Bucket List 196: Montenegro!
The Road Travelled · Tales From Montenegro · Photos
Country 64/196: Montenegro. From fjord-like bays on its rugged coast to brutalist tower blocks in the quiet capital, to budget skiing deep in the interior, make the most of Montenegro before a relatively well-kept secret inevitably joins the EU and turns into nearby Croatia. Walled Kotor, although popular with colossal cruise ships, maintains its traditional charm while those who enjoy a capital city less travelled will have Podgorica all to themselves. For the best Scottish bar in the Balkans, head to McCloud’s for a Nikšićko or four.
The Road Travelled
Tales From Montenegro
It’s a Party in Podgorica!
July 25th, 2023 Google the least visited capital cities in Europe and this one is going to be right up there. Montenegro’s unheralded capital city Podgorica (pronounced pod-guh-reet-suh) attracts just 30,000 visitors yearly, less than the population of Llanelli (pronounced lla-nell-i), and it seems to have absolutely no interest in increasing that number. With few notable attractions or…
Merry Montenegro
July 23rd, 2023 When one mulls over festive getaway locations from which to ring in the big day, one might be forgiven for overlooking the diminutive Balkan nation of Montenegro. However, as the end of December neared, it is exactly where we found ourselves, in the Bay of Kotor to be precise, about ninety kilometres southeast of Dubrovnik.…
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Montenegro
Country: 64/196 Visited: Winter ’22/’23
