
Herceg Novi sits where the open Adriatic funnels into the Bay of Kotor, and that position shapes almost everything about a stay here. Looking south-west, the horizon is the gap between the Luštica peninsula and the Prevlaka headland; ships pass through it all day and the light on the water changes hour by hour. South-facing terraces on this side of town keep the sun from morning until it drops behind the hills, and the same exposure explains gardens full of palm, oleander and lemon.
The mouth of the bay is also the town's best day out. Small boats run from the harbour to Žanjice and Mirište on Luštica, to the abandoned island fortress of Mamula, and into the Blue Cave, where the water lights up turquoise from below. Closer in, the Pet Danica promenade traces the shore for kilometres past swimming ladders, bars and pine shade. Inland, the Orjen massif rises steeply behind the town, so a morning swim followed by an afternoon among beech woods and karst is a realistic combination. The Old Town, with its fortresses and stepped lanes, anchors the middle of it all.
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