Croma Apartments

Croma Apartments is a one-bedroom apartment in Ulcinj, on Montenegro's southern coast. It sleeps two guests and has a single bedroom with one bed, plus one bathroom — a straightforward, self-contained base for a couple or a solo traveller who prefers an apartment to a hotel room. Ulcinj sits at the southernmost point of Montenegro's coastline, close to the Albanian border, and is known for its old walled town above the harbour and the long sandy stretch of Velika Plaža south of the centre. The town's compact centre means cafés, bakeries and the local market are usually within an easy walk or short drive, depending on where in Ulcinj you are staying. The apartment is a modest, practical size rather than a large holiday home, suited to guests who plan to spend most of their day at the beach or exploring the region and want a simple place to return to.

About the area

Ivana Milutinovića is an ordinary working street in the middle of Ulcinj, which is its advantage: bakeries, a barber, a butcher and two or three cafés within a block, the green market a short walk away, and the bus station close enough to make a car optional. This is where the town lives outside the season — men over coffee at nine in the morning, children on scooters, the smell of burek and grilled meat by midday. Prices in the shops and grill houses here are local prices rather than beachfront ones.

Everything a visitor comes for is within a walk or a very short drive. Mala plaža sits in its bowl below the Old Town, a curve of dark sand ringed by bars, and the fortified town above it is a compact maze of lanes, museum rooms and viewpoints over the water. Head south and the road opens onto Velika plaža, with the salt-pan lagoons behind it where flamingos gather in the shallows. Ulcinj is also the best base in the country for the far south — Šasko lake under the Rumija ridge, the Bojana river, and the quiet pebble coves at Kruče and Utjeha on the road north towards Bar. Summer nights here are long and good-natured; spring and autumn are warm and nearly empty.