Although it was late in the afternoon, we wanted to use this day of the May Day holidays in the most effective way possible, and so we set off on a beautiful wooden boat from the pier in front of Hotel "Plaža" in Herceg Novi towards "Miristi" to visit the island where the Monastery of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is located and the unique natural wonder Blue Cave. It's about twenty minutes of extremely pleasant driving, except for sightseeing and natural admiration

beauties, we also used it for a little "pendulum", but unfortunately this time without success, until our eyes stopped at the beautiful island. We made a circle around the island and slowly docked with the boat. There we were very warmly welcomed by the only inhabitant of this unique island, the novice Goran, who took us around the island and showed us incredible beauties that can only be seen in this holy place, and then he told us something about the history of the monastery, which is considered to date from the 14th century (some claim it is from the 11th century), as evidenced by the seal of the monastery from that era, which was found nearby.

After its establishment, the monastery was permanently inhabited until a few decades after the arrival of Venice in these areas, after which it began to slowly decline. Unfortunately, until the end of the 20th century, this place remained completely neglected and left to the ravages of time until the benefactors of this sanctuary, the Hamović family from London, initiated and helped restore this unique place. Now we leave you to enjoy the previously unseen pictures of the island and the church.

A view of the Arzu fortress. Along with the experienced Goran, seagulls are the only permanent residents of this place and they are as tame as domestic animals, and since they have no natural enemies, there are many nests on the island among the rocks.

After visiting the Monastery and the island, full of incredible feelings and history, which can really be felt in this place in the right way, we said goodbye to our cordial host and headed towards the Blue Cave. With views towards the island, passing by the "Arza" fortress on the peninsula of the same name, we slowly sailed towards the Blue Cave.

The Blue Cave has two entrances, the western one, which by its appearance certainly does not announce any excessive attractiveness of this place, and the eastern entrance, which is surrounded by incredibly steep rocks that rise up to 40 meters above sea level and is the true door to this unique place.

Many people ask me "so why do you call it the Blue Cave?" I think this picture is a sufficient answer as to why this place is so attractive and attractive, there are many sea caves, but there is only one Blue one on Luštica. Gordan Stojovic Montenegro.com