The beach atlas
Sunset over the sea
17 of the 35 beaches in the atlas.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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