
Montenegro (Crna Gora) is a Mediterranean country on the south-eastern Adriatic — small in size but remarkably diverse. Within a few hours' drive you move from the sun-soaked beaches of Budva, Bar and Ulcinj, to the dramatic fjord of the Bay of Kotor with Kotor and Perast, to the wild peaks of Durmitor and the Tara River canyon in the north. Discover where to stay, what to see and when to visit through our guides, and book apartments, villas and hotels directly with local hosts across Montenegro — from the coast to the mountains.

The first time you see the Bay of Kotor from above -- perhaps from the serpentine road descending from the Croatian border, or through the window of a plane banking toward Tivat Airport -- the reaction is always the same: disbelief that something this dramatic exists in Europe without being a hou...
Travel GuidesIt is the question that haunts every traveler planning an Adriatic vacation, whispered in travel forums, debated in hostel common rooms, and agonized over at booking screens: Montenegro or Croatia? These two neighboring countries share 650 kilometers of some of the most spectacular coastline in t...
Travel GuidesMontenegro has a way of making first-time visitors feel simultaneously overwhelmed and greedy. Within a country smaller than Connecticut, you will find medieval walled towns rising from Adriatic waters, a fjord-like bay that rivals Norway's best, beaches ranging from manicured resort strips to wi...
ActivitiesMontenegro is one of those rare countries where you can swim in the Adriatic before breakfast and summit a 2,500-meter peak by afternoon. Squeezed into just 13,812 square kilometers -- roughly the size of Connecticut -- this small Balkan nation packs an astonishing density of hiking terrain: five...