Things to Do in Montenegro

Maja e Lodërtunës

Maja Jezercë

Jezerca Peak (Albanian: Maja Jezercë) is the highest peak in the Dinaric Alps, the second highest in Albania and the sixth highest in the Balkans, standing at 2,694 m (8,839 ft) above sea level.

Drisht Castle

Drisht Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Drishtit) is a ruined castle above the modern Albanian village of Drisht, medieval Drivastum, in the municipal unit Postribë, Shkodër County, Albania.The earliest traces of fortifications date to the late Neolithic era.

Jaz Beach

Jaz (Serbian Cyrillic: Јаз, pronounced [jâːz]) is a beach in the Budva Municipality in Montenegro. It is located 2.5 km west of Budva. It consists of two parts, one 850 m long and the other, formerly a nudist beach, 450 m long.

Hram svetog Jovana Vladimira

The Church of St. Jovan Vladimir (Serbian: Саборни Храм Светог Јована Владимира, romanized: Saborni Hram Svetog Jovana Vladimira) is a Serbian Orthodox Church located in Bar, Montenegro. It was built between 2006 and 2016.Church website (Serbian)

Immaculate Conception Cathedral

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Montenegrin: Катедрала Безгрешног Зачећа, romanized: Katedrala Bezgrešnog Začeća) in Bar, Montenegro is one of two Catholic cathedrals in Montenegro.

Bar Aqueduct

The Bar Aqueduct (Serbian: Барски аквадукт, romanized: Barski akvadukt) is a stone aqueduct located on the northern side of Stari Bar Fortress, 4 km north of the town of Bar in Montenegro.

Moracha monastery

The Morača Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Морача, romanized: Manastir Morača) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the valley of the Morača River in Kolašin, central Montenegro. It was founded in 1252 by Stefan Vukanović, of the Nemanjić dynasty.

Mausoleum of Njegoš

The Mausoleum of Njegoš is a mausoleum interring Petar II Petrović-Njegoš located on the top of Mount Lovćen.The mausoleum is located twenty-one kilometres via asphalt road from near-by Cetinje and it was built on the idea of Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović.

Fort Kosmač

Fort Kosmač (Montenegrin: Tvrđava Kosmač, Тврђава Космач) was the southernmost fortress in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, guarding the southern extremity of the border between the empire and Montenegro.

Manastir Vranjina

The Vranjina Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Врањина, romanized: Manastir Vranjina), also known as the Vranina Monastery or St. Nicholas' Monastery, is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on the south-east part of Vranjina island on Skadar Lake in Montenegro.

Mala Rijeka viaduct

The Mala Rijeka Viaduct (pronounced [mâːlaː rijɛ̌ka], literally Little river) is a viaduct on the Belgrade–Bar railway, located some 20 km north of Podgorica, Montenegro.The project was started in 1969 and was completed in 1973.

Žabljak Crnojevića

Žabljak Crnojevića (Serbian Cyrillic: Жабљак Црнојевића, pronounced [ʒâbʎaːk t͡sr̂nɔjɛv̞it͡ɕaː]), commonly referred to as Žabljak, is an abandoned medieval fortified town (fortress) in Montenegro.

Fort Vrmac

Fort Vrmac (Serbian: Tvrđava Vrmac/Тврђава Врмац, German: Werk Vermac) is a former fortification of the Austro-Hungarian Empire located on the southern end of the Vrmac ridge near Tivat in Montenegro.

King Nikola's Palace

Bar Royal Palace is a (former) royal summer residence in Bar, Montenegro. The palace was constructed by king Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš in 1885, and was a gift to his daughter Princess Zorka and his son-in-law, Prince Petar Karađorđević.

Battle of Deçiq

The Battle of Deçiq (Albanian: Beteja e Deçiqit; Montenegrin: Bitka kod Dušića) was a battle between Albanian and Ottoman forces during the Uprising of 1911, which marked a turning point for Albanian secession from Ottoman Empire.

