Rose

Rose is a small village at the tip of the Lustica peninsula, right at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and directly opposite Herceg Novi. It faces the open Adriatic on one side and the mouth of the bay on the other.

By boat is the sensible way — a short crossing from Herceg Novi that takes minutes. By road it is a long way round the Lustica peninsula on narrow lanes, which is why the village stays quiet even in August.

Fish restaurants and stillness. The village is a line of old stone houses along the water, several of them now konobas serving whatever came in that morning, and it has become a standard lunch destination for boats out of Herceg Novi.

Yes, from concrete platforms and small pebble coves along the shore. The water at the mouth of the bay is deep, clear and cooler than inside it, and there is very little development to spoil the setting.

The Austro-Hungarian fort at Arza sits on the point beyond the village, Mirista and Zanjice beaches are round the coast, and the Blue Cave and Mamula island are on every boat itinerary from Herceg Novi — Rose is usually one stop among them.

For a boat trip and a long lunch, very much so. It is not a place to base a holiday — there is little there beyond the waterfront — but as a half-day out of Herceg Novi it is one of the most pleasant things to do in the outer bay.