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Sand underfoot

21 of the 35 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
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

MogrenMogren I i II

Two sandy coves under the cliffs ten minutes from Budva Old Town, joined by a tunnel in the rock and reached only on foot.

Surface
sand
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
350 m
Bečići beach on a September morning: rows of umbrellas on the dark sand, walkway mats down to the water and the pine-covered headland closing 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
1950–2000 m
The fortified island of Sveti Stefan and its causeway, the public beach on the northern side and the turquoise shallows around it
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
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. 7Top-tier beach

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
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
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
Velika plaža at Ulcinj, the fine dark sand and shallow water running towards the horizon
No. 11

Ulcinj riviera

Long BeachVelika plaža

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
12000–13000 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
Mala plaža in September, with the Kalaja walls and the Old Town on the rock above the sand
No. 14

Ulcinj riviera

Small BeachMala plaža

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
The Luštica peninsula and the Tivat side of the Bay of Kotor from the cable car above Kotor — the low wooded peninsula whose southern coast holds the Pržno bay of Plavi Horizonti
No. 17

Tivat and Luštica

Plavi HorizontiPržno (Plavi horizonti)

Blue Horizons: 350 metres of fine pale sand in the sheltered Pržno bay on the south coast of Luštica, shallow a long way out and backed by pines — the largest sandy beach in Tivat municipality.

Surface
fine sand
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
350 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 curve of Igalo bay from the hill above Stara Banja, the strand and the Institute quarter strung along the shore, the mountains behind
No. 20

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
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 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
1950–2000 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
Sutomore beach under its mountain backdrop, parasols along the sand and the bay open to the south-west

Bar riviera

Sutomore

About 1,250 m of real sand mixed with fine gravel in a wide south-westerly bay, with a railway station five minutes from the water and the cheapest sunbeds on the coast.

Surface
sand and fine pebble
Entry
entry gentle
Character
organised
Length
1250–1600 m

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