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Blue Flag beaches

6 of the 39 beaches in the atlas.

Jaz bay from the hill on the Budva side: the buoy line, a yacht at anchor in the blue water and the wooded headland with the highway cut closing the bay
No. 1Top-tier beach

Budva riviera

JazPlaža Jaz

A 1.2-kilometre bay of sand and pebble 6 km west of Budva with five Blue Flag concessions, a campsite behind the sand and a quieter naturist cove at its eastern end.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised and free sections
Length
1200 m
The curve of Bečići beach on a September morning, the shallows running out to the pine-covered headland and the town of Rafailovići across the bay
No. 3Top-tier beach

Budva riviera

BečićiBečićka plaža

Nearly two kilometres of fine sand and shingle with a shallow shoreline, six Blue Flag concessions and a Paris Grand Prix from 1935.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised and free sections
Length
1.9–2 km
The full arc of Kamenovo beach from the coastal path on the Rafailovići side, buoyed bathing water and the hills of Pržno beyond
No. 6Top-tier beach

Budva riviera

Kamenovo

A 340-metre arc of sand and fine pebble reached through a tunnel in the rock, with the cleanest official water results on the riviera.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
330–350 m
Lučice in the evening: rows of thatched umbrellas and loungers on the shingle, the pine-covered headland closing the cove and clear water beyond
No. 9Top-tier beach

Budva riviera

Lučice

A 220-metre cove of golden sand between two pine headlands, a fifteen-minute walk from Petrovac and a Blue Flag site in 2026.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
220–250 m
The open bay from the Njivice shore, Herceg Novi and Igalo strung along the far side under the Orjen massif
No. 17

Herceg Novi riviera

NjiviceKraljičina plaža

Montenegro’s last beach going west: rock, sand and concrete to swim from below a hamlet of 102 people, with Prevlaka and Croatia 4 km across the water.

Surface
rock
Entry
entry rocky
Character
organised and free sections
Length
200 m
Veliki Pijesak from above: the arc of shingle, rows of parasols, the promenade and the islet Veliki Kamen just offshore

Bar riviera

Veliki PijesakVeliki pijesak, Dobra Voda

An arc of 380–480 m of shingle with sandy patches, an islet 23 m offshore, and a sunset that lands on open water in every month of the year.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised
Length
380–480 m
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