Queen's Beach
Kraljičina plaža
A cove of pale sand and pebble in the Miločer park, named for Queen Marija in the 1930s and reserved for Aman guests again since July 2026.
Our verdict
Queen’s Beach is the small one: a crescent of fine pinkish sand and smooth pebble sheltered by cypresses and pines, with the calmest and clearest water on this stretch of the riviera. It is in the atlas because it is one of the few genuinely sandy coves between Budva and Petrovac and because the walk to it through the 18-hectare Miločer park is worth doing on its own. Whether you can swim from it depends on the year: open to everyone during the resort’s 2021–2026 closure, it went back to hotel-guest use when Sveti Stefan reopened on 1 July 2026, and the public settlement text does not publish the rules.
Queen's Beach, in facts
The shore
Facilities
Access
Rules and character
Facts verified September 28, 2026 · Length: Budva Tourist Organisation gives 200 m and 1,950 m²; our Miločer guide describes a crescent of about 100 m — the 1,950 m² area fits the shorter figure · 10 more still to check on the ground
Queen's Beach in pictures
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Map
Getting there
5.3 km
Budva
21 km
Kotor
21 km
Tivat airport
Straight-line distances — Montenegro's roads are mountain roads, so the drive is longer.
- On the The Seven Bays walkStop: milocer
- By busBudva–Sveti Stefan (Mediteran Express, every 10 minutes to 22:00) — Miločer stop on the highway, then about 10 minutes downhill
- By carA small car park by the park entrance fills early in summer; arrive before 10:00 or leave the car in Pržno or Sveti Stefan and walk
- 10 min on footflat — From the Miločer bus stop downhill to the park, or 10 minutes along the shore path from Pržno; about 15 minutes from Sveti Stefan beach through the park
Today at Queen's Beach
Which way the beach faces is computed from the OpenStreetMap coastline, so onshore and offshore mean this shore and not the region. Forecast by Open-Meteo
Water and awards
Nearest official station
Excellent
Latest official sample September 29, 2026: Excellent
The monitor has no sampling point at Queen's Beach. This reading is from station Pržno, 0.5 km away at Pržno — the same water, but not this shore.
Sea 20.7 °C when the sample was taken
7 of 10 samples Excellent across the 2026 season
Official result from JP Morsko dobro, station Pržno
A sheltered cove; our Miločer guide reports snorkelling visibility of 15–20 m off the rocks — no dated official sample quoted
No award we can cite for this beach. Absence is information too.
Know before you swim
- Access is not guaranteed: in 2026 the operator treats the cove as a hotel beach from 08:00 to 20:00 in season, and the published settlement does not spell out the public rules — check the notice at the park gate
- The park paths are shaded stone with roots: slippery when wet
- Sea urchins on the rocks at both ends of the cove — enter over the sand
- The lower park path may be closed for part of the day between May and October; the upper path stays open
When the water is warm
Queen's Beach was at its warmest, 28.0 °C, on September 1, 2026, and at its coldest, 19.3 °C, on May 26, 2026. Every point is a real sampling visit with the temperature read on the spot, not a monthly average copied from somewhere else.
Hollow points are the 3 samplings that came back below Excellent.
See all 10 samplings
| Sampled | Sea | Result |
|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2026 | 20.7 °C | Excellent |
| September 15, 2026 | 24.7 °C | Good |
| September 1, 2026 | 28.0 °C | Excellent |
| August 18, 2026 | 25.7 °C | Excellent |
| August 4, 2026 | 26.0 °C | Excellent |
| July 31, 2026 | 24.0 °C | Good |
| July 7, 2026 | 21.8 °C | Excellent |
| June 23, 2026 | 22.7 °C | Sufficient |
| June 9, 2026 | 23.6 °C | Excellent |
| May 26, 2026 | 19.3 °C | Excellent |
Nearby beaches
Queen's Beach and its neighbours
The same nine measures for the beaches you could reach the same day. Bold means it differs from this one.
| Measure | Queen's Beachthis beach |  Miločer Beach0.4 km |  Pržno0.5 km |  Kamenovo1.4 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | sand and fine pebble | sand and fine pebble | sand and fine pebble | sand and fine pebble |
| Entry | gentle | gentle | gentle | gentle |
| Depth | shallow | shallow | shallow | shallow |
| Shade | trees and umbrellas | trees and umbrellas | umbrellas for hire — differs | umbrellas for hire — differs |
| Character | organised | organised | organised | organised |
| Length | 100–200 m | 280 m — differs | 150–260 m — differs | 330–350 m — differs |
| Latest water | —no official sampling point | —no official sampling point | Excellent — differs | Excellent — differs |
| Crowd | quiet | quiet | busy in season — differs | busy in season — differs |
| Getting there | by road | by road | by road | by road |
Stay near Queen's Beach — Budva, 5.3 km away
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The full guide
Read the Queen's Beach guide
Everything above is the short form. The guide has the sources, the sector codes, the sampling dates and the things that change within a season.
Questions
- Is Queen’s Beach open to the public?
- Not reliably in 2026. The settlement that reopened the Aman resort keeps the Sveti Stefan and King’s (Miločer) beaches public but reserves Queen’s Beach for hotel guests; the operator applies that from 08:00 to 20:00 in season. Check the notice at the park gate on the day.
- What is the difference between Queen’s Beach and King’s Beach?
- Queen’s Beach (Kraljičina plaža) is the small cove near the Villa Miločer and spa — 200 m and 1,950 m² in the Budva Tourist Organisation register. King’s Beach (Kraljeva plaža, also Miločer beach) is the larger one in front of the villa, 280 m and 7,400 m², with a rocky pine headland at its southern end and public access restored in July 2026.
- Why is it called Queen’s Beach?
- The Miločer estate was the summer residence of the Karađorđević royal family, built 1934–36 to designs by Dragomir Tadić with a park by Richard Merker; Queen Marija favoured this cove, King Aleksandar the larger one.
Sources
- montenegro.com — Queen’s Beach and King’s Beach guide (/cities/milocer/queens-beach-kings-beach-milocer) and the Miločer blog (/blog/milocer)
- montenegro.com — Miločer city hub
- Budva Tourist Organisation (budva.travel) — attraction 39 (Kraljičina plaža), attraction 38 (Plaža Miločer) and the public-transport page
- montenegro.com — “25 Best Beaches in Montenegro” (2026 list)
- Vijesti, 24 July 2026, and gov.me — the settlement and the operator’s position on the beaches
- OpenStreetMap — beach way 156809757 (Queen’s beach); relation 15619248 (Plaža Miločer)