Miločer

Milocer is on the Budva Riviera, immediately north of Sveti Stefan and about 5 km from Budva itself. It is a small park of pine and cypress running down to the sea, with beaches below and the former royal villa at its centre.

The summer residence of the Karadjordjevic royal family, built in 1934 for Queen Marija of Yugoslavia. It later became a state guest house under Yugoslavia and is now part of the Aman resort together with the Sveti Stefan islet.

Kraljicina plaza, the fine pink-pebble beach directly below the villa, historically the queen's private bathing place. It is one of the most photographed beaches in Montenegro, sheltered by rocks and backed by pines.

Access has been contested for years. Under Montenegrin law the shoreline is public, but the sunbeds and much of the usable sand are run as resort concessions at high prices, and the paths through the resort grounds are restricted.

Small but genuinely fine — cedars, cypresses and Mediterranean planting laid out around the villa in the 1930s, with a path along the shore linking Milocer to Sveti Stefan and Przno. The coastal walk is the best way to see it.

For the walk, the view of Sveti Stefan from the rocks and the park, yes — those cost nothing. As a place to stay or to spend a beach day it is among the most expensive stretches of the Montenegrin coast.