Women's Beach
Ženska plaža
A screened cove east of Ulcinj with a sulphur spring in the shallows, run as a women-only bathing area from May to October and visited for a fertility tradition older than any of its operators.
Our verdict
Ženska plaža is a small fenced cove on the pine-covered Pinješ shore, entered by steps, with a cave at the back and a spring that puts hydrogen sulphide into the water at 24 °C. Montenegro’s tourism organisation calls it a women-only cove, and that is how it has been used for generations. Go for the quiet and the oddity, not for a cure; the guide found historical borehole chemistry and no clinical evidence at all.
Women's Beach, in facts
The shore
Facilities
Access
Rules and character
Facts verified September 28, 2026 · Length: No published figure; an estimate from the small cove mapped on OpenStreetMap way 182023374 — treat as approximate
Women's Beach in pictures
Photographs and footage: Montenegro.com, CC BY 4.0
Map
Getting there
1.4 km
Ulcinj
21 km
Bar
51 km
Budva
Straight-line distances — Montenegro's roads are mountain roads, so the drive is longer.
- On the Pinješ Pines walkStop: zenska-plaza
- By busunknown
- By carOff the road towards Hotel Albatros; parking is not documented — walk from the town if you can
- 15 min on footwith steps — About a kilometre east of Mala plaža past the Pinješ coves, then steps down to the cove between Hotel Albatros and the former Hotel Galeb site
Water and awards
not confirmed
A sulphur spring rises in the shallows: hydrogen sulphide gives the water its rotten-egg smell — the spring, not pollution
No award we can cite for this beach. Absence is information too.
Know before you swim
- Rock and platform entries are slippery and the ladders awkward; swell pushes a swimmer towards the stone
- The cave at the back of the cove is bat habitat and its shape can concentrate gas — stay out of it
- The sulphur spring is a tradition, not a treatment: there is no clinical evidence for bathing here as a fertility cure
- Admission rules, hours and price are set by the operator season by season — confirm the same day before you walk out
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The full guide
Read the Women'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 Ženska plaža really women-only?
- Montenegro’s national tourism organisation describes it as a women-only cove and the Ulcinj tourism office says it is mostly visited by women from May to October. The operator sets the admission rules each season, so confirm on the day before you set out.
- What is the spring?
- Two boreholes at the cove were measured at more than 10 litres per second of mineral water at 24 °C, with 44.2 mg/l of hydrogen sulphide and 19–22 g/l total mineralisation. The smell is the sulphide. Historical borehole data is not the same as what you bathe in today, and no clinical study supports the fertility tradition.
- How do I get there?
- On the Pinješ Pines walk: from the Old Town past Mala plaža and the rock-and-pine coves, about a kilometre east, then steps down between Hotel Albatros and the former Hotel Galeb site. The walk continues to Port Milena and Velika plaža.
Sources
- montenegro.com — Ženska plaža guide (/cities/ulcinj/zenska-plaza-ulcinj)
- Ulcinj Tourism Organisation — Ladies’ Beach page (ulcinj.travel/en/ladies-beach), cited by the guide
- montenegro.com — Ulcinj city hub and the Pinješ Pines walk page
- OpenStreetMap — beach way 182023374 (centre used; tags fee, supervised, opening hours 07:00–19:00, surface gravel)