Tivat: climate, attractions and leisure features

Montenegro for the Russians is one of the few visa-free countries in Europe, where you can enjoy low-cost beach holidays, the architecture of old cities and fortresses, and excellent views of the canyons and mountains. Any corner of the country is beautiful in its own way, representing the untouched beauty of nature and preserved national flavor.

Receiving flights from Russia, Tivat Airport is located four kilometers from the city, in the village of Mrchevac. The town itself is located on the shore of the Bay of Kotor Bay of Tivat, the largest on the Adriatic, on the Vramts peninsula. It is called the gate of the bay and the air gate of Montenegro.

The ancient name of the western part of the Balkan Peninsula is Illyria, and the population was called the Illyrians. Their first settlement in the bay dates back to the 3rd century BC. In the Middle Ages, the patrician families of Kotor ruled here. This period is followed by Roman-Byzantine, Serbian, Venetian-Turkish, Austrian and Montenegrin. All of them have left traces of the board in the territory of the municipality of Tivat.

In the era of Serbian rule at the beginning of the XII century, the city was part of the medieval state of Nemanjic, whose founder was Stephen Nemanja. In the 13th century, St. Sava, the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church, built the monastery of St. Michael the Archangel on the island of Prevlaka and transferred the residence of the Zetan metropolis there. Tivat became a significant religious center of the time.

When the Venetians, the city became part of Venetian Albania and was called Teodo. After three centuries, during which power was constantly changing, the French and Austro-Hungarians ruled, in early 1920 it became part of Yugoslavia. Since 2006, Tivat is part of the independent Crna Gora or Montenegro.

After the construction of the Naval Arsenal for the ships of the Austro-Hungarian fleet at the end of the 19th century, city rights were transferred to Tivat. During the time of the Republic of Yugoslavia, the repair base of the Yugoslav Navy was based here. Now there is located the most magnificent marina on the Adriatic - parking superyachts Porto Montenegro, built by a businessman from Canada Peter Munk. When it operates the Museum Collection of Maritime Heritage.

Today the town is an attractive family resort with a population of 9,500 people. Sports and cultural events are held for young people - the Bowling Olympiad in Bowling, Youth Day, Martyr-Fest, Tivat Summer Celebrations, Cultural Summer and much more.

Tivat has a moderately warm climate with a short and warm winter. Summer is hot and long. In winter, there is much more rainfall than in summer, although the average annual temperature is + 15 ° C. The driest month is July, which is also the warmest with a temperature of + 24 °, reaching higher values ​​in the sun. The heat is not felt because of the ring of mountains, intertwining the bay.

The sea warms up to + 27 ° С. It is transparent, visibility at 40-60 meters, and clean. Rainier month is November, and January air temperature is only + 7 ° С, which is considered the lowest in the year. Autumn is the rainy season.

The city is located on the border of the Boka-Kotor and Herceg-Novinskaya bays, deep in the bay, so the open sea is not there. Hotels, hotels, villas and apartments are available for any budget. Many hotels have been rebuilt since the last century.The price of housing depends on the level of comfort, services offered and proximity to water. The best hotels are 5 or 4 stars, located near the coast, with panoramic views of the bay and mountains, in the center or close to the city center.

At the very beginning of the promenade 5 minutes walk from Porto Montenegro there is a compact Boutique Hotel La Roche 4 * with a small rooftop pool, private concrete beach, sun beds, umbrellas, bar. Guests are offered bathrobes and slippers, hair dryer in the bathroom. Price with breakfast from 215 € / day.

In the old village of Donja Lastva right on the beach with its small boat dock and concrete beach stands Eco Hotel Carrubba 4 *. This beautiful and cozy hotel on the coast is located in a renovated building of the XIX century. Even being in a room with a sea view, you feel yourself on a ship, on a cruise. Breakfast buffet price from 308 €.

Accommodation is also possible in more budget hotels of 3 and 2 stars, which provide the necessary amenities, but their counterpart for a large company or family is a villa. Its rent will cost from 200-300 € / day for 5-7 rooms, kitchen, bathroom. Price depends on its location and view of the bay.

On the promenade at 10 meters from the shore with its small pebble and concrete beach there is Palma 3 * hotel as low as 70 € with breakfast. Pontus Luxury Apartments has a private beach, an outdoor pool and a terrace overlooking the sea. Private bathroom and equipped kitchen. On request transfer from / to the airport - from 70 €.

