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The beach atlas

Wild and undeveloped

7 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
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
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