Old Bar and Ulcinj

Pregled

This tour guides you to the most southern part of the coast, which is an area of specific merging of natural beauty and the best human creation trough centuries. Visit Old towns, religious buildings and one of the most beautiful sand beaches of Montenegro.

The Old Town of Bar is located at the bottom of Rumija mountain, on the steep cliff unapproachable by three sides. It originates from the era when Slavs first came to the Balkan Peninsula. In the Old Town, besides bars, restaurants and gift shops, you will have an opportunity to visit:St. Jovan’s church, customs office with museum setting, the Turkish Bathroom, the Clock Tower, the Citadel, Aqueduct and many other cultural and historical monuments.

Ulcinj is situated at the very south of the Mediterranean coast and has the same longitude as Barcelona and Rome. In the famous pirate town where glorious Cervantes was imprisoned, you will have an opportunity to visit, among other, the Old Town and a complex of museums (the Ethnology museum with a rich collection of displays and church-mosque transformed into a museum with archaeological artifacts), the foundations of St. Maria/St. Marco church, the cistern, Turkish gunpowder room, the mansion called Venezia and the castle of Balsic royalty. After discovering the history of Ulcinj, you will have some free time at your disposal to have lunch аs well as to take a swim and relax on the Little Beach, situated beneath the Old Town.

The trip starts at 8:00 am from Herceg Novi. We take the ferry and pass through Budva, with the first photo break around 9:30 am just above the famous town-hotel peninsula of Sveti Stefan. Arrival at the Old Town of Bar is planned around 10:30 am, where you will have 2 hours at your disposal to explore. Around 1:45 pm we arrive in Ulcinj to visit the Old Town and the sandy beach beneath it, with free time available to enjoy at your own pace. Departure from Ulcinj is at 4:30 pm, with return to Herceg Novi planned around 7:00 pm.