Mirištapebble · 200 m · water ExcellentThe 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.Mirišta or Plavi Horizonti?
Two beaches 8.6 km apart, measured the same way. Mirišta and Plavi Horizonti side by side, on the nine things that decide which one your afternoon should go to.
Mirištapebble · 200 m · water ExcellentThe 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.
Plavi Horizontifine sand · 350 m · water ExcellentBlue 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.The short answer
Choose Mirišta for
- pebble, and the clearer water that comes with it
- real depth close to shore
- quiet
Choose Plavi Horizonti for
- sand underfoot rather than pebble
- water that stays shallow a long way out
- room — it is half again as long
- loungers, food and somewhere to change
- arriving by road
Measure by measure
| Measure | Mirišta | Plavi Horizonti |
|---|---|---|
| Surface | pebble | fine sand |
| Entry | moderate | gentle |
| Depth | deepens quickly | shallow far out |
| Shade | trees and umbrellas | trees and umbrellas |
| Character | organised and free sections | organised |
| Length | 200 m | 350 m |
| Latest water | Excellent | Excellent |
| Crowd | quiet | busy in season |
| Getting there | on foot | by road |
Bold marks a measure where the two differ.
Each in our own words
Mirišta
Mirišta is Žanjice with the volume turned down: the same open-sea water and pale pebble, a smaller cove about 500 m south along the coast path, a beach bar and a few loungers at €10 instead of two restaurants, and overhanging trees that shade the back of the beach in the afternoon. The Austro-Hungarian fort of Arza stands on the headland beside it and the Blue Cave boats will pick up here. It is the better of the two for a day with a book, and the worse for lunch.
Facilities are basic and unconfirmed beyond a bar and a few loungers, and the path from Žanjice is rough and unlit — do not plan on walking it after dark.
Plavi Horizonti
Plavi Horizonti is the sandy exception on a pebble coast: a horseshoe bay of fine pale sand that shelves so gently that small children can stand a long way out, with pine woods behind, loungers at €12–15, a bar and restaurant, showers and a paid car park. The Tivat Tourism Organisation calls the bay Pržna and our Tivat page calls the beach "the pick" within half an hour of the town. It is a family beach first, and on a July weekend it is Tivat’s family beach — the car park and the narrow road across the peninsula, not the sand, set the limit.
It is the best-known sandy beach in the region and half of Tivat drives out at weekends; arrive before the car park fills, and check the current access arrangements, which our Krašići guide notes can change.