Starting to plan our summer holiday options and, in a rare moment of family unity, we all seem to agree on Montenegro.
Any tips on places to stay, beaches to avoid, restaurants, etc, greatly received.
Had a week in Budva in 23, stayed at https://www.avalaresort.com/destination
Really good hotel, next to the old town which is great. Kotor Bay is stunning, another walled city like Budva, was in a Bond film, did a day trip on a boat from there which I would recommend highly. The airport is quite mad so get there in plenty of time on the way home!
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Tivat is a super tiny airport, we flew into there and took us a couple of hours to get through customs. Might be worth thinking about flying into Croatia and traveling over the border.
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Arriving was no drama but leaving was chaos !
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Did Montenegro last summer.
Stayed in Kotor Bay - PrÄanj specifically.
Beautiful.
Stunning.
but overall MNT has a strong Eastern European flavourā¦ English wasnāt hugely spoken in my experience. Infrastructure is still a WIP in placesā¦ our villa struggled with water a couple of days.
Food was okā¦ tricky for the vegans.
Lotta sausage in the supermarkets deli counters.
Never really found a decent bottle of wine but then I wasnāt looking too hardā¦ ā¬40 - ā¬60 for a rosĆ© in restaurants.
Really fucking hot.
Beaches in Kotor bay were pretty gravelly.
Again - deffo Eastern Europe flavourā¦ a light touch of the A$AP Rockyās in summertime 
We had to travel to Budva for some sand.
It was down a mad path that hadnt seen much by way of human intervention. Rustic.
Swerve the main beaches and keep going through the terrifying tunnel and pull a sharp right into the fortress-y bit
Nice day at the beach - beers, food yadda yadda at a decent bar but the two beach bars we went to played the worst musicā¦ ālive and localā being the best shorthand and it went on for fucking hoursā¦ accordions and slightly out of tune male vocalists.
It was definitely not Balearic.
Private boat trip to the blue caves was worth itā¦ they take you to a quieter bit thatās a better swim experience than the āpublicā tourā¦ worth the spend.
The ble carās worth it if itās a clear day.
Dodged Lake skadar - we had a lot of ānatural beautyā going on in Kotor and a longish drive didnāt really appeal.
Also due to my vertigo, disliking mountain roads and being the only fucking driver we swerved the serpentine roadā¦
TBH I really didnāt do muchā¦ read, sat by the pool, had a few dinners outā¦ Iām sure thereās much more to see, depends how busy you want to make yourself.
Bottom line:
It was my first holiday in 7 years and I really wanted a fly-and-flop number and didnāt quite get that, but thatās my fault.
Apologies if this is a negative vibeā¦ itās my honest experience of the visit and I did have a nice time - promise.
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Much appreciated, mate. Iād rather get an honest opinion. Thatās all very helpful.
Thanks x
We had an local-rent AirBnB on the bay of Kotor, very much cheap & cheerful option. Beautiful scenery. Swimming off the jetty (no beaches as such). Decent meals out, but all with some of the most incredible sunsets & settings. A disconcerting vibe ā looks like (stereotypical) Greece but with locals who act like (stereotypical) Russians but fine when you get used to it. Not rude just undemonstrative.
Old town lovely but gets crowded when the cruise ships pull in.
Hot as fuck.
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I didnāt even notice it was youā¦
Gizza bell if you want mate.
I did possibly paint a bleak picture of it, but it is jaw droppingly beautiful at Kotorā¦ just a bit gravelly on the beach front which comprise of funny little concrete jettys all round the bay.
There are some beach type beaches in Kotor / prcanj
Deffo fly into tivat as itās 20 mins to Kotor and thereās no passport control (if you fly to Dubrovnik thereās a big drive and borders)
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Thanks mate. Let me discuss with Donna and see what the latest is.
Hopeyou and the family are well x
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They use the euro rather than their own currency so easy for that stuff
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