THINGS TO DO
In and Around Budva
- Walk to the beach--it's 10 minutes from the hostel. There you can go cliff jumping, kayaking, scuba diving, snorkelling, jet skiing, bungee jumping, water skiing, or just relax.
- Stroll around Budva's Old Town founded in the 6th century BC. It's the oldest settlement in the Eastern Adriatic and Montenegro's most beautiful.
- Walk from Sveti Stefan to Milocer where you'll find the palace of the Yugoslav King and an 18 hectare nature preserve which surrounds Montenegro's most beautiful beaches.
- Enjoy Montenegro's best nightlife, particularly in summer where bars line the beach from Old Town to the next town.
- Go the the many summer festivals in Budva, Kotor, Petrovac and Perast.
- Become a PADI-certified scuba diver. The instructor can pick you up at the hostel and bring you to the dive site. Or just do a one day introduction to diving for 50 euros.
Day and Half-Day Excursions
- Head to Kotor (a 30 minute bus ride), walk around Old Town (a UNESCO world heritage site) and hike to the fortress on top of the mountain. It's must do half-day trip.
- Visit Perast. The Venetian era town is gorgeous but the main attractions are the two tiny islands easily accesible by taxi-boat. Facing each other, one houses an Orthodox church and the other, which is man-made, a Catholic church.
- Ostrog Monastery: take a day trip to the monastery embedded into the side of a mountain. See the sock-wearing ghost of the monk who founded Montenegro's holiest shrine.
- Skadar Lake: go bird watching, wine tasting and hiking at the biggest lake in the Balkans and Europe's largest bird sanctuary.
- Biogradska Gora: one of the last 4 remaining virgin forests in Europe. At the top of the mountain range you can see glacier covered mountains stretching all the way to Albania. Even the drive there lets you see spectacular scenery. We have several pictures on the website.
- Cetinje: visit the medieval capital high in the mountains yet just 30 minutes drive from Budva. The architecture and laid-back atmosphere are the atrractions here. Also, check out the finger of John the Baptist, one of only 12 in the world.
- Rijeka Crnojevica is the most beautiful town in Montenegro, next to Budva, of course. Few tourists go to this ancient town which is famous for its bridge that you see on all bottles of Montenegro's Plantaze wine. Sitting near the mouth of the river that opens to Skadar, millions of lily pads along the lazy river are pure tranquility for weary travellers.
- Dubrovnik is a spectacular 3 hour bus ride away. Leave in the morning and the bus takes you all the way around Kotor's fjord before arriving in Dubrovnik. A bus returns in the evening leaving plenty of time to see all of the Old Town.
- Albania!!! Yes, you can do it in a day. There is a great one day tour through a local agency (click here for more info) which has stops in Shkoder, Durres and Tirana. It's 60 euros and includes the border tax. This excursion begins in May.
- Rafting in Tara Canyon, Europe's deepest canyon, can be done as a day trip. It includes a guide, all transport, and two meals. Done through a local tourist agency, our guests have recommended this one.
More than a Day Trip
- Durmitor National Park is UNESCO world heritage site. Go hiking and white water rafting in Tara Canyon, the second deepest canyon in the world next to the Grand Canyon in the U.S. Prove your bravery by swimming in ice cold Black Lake. The bus ride there is about 5 hours, so all but the hardest of hardcore travellers will need more than a day.
