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Pebble and rock

16 of the 39 beaches in the atlas.

The pebble arc of Žanjice from the air, loungers under the olives along the back of the beach and the water shading from clear shallows to deep turquoise
No. 7Top-tier beach

Herceg Novi riviera

Žanjiceuvala Žanjic

A 300-metre white-pebble bay near the tip of Luštica, twenty minutes by boat from Herceg Novi and the departure point for the Blue Cave.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised
Length
300 m
The Arza fort on its rocky point at the tip of Luštica, and behind it the bay of Mirišta: boats at anchor over turquoise shallows and the pale shore of the beach
No. 10Top-tier beach

Herceg Novi riviera

Mirišta

The 200-metre pebble cove ten minutes along the coast path from Žanjice, under the Arza fort, with trees over the back of the beach and a fraction of the boats.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised and free sections
Length
200 m
The mouth of the Bay of Kotor from the tip of Luštica: the Arza fort on its headland, the island fort of Mamula and the Prevlaka peninsula beyond — the water the Dobreč boats cross
No. 13

Herceg Novi riviera

Dobreč

A 100-metre pebble cove on the outer Luštica shore with no road to it: the boat from Herceg Novi is the only way in and the only way out.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
wild
Length
100 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
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 landscaped timber deck at Bajova Kula beside the clear bay, with the mountains above Dobrota across the water
No. 22

Bay of Kotor

Bajova KulaBajova kula

An organised 118-metre shingle beach at Dražin Vrt on the Kotor–Risan road, named for Bajo Pivljanin’s tower above it, with a stone swimming platform and the Boka wall across the water.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised
Length
118 m
Orahovac from the shore: the houses along the water under the bare mountains, rows of mussel-farm floats across the bay and a concrete pontoon with a canopy
No. 23

Bay of Kotor

Orahovac

Four pebble coves between stone jetties, the coldest and freshest sea in the bay — 24 parts per thousand of salt in late May 2026 — and Excellent at every official sampling.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
wild
Length
150 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
The Risan waterfront on a still day: the stone quay, cafés and houses along the shore road, and the mountains of the head of the bay reflected in flat water
No. 25

Bay of Kotor

Risan

Pebble coves either side of the harbour of the oldest town on the bay, with the Orjen peaks reflected in the flat water and a Roman mosaic of the god of sleep 300 m from the shore.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
wild
Length
200 m
The waterfront at Rose: stone houses with red roofs at the edge of the water, small boats moored off the quay and clear shallows over pebbles, the shore of Herceg Novi across the mouth of the bay

Herceg Novi riviera

Rose

A pebble shore and a working quay in the fishing village at the tip of Luštica, reached by the ferry from Herceg Novi rather than by road.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
wild
Length
80–150 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
The pebble shore and a small jetty at Lipci, mussel-farm floats on the flat water and the shore road cut into the mountain across the bay

Bay of Kotor

Lipci

A strip of pebbles and flat rocks below the prehistoric deer of Lipci, reached by a narrow concrete path, with clear water deep enough to dive into and nothing else at all.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry rocky
Character
wild
Length
20–50 m
The Ljuta shore through the branches of a tree: a small jetty with a boat, mussel-farm floats on the flat blue bay and the mountains of the far shore

Bay of Kotor

Ljuta

A concrete bathing platform on the Dobrota shore road beside the mouth of a 200-metre river that comes out of the mountain at 7 °C — the coldest swim in the bay.

Surface
concrete platforms
Entry
entry steep
Character
wild
Length
10–30 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
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
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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