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The beach atlas

Pebble and rock

14 of the 35 beaches in the atlas.

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

Tivat and Luštica

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
Žanjice bay from the air: boats moored in turquoise water off the pebble beach, a small islet with a building, the wooded hills of Luštica behind
No. 15

Tivat and Luštica

ŽanjicŽanjice

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 Austro-Hungarian Arza fort on the headland at the tip of Luštica, beside the Mirišta cove, with the island fort of Mamula in the sea behind
No. 16

Tivat and Luštica

Mirišta

The 200-metre pebble cove ten minutes along the coast path from Žanjic, 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 Great Church of Savina among pines above the Bay of Kotor, red roofs and grey dome against the blue of the strait, the mountains of the far shore behind — the beach lies on the promenade below
No. 19

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 open bay from the Njivice shore, Herceg Novi and Igalo strung along the far side under the Orjen massif
No. 21

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
Perast and the Verige strait across the water from the north-east shore road, the stretch of coast on which Bajova Kula lies
No. 22

Bay of Kotor

Bajova KulaBajova kula

A 100-metre pebble shore at Dražin Vrt on the Kotor–Risan road, named for Bajo Pivljanin’s tower above it, with Perast across the water.

Surface
pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
wild
Length
100–120 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 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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