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The beach atlas

Sunset over the sea

19 of the 39 beaches in the atlas.

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 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 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
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
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
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
3 km
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
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 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. 18

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
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
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
Drobni Pijesak: a short crescent of coarse pale sand between rock outcrops, umbrellas and swimmers under the wooded slope

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
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

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