From the ArchivesCreated January 1, 2001Updated August 16, 20262 min readby Mila Božić
While visiting the beloved Montenegro, your reporters saw and experienced many beautiful things and encountered truly incredible sights. We recorded some of the most beautiful scenes on the way from Podgorica
While visiting the beloved Montenegro, your reporters saw and experienced many beautiful things and encountered truly incredible sights. We recorded some of the most beautiful scenes on the way from Podgorica via Skadarski Jezera and Petrovac to Ulcinj.
After the delicious hot sandwiches we bought at "Dač" and ate in the center of Podgorica. We headed, past the airport, towards Petrovac. On that way, Vranjina, the last and largest fishing village on Lake Skadar, welcomed us first.
This village has been living the same life for centuries, and you can still see old women taking freshly caught carp to the highway and offering them to passers-by.
During the journey across Lake Skadar, we came across fishermen, boats and other water vehicles, islands, mountains, and many other enchanting sights. The remains of the old Dukljan culture and civilization deeply moved us.
It is no wonder that our ancestors, having seen and experienced this beauty, chose this very magical lake as the core of the then center of life and spirituality.
Shortly after Virpazar, the sea was also prayed for.
Doing this route yourself
The shape of it. Podgorica to Virpazar is about 35 km and half an hour by car, with the Skadar Lake national park beginning almost as soon as you leave the plain. The old road via Rijeka Crnojevica takes longer and is far better looking, with the famous bend over the river along the way.
By train. The Podgorica-Bar line stops at Virpazar and the ride is short and cheap, which makes the lake an easy day out without a car. Check return times before setting off; services thin out in the evening.
At Virpazar. Boat trips leave from the village through the lily fields and out to the islet monasteries and Grmozur fortress. Two hours is the common length. Spring brings the flowering water lilies and the best birdwatching; late summer can drop the water level enough to limit where boats go.
