WELCOME www.montenegro.travel Plavsko Lake, the River Lim dating from the 3rd century. welcome to springs from, enjoy the beauty! Even earlier, before the arrival Meet rare animal species that of the Romans, the Illyrian montenegro you can otherwise only find in queen Teuta chose Risan to books. be the seat of her empire. If Bordered by the clear sea, different opportunities even you should go to the place covered with white rocks, for the pickiest of quests. The If you come across Skadar Lake, where the river Zeta meets the sunlit by the Mediterranean summer season in Montenegro the largest one in the Balkans, river Moraæa you will see the sun, Montenegro is one of lasts from May until October you should know that you come remnants of the city of Doclea. the last European oases to – 180 days of swimming! And, to the last habitat of pelicans in In the 1st century AD, it was the which one can flow from the 240 sunny days during the year! Europe, the largest bird reserve seat of the Roman province of dynamic tempo of civilization Just ask yourself – on which in the old continent. Cruising south Dalmatia, and the remains and rest by the soft sound kind of beach would you like to the lake, you can see its of the forum, basilica, thermae, of the waves, the song of rest, on a sandy, pebble or stony indented shore, with numerous and villas testify to their crickets and the intoxicating beach? Perhaps on the same coves, isles and peninsulas. The power and importance. This scents of miscellaneous one the royal family used to lake shore is partly swampy, region named Doclea gained vegetation. However you reach swim long ago, on the ”Queen’s bordered by a wide area of its independence in 1040, and Montenegro, through whichever Beach” in Miloæer? Did you reeds, covered by a "carpet" of was one of the first independent ”door” you enter, you will know that the quality of the sand marsh vegetation, and partly states in the Balkans, and in encounter intact nature and be of the beaches of the Budvanska rocky, with the coves hidden in 1077 it became a Kingdom welcomed by hospitable, proud Riviera belong to the world’s the sheer rock of Rumija Mount. under the name of Zeta. and friendly people. highest category? You wouldn't come amiss if choose a discrete, Montenegrin roads will lead you The heir of the Zeta kings, If you arrive by plane, you will small beach in some sheltered to monasteries and churches that Øuraø Crnojeviœ, in 1494 see the snow covered mountain cove that can be reached only remember centuries, where you opened the first printing shop peaks and ”the mountain eyes”, by boat. If you prefer comfort will learn at least a fragment of in which ”Oktoih prvoglasnik” the Black Lake or one of the 17 on the beach, stay at the one of the rich historical and cultural was printed, the first book other lakes on the mountain of hotel beaches. You may choose heritage of Montenegro. in the Balkans printed using Durmitor, framed by meadows the city beach near the house These are the landmarks the Cyrillic alphabet. This and centuries-old forests, the that you have settled in, near between which decades of the was only forty years after deep canyons of clear rivers, your favourite cafe, where a turbulent life of a flourishing, Gutenberg invented printing including the deepest one in glass of cool refreshment will autochthonous Mediterranean or twenty years after the first Europe - canyon of the river always be waiting for you. culture lay. The coated facades book in English was printed in Tara… The landscapes that If you want to hide from the of Romanesque, Renaissance Westminster. have been included in the list of city crowds, walk to the beach and Baroque churches and the the World Natural Heritage by located by an olive grove in portals of patrician palaces Above the Boka Kotorska Bay UNESCO are also visible from Sutomore, or near a pine forest conjure up the past days and rises Lovœen Mountain, in the the airplane. You will also see in Petrovac, and in the coolness witness the rich and dramatic, foothills of which lies the old the foaming line of the Adriatic there, refresh yourself. Then but also glorious past. and new capital of Montenegro, coast and a dark blue sea of again, if you wish to completely the town of Cetinje. At the coves and bays. surrender to the sun and sea, go There is hardly a place in top of the 461 steps, at 1660 to the nudist beach Ada Bojana Montenegro that in this way meters above sea level, is the Arriving by ship, on the horizon or enjoy on the longest sandy or another, with a monument Njegoç mausoleum. It holds in front of you a picturesque beach on the Adriatic Sea, the or building, legend or some the earthly remains of Petar coast will appear - gentle, with one near Ulcinj, which was high-sounding name of a Petroviœ Njegoç poet, bishop sandy beaches