Bečićisand and fine pebble · 1.9–2 km · water ExcellentNearly two kilometres of fine sand and shingle with a shallow shoreline, six Blue Flag concessions and a Paris Grand Prix from 1935.Bečići or Mogren I?
Two beaches 3.2 km apart, measured the same way. Bečići and Mogren I side by side, on the nine things that decide which one your afternoon should go to.
Bečićisand and fine pebble · 1.9–2 km · water ExcellentNearly two kilometres of fine sand and shingle with a shallow shoreline, six Blue Flag concessions and a Paris Grand Prix from 1935.
Mogren Isand · 180 m · water ExcellentThe first of Budva’s two Mogren coves, ten minutes along the cliff path from the Old Town and reached only on foot.The short answer
Choose Bečići for
- room — it is half again as long
- arriving by road
Choose Mogren I for
- loungers, food and somewhere to change
Measure by measure
| Measure | Bečići | Mogren I |
|---|---|---|
| Surface | sand and fine pebble | sand |
| Entry | gentle | gentle |
| Depth | shallow | shallow |
| Shade | trees and umbrellas | trees and umbrellas |
| Character | organised and free sections | organised |
| Length | 1.9–2 km | 0.2 km |
| Latest water | Excellent | Excellent |
| Crowd | busy in season | busy in season |
| Getting there | by road | on foot |
Bold marks a measure where the two differ.
Each in our own words
Bečići
Bečići is the long beach of the Budva riviera: 1,950 m by the usual figure, fine sand mixed with small shingle that is gentler underfoot than most of the coast, and water that stays shallow at the shoreline. It is divided among hotel and public concessions — six held a 2024 Blue Flag — but public-beach rules keep half of each public sector free of furniture, and the eastern end towards Rafailovići is the least crowded. The 1935 Paris Grand Prix is a long time ago; the sand still earns its place.
The strand is a resort beach: hotel sectors, jet skis and parasailing craft off the buoy line, and almost no shade beyond what you rent; in July and August the middle sectors fill by mid-morning.
Mogren I
Mogren I is Budva’s prettiest swim and its most exposed: about 180 m of fine sand under a rock wall, clear water, and the Old Town a ten-minute cliff walk away. It is the cove the path reaches first and the busier of the two, with a concession and a lifeguard in season; Mogren II, through the tunnel at the far end, is always quieter. The setting is the point, and so is the price of it — the path closes in a southerly, there is no road, and the concessions are the only services.
The cliff path is unsafe in a southerly wind or big waves and its gate is locked in rough seas; when the concessions close for weather, stay out of the water — a swimmer drowned in the second cove in July 2026 after they had shut.