Manastir Dajbabe

The Dajbabe Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Дајбабе, romanized: Manastir Dajbabe) is a Serbian Orthodox Christian Monastery in Podgorica, Montenegro. It is located in a cave on Dajbabe hill (Dajbabska gora), which raises above Zeta valley (Zetska ravnica).

Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ

The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (Serbian: Саборни Храм Христовог Васкрсења, romanized: Saborni Hram Hristovog Vaskrsenja) in Podgorica, Montenegro, is a cathedral of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral (MCP) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC)…

Millennium Bridge

The Millennium Bridge (Montenegrin: Мост Миленијум, romanized: Most Milenijum) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Morača river in Podgorica, Montenegro.The bridge was designed by the Slovenian company Ponting and Mladen Ulićević, a professor at Faculty of Civil Engineering in Po…

Montenegrin National Theatre

The Montenegrin National Theatre (Montenegrin and Serbian: Crnogorsko narodno pozorište / Црногорско народно позориште) is located in Montenegrin capital of Podgorica. It was founded in 1953, in the beginning as a city theatre, under the name Titograd National Theatre.

Depedogen

The Ribnica Fortress (Serbian: Рибница тврђава / Рибница тврђава) is an Ottoman fortress, located in the Stara Varoš neighborhood of Podgorica, the capital city of Montenegro.The fortress was built in late 15th century (around 1477), during the period of Ottoman reign.

Lead Mosque

The Lead Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Plumbit), also known as the Buşatlı Mehmet Pasha Mosque, is a historical mosque in Shkodër, northwestern Albania.It took the name Lead Mosque, because all of its cupolas were covered with lead.The Lead Mosque was built in 1773 by the Albanian pasha Mehmed Busha…

Mesi Bridge

Mesi Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Mesit "The bridge in the middle") is a bridge in the village of Mes, about 5 km (3.1 mi) (as the crow flies) northeast of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania.

Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor

The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor is a World Heritage Site located in Montenegro that was inscribed in 1979.

Fortifications of Kotor

The fortifications of Kotor (Italian: Fortificazioni di Cattaro) are an integrated historical fortification system that protected the medieval town of Kotor (then called "Cattaro la veneziana") containing ramparts, towers, citadels, gates, bastions, forts, cisterns, a castle, and ancillary buildings…

Stari Bar

Stari Bar (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Бар, lit. "Old Bar") is a small town in Montenegro. It is located inland, a few miles from the new city of Bar, resting on Londša hill, at the foot of Mount Rumija. According to the 2003 census, the town has a population of 1,864 people.

Lake Skadar

Lake Skadar (Serbo-Croatian: Скадарско језеро, romanized: Skadarsko jezero, pronounced [skâdarskɔː jɛ̂zɛrɔ]; Albanian: Liqeni i Shkodrës, pronounced [liˈcɛni i ˈʃkɔdrəs]) – also called Lake Shkodër, Lake Shkodra or Lake Scutari – lies on the border of Albania and Mo…

Doclea

Doclea or Dioclea, also known as Docleia or Diocleia (Serbian: Дукља, romanized: Duklja; Greek: Διοκλεία) was an ancient Illyrian, Roman and Byzantine city, in the region of the Docleatae tribe (late Roman province of Praevalitana), now an archeological site near Podgorica in modern Mon…

Ostrog Monastery

The Ostrog Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Острог, romanized: Manastir Ostrog, pronounced [ǒstroɡ]) is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, in Montenegro.

Moračnik Monastery

The Moračnik Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Морачник, romanized: Manastir Moračnik) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Moračnik island on Skadar Lake in modern-day Montenegro.

Donje Brčele Monastery

The Donji Brčeli Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Доњи Брчели, romanized: Manastir Donji Brčeli), also known as Donje Brčele (Доње Брчеле), or simply Brčeli (Брчели), is a Serbian Orthodox monastery including the Church of St.