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 Žanjice?
Two beaches 8.6 km apart, measured the same way. Plavi Horizonti and Žanjice 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.
Žanjicepebble · 300 m · water ExcellentA 300-metre white-pebble bay near the tip of Luštica, twenty minutes by boat from Herceg Novi and the departure point for the Blue Cave.The short answer
Choose Plavi Horizonti for
- sand underfoot rather than pebble
- water that stays shallow a long way out
Choose Žanjice for
- pebble, and the clearer water that comes with it
- real depth close to shore
Measure by measure
| Measure | Plavi Horizonti | Žanjice |
|---|---|---|
| Surface | fine sand | pebble |
| Entry | gentle | moderate |
| Depth | shallow far out | deepens quickly |
| Shade | trees and umbrellas | umbrellas for hire |
| Character | organised | organised |
| Length | 350 m | 300 m |
| Latest water | Excellent | Excellent |
| Crowd | busy in season | busy in season |
| 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.
Žanjice
Žanjice is the beach the Herceg Novi boats are built around: a broad pebble bay facing west over the bay mouth, with olive groves behind, two restaurants, showers and toilets, and loungers at €12–15. The water is open-sea water and our list rates it among the clearest on the coast. It is also a boat station — taxi boats from Herceg Novi land all day, and the Blue Cave boats leave from the beach — so it is never the quiet cove that Mirišta, ten minutes along the path, still is.
The bay is a boat station as much as a beach: boats land all day, the car park fills before ten in high summer, and the Blue Cave trip depends on the sea.