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The beach atlas

Reachable on a coastal walk

20 of the 39 beaches in the atlas.

Mogren I from the boulders at its eastern end: the layered cliff, swimmers in the green water and the umbrellas of the concession under the pines
No. 2Top-tier beach

Budva riviera

Mogren IMogren I

The first of Budva’s two Mogren coves, ten minutes along the cliff path from the Old Town and reached only on foot.

Surface
sand
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
180 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
Sveti Stefan from directly above: the fortified island, the causeway between its two pink-sand beaches and the turquoise water around the walls
No. 4Top-tier beach

Budva riviera

Sveti Stefan

A 300-metre strand of pink-red pebble on the public side of the Sveti Stefan causeway, with the fortified island filling every frame.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised
Length
300 m
Queen’s Beach at Miločer, a small crescent of pale sand and pebble under cypress and pine, still water in the cove
No. 5Top-tier beach

Budva riviera

Queen's BeachKraljičina plaža

A cove of pale sand and pebble in the Miločer park, named for Queen Marija in the 1930s and reserved for Aman guests again since July 2026.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
100–200 m
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
The red-sand crescent of Petrovac beach and the town behind it, seen from the Castello fortress
No. 8Top-tier beach

Budva riviera

PetrovacPetrovačka plaža

A 600-metre crescent of reddish sand and fine shingle with a town promenade along its whole length and two chapel-topped islets offshore.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
600 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
Velika plaža at Ulcinj, the fine dark sand and shallow water running towards the horizon
No. 11

Ulcinj riviera

Velika plažaLong Beach

Twelve to thirteen kilometres of fine dark sand from Port Milena to the Bojana mouth, shallow for a long way out and swept by a thermal wind every summer afternoon.

Surface
fine sand
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised and free sections
Length
12–13 km
Mala plaža in September, with the Kalaja walls and the Old Town on the rock above the sand
No. 14

Ulcinj riviera

Mala plažaSmall Beach

Ulcinj’s town beach: about 400 m of sand in an enclosed bay directly below the Kalaja walls, five minutes from the bus station and never quiet after ten.

Surface
sand
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
400 m
Pržno beach in high season: umbrellas and loungers on the coarse sand, the stone houses of the village at the water and the rocky islet off the point
No. 15

Budva riviera

Pržno

A 260-metre village beach of sand and pebble with fish restaurants at the water’s edge, a Poor result and bathing ban in July 2026 and Excellent results ever since.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
150–260 m
Buljarica from the track behind the sand: umbrellas along a 2 km arc of grey sand and shingle, campervans parked in the scrub of the wetland, the headland and the Paštrovići hills beyond
No. 16

Budva riviera

Buljarica

The longest beach on the Budva riviera — 2,250 metres of sand, gravel and stone backed by a protected wetland, with almost nothing built on it.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised and free sections
Length
2.2–2.5 km
The pebble shore and clear water at Ćorovića beach in Savina, looking through the mouth of the Bay of Kotor
No. 20

Herceg Novi riviera

Savina

The 200-metre pebble-and-concrete shore on the Pet Danica promenade below Savina monastery, twenty minutes’ walk east of Herceg Novi’s old town.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised and free sections
Length
200 m
The curve of Igalo bay from the hill above Stara Banja, the strand and the Institute quarter strung along the shore, the mountains behind
No. 21

Herceg Novi riviera

Igalo

The flattest, gentlest shore on the bay: up to a kilometre of sand, pebble and concrete platforms in shallow warm water, with the mud beach of Stara Banja at the Sutorina mouth.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
600–1000 m
The Donji Stoliv waterfront from the water: the campanile and nave of the church of the Name of Mary, stone houses and the sea wall with cars parked on the shore road
No. 24

Bay of Kotor

Stoliv

No beach at all — concrete platforms and pontoons on the captains’ waterfront of Donji Stoliv, facing Perast across flat water, with the chestnut woods of the upper village behind.

Surface
concrete platforms
Entry
entry steep
Character
wild
Length
100 m
Meljine’s public pebble beach and clear buoyed water beside Lazure marina, with the green mountains behind

Herceg Novi riviera

Meljine BeachPlaža Lazure

A compact 30-metre public pebble beach beside Lazure marina, with clear buoyed water and the mountains of the inner bay rising behind it.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
30 m
Sunbeds and closed umbrellas on the coarse sand of Mogren II, the beach club in the arches under the cliff and the island of Sveti Nikola beyond the point

Budva riviera

Mogren IIMogren II

The farther of Budva’s two Mogren coves, through a tunnel in the rock, and the quieter one for it.

Surface
sand
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised and free sections
Length
170 m
The Rafailovići end of the strand at sunset: the sand, boats at the mooring, the apartment blocks on the headland lit orange and the rock at the point

Budva riviera

Rafailovići

The fishing-village end of the Bečići strand: two managed sectors, a working mooring, fish restaurants on the quay and the tunnel path to Kamenovo.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
1.9–2 km
Miločer Beach and Villa Miločer across clear turquoise water, framed by pines on the rocky headland

Budva riviera

Miločer BeachPlaža Miločer · Kraljeva plaža

A 280-metre strand of pale pink sand and pebble in front of Villa Miločer, backed by the old royal park and wrapped around a clear turquoise bay.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
280 m
Pebbles, sunbeds and the open bay at Žukotrlica beach, Bar

Bar riviera

Žukotrlica

A kilometre of pebbles under mature Aleppo pines at the northern end of Bar’s seafront, the start of the 3.6 km King’s Promenade and the town beach locals use.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised and free sections
Length
1000 m
The Ulcinj coast from the Kalaja walls; Ženska plaža lies along the Pinješ shore beyond Mala plaža

Ulcinj riviera

Women's BeachŽenska plaža

A screened cove east of Ulcinj with a sulphur spring in the shallows, run as a women-only bathing area from May to October and visited for a fertility tradition older than any of its operators.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry rocky
Character
organised
Length
50–100 m
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