Budget option - guest houses with several rooms, located near the coast and on the way to the mountain. On each of them hangs a sign with the name and telephone for booking. A cheaper alternative is to rent a room in a private house.

Not far from the air hub, 400 meters from the shore, Apartments Tamara offer apartments after a major overhaul of 2016. All rooms with balcony or terrace are priced from 24 €. Each room has air conditioning, TV, views of the green garden, free Wi-Fi and parking.

Apartment complex Maki at a price of 37 € is located near the village of Radovichi and the beach of Plavi Horizonti, awarded the Blue Flag. The guests are pleased to have the opportunity to order national dishes, wine and dinner on the terraces of their rooms.

The city flows to the mountain, and the path from the coast leads upward. All apartments overlooking the bay are located either on the upper floors, or on a hill, or right on the beach. Sometimes rooms with a partial view of the bay are offered, which means a view of a tiny piece of bay between buildings.

It is necessary to carefully study all offers for renting rooms and understand exactly what is offered. The owner registers his guests, for which it is necessary to give him a photocopy of passports or originals. There is a tourist tax, so please check if it is included in the price of accommodation.

There is one in town Hostel Antonwhere prices in shared rooms from 10 €. If you book an apartment on the service Airbnb, prices range from 25 € -35 € in coastal areas, and away from the sea - from 15 €.

If you are going to walk a lot, and you only need a roof over your head to sleep, choose apartments. If service, cleaning, animation, meals are important, choose hotels or apartment hotels. The main thing is to understand that you can not rely on elite service for a small amount of money.

Next to the parks of the city, located near the shore, are the beaches. Stand out a small pebble Belane and a Zupa stretched out to 500 meters, covered with small pebbles, located near the airport. It is equipped with paid lounge chairs and is divided into three areas. There are places for rest with bedding and towels.Coniferous trees that give shade surround it.

Near small Park Zupawhere there is canoe rental and water skiing. You can ride on the tablet, a lot of cafes. Two kilometers from the city on the cape of the same name is sand and pebble beach Ponta Seljanovo 1700 meters long with a charming view of the mountain range. There is a pier from which ships sail in coves. Three kilometers away is chic, almost a kilometer in length. Donja Lastva beachwith first-class sand and several pier-wharves.

If you drive off another 4 kilometers, there is a beach Opatovo, 220 meters long, fully equipped with beach accessories. The lighthouse divides it into two parts. There are a lot of trees around, and finding a Tenek is easy. It is located near the ferry crossing. Before entering Prevlaka, after 5 kilometers - the city beach of Kalardovo, fully equipped, with a length of 4,200 meters.

On the island itself is located the most remote of the beaches - Miholska Prevlaka. He borders the whole island. The relief divides it into small sandy pebble beaches.

Tivat is filled with ancient monuments and beautiful places. We list the most interesting. Summer Residence Renaissance Summer House Buca. Palace-fortress Bucha of the Middle Ages is located in the center. It was built in the middle of the XVI century of the Bucha and Lukovich family. The ensemble includes residential and non-residential houses, a veranda and the church-chapel of St. Michael. The buildings are a museum and gallery. The garden has been turned into a summer stage for concerts and theatrical performances.

The old center of Tivat located at an altitude of 300 meters on the hill Vmrac. This is an attractive village Gornja Lastva, or Upper Lastva, which dates back to the 9th century, with the Church of St. Vitus. Is there some more Donja Lastva, or Lower Lastva. These two ancient settlements are a historical part of the city.

Not far from the center, on the island of Miholska Prevlaka, better known as Ostrvo Cvijeca, stands Monastery of Archangel Michael, built in the 6th century, where the residence of the Orthodox metropolitan was placed in the 13th century. In 1441, Venetian Catholics poisoned 70 monks with the help of a man who delivered food to the monastery. Their death was explained by a plague epidemic, and the monastery was completely destroyed.

Allegedly, the myrrh-watering relics of these monks, listed as martyrs, are stored right there, in the Trinity Church. Partially restored monastery in the middle of the XIX century. You can see a small church and monk cells.

The largest and most beautiful island of the Stradioti Gulf, or Ostrvo Sveti Marko, is recognized by UNESCO as a cultural heritage. It is located right behind Miholska Prevlaka, and in the VII century chronicles was called the island of St. Gabriel, after the name of the local church. They tell that there were about 10 chapels and temples on it. The most majestic was temple of Sveti Gavrilo. Centuries of Venetian rule went on, a military camp was housed until the end of the Republic of Venice.

