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Quiet, even in August

19 of the 35 beaches in the atlas.

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 Katič islet seen from the coastal trail between Petrovac and Lučice, pines over clear water
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 Katič and Sveta Nedjelja islets off Petrovac from above — the marine part of the Katič Nature Park that also takes in Buljarica
No. 10Top-tier beach

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
2200–2500 m
Ada Bojana: the open beach and the sea on a grey September morning
No. 12

Ulcinj riviera

Ada Bojana

A triangular island of fine sand at the mouth of the Bojana, about 3 km of open beach with a signposted naturist section, kite schools and fish restaurants on stilts over the river.

Surface
fine sand
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised and free sections
Length
3000 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

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
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
Trsteno cove from the hill: turquoise water inside the buoy line, two boats at anchor, the small sand beach with its beach club and car park under the scrub-covered slopes
No. 18

Budva riviera

TrstenoPlaža Trsteno

A 150-metre sand cove west of Jaz where an adult can still stand far out in clear water, run by one beach club and reached by a narrow lane or by boat.

Surface
sand
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
150 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
Morinj beach from above: the pale strip of sand and pebble with white loungers, the buoyed swimming line, the stone house at the stream mouth and the wooded slope behind

Bay of Kotor

Morinj

A 165-metre strip of sand and grey pebble at the corner of the bay where a cold stream comes out of the karst, with two campsites behind it and the mills restaurant above the road.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised and free sections
Length
165 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
The coast south of Sveti Stefan from the hillside — the olive-covered slopes that hide the cove of Drobni Pijesak

Budva riviera

Drobni PijesakDrobni pijesak

A 250-metre cove of yellow-white sand and small pebbles below the olive groves between Sveti Stefan and Petrovac, with a freshwater spring on the beach.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised and free sections
Length
250 m
The Bar riviera coast at Sutomore, the next bay along from Čanj — the nearest of our photographed beaches

Bar riviera

Čanj

A 1.1–1.2 km strand of sand, pebbles and stones between Petrovac and Sutomore, with all three official water points Excellent in August 2026 and a boat-only cove, Kraljičina plaža, round the headland.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry moderate
Character
organised
Length
1100–1200 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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