Nilaj Apartments

Nilaj Apartments (Apartmani NILAJ) is a small apartment property in Ulcinj, on Montenegro's southern coast, set just 100 metres from Ulcinj beach. This particular unit is a one-bedroom apartment sleeping two guests, with one bed and one private bathroom — a straightforward fit for couples or a pair of friends who want the sea within a two-minute walk rather than a car ride. The apartment is fully equipped and self-catering, with its own kitchen including a refrigerator, air conditioning, cable TV, and a terrace. Guests also have use of on-site parking and a furnished courtyard, which is a practical touch in a town where summer parking is at a premium. Shops, restaurants and the seafront promenade are all within easy walking distance, so day-to-day needs and evening meals are close at hand without the need to drive.

About the area

A hundred metres from the sand, and about the same from the promenade: this part of Ulcinj is built for going without a car. Shops, bakeries and grill houses sit on the same block, the beach bars are within earshot on summer nights, and the whole rhythm of the day — morning swim, long lunch, late walk — happens inside a few streets.

The promenade is the heart of it. From dusk the seafront fills with families walking end to end, ice-cream queues and terrace tables that stay busy past midnight; out of season the same stretch belongs to fishermen and old men playing cards. Above it, the Old Town walls and the Balšić tower catch the last light, and the climb up through the gate takes only a few minutes for one of the better views on this coast. Food here is a genuine local strength rather than a tourist menu: fish grilled whole, mussels and eel from the Bojana, ćevapi and burek from bakeries that never seem to close, and Albanian-influenced sweets with strong coffee. For a change of beach, the long dark sand of Velika plaža and the salt-pan lagoons with their flamingos are a short drive south, and the coves at Kruče and Utjeha lie north on the Bar road.