In 1576 it became the base of mercenaries of Greek and Albanian origin. The name Stradioti stuck behind it, in translation - warrior, soldier. Already in the 60s of the 20th century, the French hotel chain Club mediterrane built 500 cabins from reed in Tahitian style, without electricity and water. These primeval living conditions, clean beaches and mild climate attracted many tourists. After the collapse of Yugoslavia, this eco-resort is abandoned. In 2007, the site was bought by Metropol Group, with Russian capital. It is planned to build the first 6 * spa resort in Europe.

Crkva Svetog Save, Orthodox Church of Saint Savawhich began to be built in the center in the 40s of the last century, but mothballed construction for 30 years. For believers, it is open only in the 70s.

The largest port of VIP ships and sailboats on the Adriatic Porto Montenegrostriking in breadth of scope and luxury. Marina is designed as a town in the city. Ensemble enters Hotel Regent Porto Montenegro 5 *built in Venetian Renaissance style with 87 rooms with verandas or terraces. There is an open panoramic swimming pool, restaurants, bars and a pastry shop. He owns a spa center with a jacuzzi pool, a fitness studio and a nutrition bar. Nearby are tennis courts and squash courts. Private beach, which is transported by boat. Guests especially like the location, service and Russian-speaking staff. Prices start at € 308, breakfast included.

In the marina there is a conference hall, a museum. On the streets there are restaurants and cafes, boathouses and gas station for ships on the pier, various repair shops. About 300 exhibits store the museum: the submarines of the time of Yugoslavia, the diary of the Princess of Montenegro, the ship equipment of the time of Austria-Hungary. Its walls are decorated with paintings by Dali, Warhol and other famous artists.

Captain's Park, or Naval, a kind of botanical garden, in which for several centuries Montenegrin sailors brought exotic plants from around the world. This name stuck with him since the reign of Austria-Hungary. In the center of the town is located compact bay Kalimaniya, a sort of port for fishing boats and pleasure boats.

Tivat has a long promenade. It starts from Kalimania, crosses the marina and ends in Donja Lastva.

Most tourist routes loop back here. You can order any at will.

• Shkodra or Skadar Lake - the first largest in Europe; ancient highland Manastir Moraca; the Tara River Canyon, the deepest in Europe and the second in the world (the first is the Grand Canyon, USA); car arch concrete bridge Durdevica Tara - Dzhurdzhevicha bridge on the Tsrkvine pass; Durmitor - national reserve - a trip to the canyons. Price 40-50 €.
• A visit to the ancient capital of Cetinje and its 15th century monastery; tasting the most delicious business card of the country - cheese and cheese in the village of Negushi; ride on a boat on the Bay of Kotor, admiring the landscape; visit the cities of Kotor and Perast. Tour of the Heart of Montenegro - 50 €.
• Visit the beautiful Bosnian city of Trebinje – 40€.
• A trip to the Bosnian waterfall Kravice, where you can enjoy the streams of falling water and swim in the lake - 55 €.
• Rush on the raft along the Tara River, the deepest canyon of Europe. The alloy has the second category of complexity, therefore it is safe for ages from 7 to 60 years old - 65 €.
• View on the main shrines of Montenegro Monastery Ostrog and Cetinje - 25 €. Ostrog Monastery is visited in the same way as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the repository of the relics of the Wonderland Great Vasily Ostrog, who is revered in the Balkans. In Cetinje - the imperishable right hand of St. John the Baptist, who baptized Christ.
• Walk through the national reserve200 species of birds, swimming in Lake Skadar - 40 €.
• Jeep ride through the territory of the reserve Belasitsa on Biogradskaya mountain, the most beautiful in Europe - 70 €.
• If schengen is open, Visit to Dubrovnik (Croatia) is available. - the most beautiful and majestic city in the Balkans - 40 €.

The city of Tivat is located near tourist sites. Many regular buses run every day from the nearby cities of Podgorica, Bar, Ulcinj. Find out the schedule and buy a ticket on Autobuska stanica. 15 minutes by bus - the ancient Kotor, which is a UNESCO heritage site, where they inspect a fortress in the old town. The fare on the bus is 1.5 € -2 €, by taxi 7 € -20 €. In half an hour is Budva, where they walk through the Old Town.Bus ride - 2 €, on the commercial shuttle - 4 €, by taxi - 25 €.

In a quarter of an hour you will reach the sandy beaches of the Lustica peninsula. Take a boat trip on Boka Kotorska, the Kotor estuary, the most beautiful in the world - 25 €. It resembles fjords, only with Mediterranean vegetation and coastal ancient cities that adorn the landscape.

