Trsteno
Plaža Trsteno
A 150-metre sand cove west of Jaz where an adult can still stand far out in clear water, run by one beach club and reached by a narrow lane or by boat.
Our verdict
Trsteno is the small, shallow alternative to Jaz: about 150 m of sand at the head of a narrow south-facing cove, water that stays waist-deep a long way out, and a single beach club with a restaurant, umbrellas and a buoy line. It is organised rather than wild, and better for small children than any of the bigger Budva beaches. The same local bus that serves Jaz stops here.
Trsteno, in facts
The shore
Facilities
Access
Facts verified September 28, 2026 · Length: Our 25-best list; no official figure found · Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL · 10 more still to check on the ground
Trsteno in pictures
Photographs and footage by Montenegro.com, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Ours were shot on September 27, 2026.
Trsteno in motion
The clear shallows at Trsteno
From the Trsteno sign across the cove
Photographs and footage by Montenegro.com, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Ours were shot on September 27, 2026.
Map
The shaded water is the official bathing zone for station Trsteno — the stretch JP Morsko dobro actually samples, not an outline of the beach.
Getting there
4.7 km
Budva
15 km
Tivat airport
16 km
Kotor
Straight-line distances — Montenegro's roads are mountain roads, so the drive is longer.
- By busBudva–Jaz–Trsteno–Ploče local line, 14 departures a day (Budva Tourism)
- By boatDay boats and yachts anchor off the cove outside the buoy line
- By carSigned turn-off from the Jaz–Tivat road west of Jaz, then a narrow lane down to a small car park behind the beach
- 3 min on footwith steps — From the car park down a short track to the sand
Today at Trsteno
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
Excellent
Latest official sample September 29, 2026: Excellent
Sea 20.1 °C when the sample was taken
9 of 10 samples Excellent across the 2026 season
Official result from JP Morsko dobro, station Trsteno
Clear shallows over a sand-and-gravel bottom, in a cove that empties as soon as the day boats leave
No award we can cite for this beach. Absence is information too.
Know before you swim
- Day boats and yachts anchor just outside the buoy line — stay inside it
- The lane down from the road is narrow and the car park small; it fills by late morning in August
- The cove faces south with no natural shade — full sun all day unless you rent an umbrella
When the water is warm
Trsteno was at its warmest, 28.7 °C, on August 18, 2026, and at its coldest, 20.1 °C, on September 29, 2026. Every point is a real sampling visit with the temperature read on the spot, not a monthly average copied from somewhere else.
The hollow point is the one sampling that came back below Excellent.
See all 10 samplings
| Sampled | Sea | Result |
|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2026 | 20.1 °C | Excellent |
| September 15, 2026 | 27.7 °C | Excellent |
| September 1, 2026 | 28.6 °C | Excellent |
| August 18, 2026 | 28.7 °C | Excellent |
| August 4, 2026 | 23.7 °C | Excellent |
| July 21, 2026 | 26.1 °C | Sufficient |
| July 7, 2026 | 23.6 °C | Excellent |
| June 23, 2026 | 21.8 °C | Excellent |
| June 9, 2026 | 24.0 °C | Excellent |
| May 26, 2026 | 22.3 °C | Excellent |
Season by season
Trsteno has been sampled 69 times since 2020: 61 of those readings Excellent, 8 below it.
How warm the water got, season by season. The average is of the July and August samplings only — a fixed window, so a year the inspectors happened to come early does not read as a cold one.
A handful of seasons is a record, not a trend: the spread here is what a few dated readings look like, not evidence of a sea warming or cooling. A hollow point marks a season that recorded a sampling below Excellent.
| Season | Samplings | Excellent | Below | Jul–Aug mean | Warmest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | — | 25.6 °C | 27.6 °C |
| 2021 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 25.1 °C | 27.3 °C |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | — | 23.9 °C | 26.1 °C |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | — | 24.2 °C | 27.2 °C |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 24.5 °C | 26.5 °C |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 22.9 °C | 24.5 °C |
| 2026in progress | 10 | 9 | 1 | 25.5 °C | 28.7 °C |
Licensed as
The state leases this coast lot by lot. Trsteno is a single lot covering about 90 m of shore, with an official category.
Also licensed here: a mooring platform in the water off the beach.
| Category | Lots | Shore |
|---|---|---|
| Family bathing | 1 | 90 m |
About 1,145 m² in total. This is what has been licensed, not what we saw: the number of sunbeds, toilets and showers on a lot is fixed in the signed lease, which is not published. JP Morsko dobro tenders
Nearby beaches
Trsteno and its neighbours
The same nine measures for the beaches you could reach the same day. Bold means it differs from this one.
| Measure |  Trstenothis beach |  Mogren II3.8 km |  Mogren I3.9 km |  Rafailovići7.9 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | sand | sand | sand | sand and fine pebble — differs |
| Entry | gentle | gentle | gentle | gentle |
| Depth | shallow far out | shallow — differs | shallow — differs | shallow — differs |
| Shade | umbrellas for hire | umbrellas for hire | trees and umbrellas — differs | umbrellas for hire |
| Character | organised | organised and free sections — differs | organised | organised |
| Length | 0.1 km | 0.2 km | 0.2 km | 1.9–2 km — differs |
| Latest water | Excellent | —no official sampling point — differs | Excellent | Excellent |
| Crowd | quiet | quiet | busy in season — differs | busy in season — differs |
| Getting there | by road | on foot — differs | on foot — differs | by road |
Stay near Trsteno
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Questions
- Where exactly is Trsteno?
- In the next cove west of Jaz on the Budva side of the road to Tivat, about 6 km from Budva — not near Plavi Horizonti on Luštica, as some lists say. The turn-off is signed from the Jaz–Tivat road.
- Is Trsteno good for children?
- Yes. The bottom is sand and fine gravel and the water stays shallow far out, inside a buoy line that keeps boats off.
- How do I get there without a car?
- The Budva–Jaz–Trsteno–Ploče local bus, 14 departures a day per Budva Tourism, stops at the top of the lane.
Sources
- montenegro.com — "25 Best Beaches in Montenegro" (research seed)
- montenegro.com — Budva city hub (/cities/budva) and Jaz Beach guide (bus line)
- Budva Tourism (budva.travel) — local bus routes, via our Jaz guide
- OpenStreetMap — way 101394257 (Trsteno beach)