riviera

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Entering the Boka Kotorska Gulf, on its left shore, from Ostro Cape, Herceg Novi Riviera is formed, which is 21km long and spreads through the narrowest part of the Verige gorge near Kamenari. Also, across the Herceg Novi Gulf there is the largest part of the neighboring shore of the Lustica peninsula, which is also the part of the Herceg Novi Riviera. The first smaller tourist settlement of the left shore of the Herceg Novi Gulf is Njivice, a typical seaside settlement with a small and clear beach and crystal clear water. The road further leads to Igalo. Igalo is a well know rehabilitation centre of the north-west shore of the Topla Gulf (part of the Herceg Novi Gulf), in Boka Kotorska, in the foothills of Dobrostica. It has a beach 2km long. Nearby the delta of Sutorina there are springs with lightly radioactive mineral water.
The sea bed around Igalo is covered with sand and healing mud used for treating rheumatism. Herceg Novi is the largest city entering the Boka Kotorska Gulf.

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Igalo

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Herceg-Novi-City

Kotor Riviera

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Kotor Riviera begins at Verige gorge near Kamenari through to Risan, Perast, Kotor, Prcanj, to the other shore of Verige gorge between Stoliv and Lepetane. At the open see through Vrmac and Grvalj Peninsula, Kotor Riviera goes from Bigovo gorge to the Jaz beach near Budva.
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Kotor - world heritage
Kotor developed on the top of the gulf towards which the sea and land traffic moved; it was the place where the transports of wool, hide, meat, fat from inland and oil, wine, craft work and arms, from the sea met. The old city centre is turned towards the Adriatic Sea, it was built and reinforced during the rule of the Roman emperors Diocletian and Justinian. Kotor is twenty centuries old; the city is rich with cultural and historic landmarks. It is a unique "museum city". The heart of the old city has 12 small streets and is surrounded by walls. Kotor had 13 churches and 7 monasteries; there are only 10 churches nowadays. Kotor has about 14,000 inhabitants.

Tivat Riviera

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Tivat Riviera encircles the seaside area of Lepetane and Opatovo, and other smaller settlements near Tivat, Tivat polje, the Islands of Flowers, The Island Sveti Marko, Otokm area, Krtola, Krasici, Radovici and ends in the Treste gulf on the other side of the shore, otherwise, the largest part of the Lustica Peninsula west of the Treste gulf and Krtola area belong to the neighboring Herceg Novi Riviera. Tivat is on the shore of Tivat Gulf under the Kalac hill (396m). Today Tivat has about 12,000 inhabitants. Nearby is the airport, the only one on the Montenegro seaside.

Budva Riviera

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The Budva Riviera is among the most attractive on the Adriatic Riviera because of its indented area, long sandy beaches and vegetation. The Budva Riviera begins at the Jaz gorge and beach from the west and goes all the way to Canj, from the east side. Jaz and the Jaz beach is the border area of the Kotor and Budva Rivieras. Jaz is an almost straight beach, or rather slightly arched beach, 900m long and 25m wide. Sand granulation is 1-3mm, hence it is one of the best and most beautiful sand beaches at the Montenegro seaside.

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Budva
As the centre of the Budva Riviera, Budva represents the most developed economic centre, port and the place where road from Cetinje reaches the Adriatic highway. From ages ago it was very attractive for settlers, because of its location on the shore of a gulf, protected from cold north winds. Old Budva, a fortress city of rich past, was built next to the shore on small peninsula, which was developed by connecting the sand atolls with mainland. Today Budva is a modern tourist city with about 12,000 inhabitants. Surrounded by ancient walls, Budva successfully preserved numerous cultural and historic valuables, popular among the tourists. Within the old city there are numerous objects: a few towers, a watchtower, bastion, passes and steps.
Becici
Near Budva there is a small village of Becici. The tourist settlement near the shore has the same name. Becici beach is 1,500m long and 40m wide, and has a shape of a slight curve indented into the mainland. It consists of gray sand, granulation 1-10mm. In the years 1937 and 1971 it received a grand prize as the most beautiful beach in Europe at an international competition.

Bar Riviera

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Bar Riviera begins at the village Misice and the tourist settlement Canj on the west, all the way to Busat on the east. Its shore is about 46km long. From the Canj gorge on the north-west of the Riviera down south-east there are beautiful gorges with caves and pebble beaches and slightly sharps capes to Busat where the Lucien Riviera begins. The area around Bar Riviera is overgrown with olive trees and vegetable gardens with various fruits and vegetables. Along this Riviera there are the following settlements: Canj, Sutomore, Brca, Susanj, Bar, Stari Bar, Zaljevo, Ujtin potok, Nisici, Dobra Voda, Dubrava, Oecurice and Busat.
Bar
Passing the bridge over Zeljeznica River we reach Bar. Bar is a port and tourist city. It is the ending railroad station on the railroad Belgrade-Bar and is the seat of the Bar Riviera and the Bar municipality. It is divided into Stari Bar (Old Bar), Novi Bar (New Bar) and the port. Novi Bar is a modern city today, with about 22,000 inhabitants. Bar and the neighborhood have a 3km long sandy beach. The most attractive part of the beach is by the Ratac cape; but, like the rest of the Bar Gulf, it is endangered by the expansion of the city.

Ulcinj Riviera

Ulcinj Riviera is at the most southern part of the Montenegro seaside. It starts at Busat and ends with Ada Island and Bojana River, which borders with Albania. From Busat to Ulcinj the shore is indented by numerous shallow gorges, gulfs and rounded capes of steep rocky sides, rising from the sea. Beaches are mostly pebble and situated in gorges, well protected and difficult to reach. The seaside is overgrown by low conifer forests. Ulcinj is a city and a port south-east of Bar. It is situated on the most southern part of the Montenegro coast. It is located between the elevations Bijela Gora (289m) and Pinjece (108m); it is built amphitheatrically around the port, below the old part of the city with Turkish ramparts and towers. The sea area of Ulcinj is known for the most beautiful and longest sandy beaches on the Adriatic coast; while the surroundings with olive groves, orchards and fir forests give the area its beauty. Of the 32.7km of the Ulcinj coast, 18.1km is suitable for swimming and sunbathing.

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