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.Plavi Horizonti or Stoliv?
Two beaches 9.9 km apart, measured the same way. Plavi Horizonti and Stoliv side by side, on the nine things that decide which one your afternoon should go to.
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.
Stolivconcrete platforms · 100 m · water ExcellentNo 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.The short answer
Choose Plavi Horizonti for
- sand underfoot rather than pebble
- water that stays shallow a long way out
- shade that is not rented
- room — it is half again as long
- loungers, food and somewhere to change
Choose Stoliv for
- pebble, and the clearer water that comes with it
- real depth close to shore
- quiet
- nothing built on it
Measure by measure
| Measure | Plavi Horizonti | Stoliv |
|---|---|---|
| Surface | fine sand | concrete platforms |
| Entry | gentle | steep |
| Depth | shallow far out | deep at the edge |
| Shade | trees and umbrellas | none |
| Character | organised | wild |
| Length | 350 m | 100 m |
| Latest water | Excellent | Excellent |
| Crowd | busy in season | quiet |
| Getting there | by road | by road |
Bold marks a measure where the two differ.
Each in our own words
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.
Stoliv
Stoliv is honest about what it has: the village guide says it "does not have any beaches itself so all sunbathing has to be done on the pontoons", and that is the swim — off concrete, into deep, calm bay water, with the church of the Name of Mary at your back and Perast and its islets straight across the strait. It is the end of the boka-shore-road walk from Kotor and the quietest swimming stop on the Vrmac shore. Bring everything; the waterfront sells nothing.
There is nothing here for a family beach day — no shore to paddle from, no shade, no facilities — and the pontoons you swim from are also where the boats tie up.