and hundreds of rightly named The Long Beach. forest, peak or region, does and statesman. years old olive groves, but also not reflect the rich history of wild, with mountains which Whichever land route you this territory. Many conquerors The Montenegrin flag from the reach the sky as if guarding both choose to take to Montenegro, passed through this region, Vuæji Do battle (1876), with the coast and old towns. The by train or car, you will have many different nations came more than one hundred bullet medieval fortresses and church a unique opportunity to enjoy and left, leaving the traces holes in it, is preserved in the domes of coastal towns tell the magnificent scenery of intact of their culture and identity. National Museum in Cetinje passenger that he has reached nature, like Biogradska gora, This is why Montenegro is today. On that battleground the right destination, a peaceful the last remaining virgin forest an unusual combination of under the command of King harbour and resting place after in Europe, ”King’s Forest” in Europe, second in the world different civilizations. The Nikola, the superior army of a long journey. If you should and national park founded as after the Grand Canyon of the border between two worlds Muktar-pasha was defeated. dock in Kotor or Perast, you early as 1878 by King Nikola, Colorado River in America. If – East and West, was in this will be using the same moorings only six years after the United you wish to stop and rest – to very region, where the traces of In Montenegro, you will be used by the ships and yachts States of America had founded fill your lungs with clean air, Byzantium, Islam, Venice and greeted by people, who have of European kings and princes Yellowstone, the world’s first and your eyes with the beautiful Austria-Hungary are more or learned, through tradition, who have been enchanted national park. You will be able landscape, many belvederes or less visible. to respect a well-intentioned by the magnificent beauty of to see strong, fast and clear meadows located on plateaux, guest. You shall be welcomed Montenegro. rivers, which have been carving places of peace and serenity, are In Risan you can find a perfectly by people loyal to the country shady mountains for centuries, waiting for you… preserved Roman mosaic of they live in, loyal to the moral, Seventy-three kilometres of the creating vivid canyons. As On any one of the 18 lakes of Hypnos – The God of Sleep, customs and history. best combination of sun, sea and unique scenery, you will see the Durmitor Mountains, the coast - 117 beaches spread along the 1300 meter deep canyon of Black Lake, Vraæje or Zminje www.montenegro.travel the Montenegrin coast, offer the River Tara, the deepest one Lake…, or in Prokletije, on coAStAl montenegro Lord Byron and Bernard Shaw medieval ramparts and towers of have been thrilled by the the old coastal towns still guard Montenegrin coast, members the precious historical treasury, of royal families such as the monasteries, churches and English princesses Margaret and cathedrals of rare beauty and the former Italian king Umberto artistic value… It’s no wonder II of Savoy, Spanish princesses that some towns such as Kotor have visited it, famous film stars have been included in the list of such as Sophia Loren, Elizabeth World Cultural Heritage under Taylor and Kirk Douglas, and the protection of UNESCO. the most beautiful women in the world, such as Doris Day, The coastal towns of Claudia Schiffer, and Catherine Montenegro are full of life the Zeta Jones have strolled along whole year round – carnivals, its stone tiled streets. festivals, holidays: the Carnival in Kotor, the Mimosa Every coastal town of Festivities in Herceg Novi, Montenegro has its story the Sunæane skale festival and … Herceg Novi, a real Herceg Novi Film Festival, Mediterranean botanic garden, the Theatre City and the Song the town of carnivals and of the Mediterranean festival artists… Kotor, the town of in Budva… The New Year’s ancient sailors, builders and Eve celebrations on the streets scientists, a museum-town … of coastal towns remain in the Budva, the town of summer memory for a long time… theatres and festivals, the location of the most beautiful One hundred and seventeen beaches and night life… Ulcinj, beaches are lined along the the town where many cultures entire coast – sandy, pebble and meet, the most eastern ”west” rocky… We will mention only and most western ”east”… the well-known beach in Beæiœi, Montenegro is situated on the which was proclaimed the most Adriatic Sea, a small sea, but beautiful beach in Europe back large gateway to Europe… The in 1936 in Paris! Queen`s beach Bujovic`s palace BOKA KOTORSKA Perast Boka Kotorska is one of the most the same as Roman patricians, beautiful bay on the Mediter- whose villas used to adorn Risan.