If your element is speed, and during the holidays you need to catch everything, you can independently visit some interesting objects. Rent a car - so you will increase the mobility and comfort of travel.

Fans of extreme 10 € will be able to ride a ZipLine 300 meters long at a speed of 100 km / h, try out bungee jumping - jumping from a height of 172 meters, for 30 €. To do this, get to the bed of the river Tara, where the bridge was built Dzhurdzhevicha.

You can ride the calm waters of the Bay of Kotor on a surfboard with a paddle or do wakeboarding, play paintball, beach soccer and even water polo. In the village of Mazhina there is a climbing center. After training and taking the equipment, they are sent to conquer Mount Vrmac.

Diving lessons - from 44 €. Instructors conduct diving courses with beginners, and with experienced divers, they pump skills. After completing the course, an Open Water Diver certificate is issued, giving you the right to dive yourself.

The life of the city is full of tempting offers. Guests are invited to numerous fish restaurants and cafes. You can walk along the embankment, sit in the shade of the trees in the park, and then go to a snack in the institution you like. Dinner for two will cost 20-25 €.

There are many shops, so it is difficult to leave without gifts. There are several boutiques with branded Italian clothing. They sell everything - from equipment and swimsuits to children's clothes and evening wear. In the souvenir shops offer tablecloths and napkins handmade with local embroidery. Nice to walk around the marina, looking at the beautiful yachts.

It’s good to go with children to the water park in Budva. Reduce to the marina in Nauticki Muzej on the exhibition of submarines, which are allowed to climb. Near the playground and Etnografski Muzej, located inside the Palata Buca. Visit the Cats Museum, where all the exhibits depict cats, and the main caretaker is a black cat.

In the National Park Lovcen, a suburb of Kotor, on the top of the mountain is the mausoleum of Njegos and an excellent observation deck. There is also a rope Avanturisticki park for outdoor activities for children.

The distance between Tivat airport and the city is 4 kilometers. There is no direct bus service. The cheapest way is by public transport. You can leave the bus stop on the highway E-65, 100 meters from the airport building. Landmark - two yellow fungus and blue road sign bus stop. Buses to different resorts go every half hour. In order to take the bus to Tivat, you need to go to the opposite side of the terminal and wait for the right one. The fare is 2 €.

You can get to the shuttles, which go from the bus station no more than 2-3 times a day. The cost is higher than on the main - 4 €. You can walk to the bus station, located one kilometer from the aerogavani at the Franca supermarket, in 15 minutes. The city itself is located three kilometers away. With a suitcase, and in summer, in the heat, it’s about one and a half to two hours of travel. They walk to the bus stop or to the bus station on the side of the road, which is filled with cars, there are no sidewalks. It is possible from the terminal to the bus station to take a taxi, which costs no more than 5 €. At the station, transfer to the bus.

A taxi ride is about € 20-25, which is better to call in advance via the Internet, or use the official one, over the counter.When you try to get in a taxi right at the terminal, the fee increases by 2 times than the real fare, which is: landing 0.5 €, 1 km - 0.8 €.

When ordering via the Internet - a fixed price. The driver will wait with a sign right at the exit of the arrival area, help with luggage. Payment is due upon arrival at the destination indicated at the time of booking.

You can rent a car directly in aerogavani, while booking online. To receive a car right at the airport, select it as a pickup point when filling out the order form. Making a rental car right in the terminal, when booking online in advance, will take about 30 minutes. You can order options - navigator or child seat.

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Rent - from 17 € / day depending on the class of car. Cars with a manual gearbox cheaper, with an automatic - from € 20. Specify the terms of rent - can take a pledge and deductible, amounting from 500 € to 1200 €. The amount of the deposit is blocked on the card, and the lock is removed within 3-30 days after the deposit of the car. Pay attention to the narrow roads, with one lane in each direction, which creates morning and evening traffic jams. Paid parking is not, but many signs prohibiting parking. Free parking in the city a bit. On the embankment, at the beaches there are paid parking with barriers, prices are seasonal - in the summer € 0.8 / hour, in the winter € 0.6 / hour.

You can reach the city center in 10 minutes along the E65. You can try to go to the city by bus with transfers. Coming out of the airport, tourists traveling on vouchers go to their buses. Subject to availability, agree with the group guide. It’s not very expensive to reach the group - 5 €.

In the next video you can walk from Kotor to Tivat.