Rosepebble · 80–150 m · water ExcellentA pebble shore and a working quay in the fishing village at the tip of Luštica, reached by the ferry from Herceg Novi rather than by road.Rose or Savina?
Two beaches 2.4 km apart, measured the same way. Rose and Savina side by side, on the nine things that decide which one your afternoon should go to.
Rosepebble · 80–150 m · water ExcellentA pebble shore and a working quay in the fishing village at the tip of Luštica, reached by the ferry from Herceg Novi rather than by road.
Savinapebble · 200 m · water ExcellentThe 200-metre pebble-and-concrete shore on the Pet Danica promenade below Savina monastery, twenty minutes’ walk east of Herceg Novi’s old town.The short answer
Choose Rose for
- quiet
- nothing built on it
Choose Savina for
- room — it is half again as long
- arriving by road
Measure by measure
| Measure | Rose | Savina |
|---|---|---|
| Surface | pebble | pebble |
| Entry | moderate | moderate |
| Depth | deepens quickly | deepens quickly |
| Shade | natural | umbrellas for hire |
| Character | wild | organised and free sections |
| Length | 80–150 m | 200 m |
| Latest water | Excellent | Excellent |
| Crowd | quiet | busy in season |
| Getting there | by boat | by road |
Bold marks a measure where the two differ.
Each in our own words
Rose
Rose is a village you swim from rather than a beach you go to. The water is clear enough that Morsko Dobro singles it out for diving, the pebble shore and the concrete either side of the pier stay quiet even in August, and the stone houses come right down to the edge. What brings most people across is lunch on a terrace over the water, with the swim as the reason to stay the afternoon. Come by boat: the road around Luštica takes far longer than the crossing.
Almost nothing here is confirmed — no toilets, showers, loungers or lifeguard are recorded, and no length is published for the shore. The quay works all day, and the 2026 season ended on a Sufficient sample on 15 September, the only end-of-season dip on this coast.
Savina
Savina is a promenade beach rather than a bay: 200 m of pebble and concrete platforms along the Šetalište 5 Danica where it passes below the monastery wood, with loungers at €10, a beach bar and restaurants within reach, and the view straight across the water to Luštica. Its point is the combination — a swim, then the climb through the pines to the three churches of Savina, or the other way round. Herceg Novi’s own swimmers use it; the boat crowds do not.
Much of the entry is off concrete edges rather than a sloping beach, and the promenade runs directly behind you — this is town swimming with a monastery above it, not a cove.