Lučicesand and fine pebble · 220–250 m · water ExcellentA 220-metre cove of golden sand between two pine headlands, a fifteen-minute walk from Petrovac and a Blue Flag site in 2026.Lučice or Sutomore?
Two beaches 11 km apart, measured the same way. Lučice and Sutomore side by side, on the nine things that decide which one your afternoon should go to.
Lučicesand and fine pebble · 220–250 m · water ExcellentA 220-metre cove of golden sand between two pine headlands, a fifteen-minute walk from Petrovac and a Blue Flag site in 2026.
Sutomoresand and fine pebble · 1250–1600 m · water ExcellentAbout 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.The short answer
Choose Lučice for
- quiet
Choose Sutomore for
- room — it is half again as long
Measure by measure
| Measure | Lučice | Sutomore |
|---|---|---|
| Surface | sand and fine pebble | sand and fine pebble |
| Entry | gentle | gentle |
| Depth | shallow | shallow |
| Shade | trees and umbrellas | umbrellas for hire |
| Character | organised | organised |
| Length | 220–250 m | 1250–1600 m |
| Latest water | Excellent | Excellent |
| Crowd | quiet | busy in season |
| Getting there | by road | by road |
Bold marks a measure where the two differ.
Each in our own words
Lučice
Lučice is the better of Petrovac’s two beaches and the locals treat it that way: fine golden-yellow sand, a shallow sandy bottom, cypress and pine down to the rocks on both sides, and an undeveloped hinterland that keeps it feeling like a cove rather than a resort. Sector 26A flew a Blue Flag in 2026, with a bar, loungers and showers in season. The walk over the headland from Petrovac is the point — short, scenic and enough to thin the crowd.
It is small and fills by late morning in July and August; the little car park above is not a plan, and a southerly wind puts swell across the whole bay.
Sutomore
Sutomore is a beach with a town attached, and honest about it: a long, gently shelving strand of sand and fine gravel that suits children, concession blocks with free sand between them, toilets, showers and changing cabins, and a promenade of grills and cafés. The trains from Belgrade land here every July and the beach fills accordingly. For a family week on a budget it does the job; for quiet, Čanj is 9 km away.
From mid-morning in high summer the sand is the most crowded on the Bar coast and the road and railway sit right behind it; no lifeguard, first-aid or Blue Flag information is published for the strand.