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Boasting beautiful beaches along its stunning coastline, Montenegro’s beauty ranges from verdant pine-clad mountains, clear glacial lakes, and crystal clear Adriatic waters lapping against historic walled coastal towns.
A small but immensely beautiful European country, little-discovered Montenegro enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate with over 200 sunny days a year, a 300km long, picturesque Adriatic coastline with more than 100 wonderfully unspoilt beaches, a rugged mountainous interior, and a wealth of well-preserved historic walled towns, traditional villages and rural hamlets.
Just south of Croatia, Montenegro, or Crna Gora (Black Mountain), as it is known locally, has a rich history with the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Ottoman Turks all leaving their mark, plus a distinctive Venetian influence in Budva, Herceg Novi and the UNESCO listed Kotor.
Our hotels in Becici, near historic Budva, are perfect to combine with Dubrovnik for a two centre holiday.
Cuisine
For a relatively small country Montenegro has a wide range of culinary offerings as numerous historic occupiers have left their culinary marks. The results are a fascinating fusion of quite exotic flavours; always using high quality, fresh, often organic, produce. There is Austro-Hungarian influenced goulash and satarash, Italian pasta and polenta dishes, and moussaka, burek and baklava; all traced back to Turkey.
Along the Adriatic coast the emphasis is on a healthy, light diet with delicious freshly caught fish and seafood, lots of extra virgin olive oil and an abundance of fresh fruits. Further inland cuisine is more hearty and wholesome, the exceptionally fertile lake region is home to the country’s wine production, and Lake Skadar is well renowned for its freshwater fish.
Boasting beautiful beaches along its stunning coastline, Montenegro’s beauty ranges from verdant pine-clad mountains, clear glacial lakes, and crystal clear Adriatic waters lapping against historic walled coastal towns.
A small but immensely beautiful European country, little-discovered Montenegro enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate with over 200 sunny days a year, a 300km long, picturesque Adriatic coastline with more than 100 wonderfully unspoilt beaches, a rugged mountainous interior, and a wealth of well-preserved historic walled towns, traditional villages and rural hamlets.
Just south of Croatia, Montenegro, or Crna Gora (Black Mountain), as it is known locally, has a rich history with the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Ottoman Turks all leaving their mark, plus a distinctive Venetian influence in Budva, Herceg Novi and the UNESCO listed Kotor.
Our hotels in Becici, near historic Budva, are perfect to combine with Dubrovnik for a two centre holiday.
Cuisine
For a relatively small country Montenegro has a wide range of culinary offerings as numerous historic occupiers have left their culinary marks. The results are a fascinating fusion of quite exotic flavours; always using high quality, fresh, often organic, produce. There is Austro-Hungarian influenced goulash and satarash, Italian pasta and polenta dishes, and moussaka, burek and baklava; all traced back to Turkey.
Along the Adriatic coast the emphasis is on a healthy, light diet with delicious freshly caught fish and seafood, lots of extra virgin olive oil and an abundance of fresh fruits. Further inland cuisine is more hearty and wholesome, the exceptionally fertile lake region is home to the country’s wine production, and Lake Skadar is well renowned for its freshwater fish.