Bjelasica Villa Apartments

Bjelasica Villa Apartments sits in Kolašin, in Montenegro's northern mountain region, roughly halfway between the town centre and the ski centre. This listing is one of the villa's second-floor apartments: a 25m² unit with one bedroom, one bathroom, and one bed, sleeping two guests. It forms part of Renta Vila Bjelasica, a 270m² two-level villa laid out as independent units with a maximum overall capacity of 16 people, so the property can also be booked by level or in full for larger groups. The apartment includes a bathroom, TV, and DVD player. Shared areas within the villa include a spa centre with a four-person hot tub, sauna, and shower stalls, plus a third floor with billiards and fitness equipment. Terraces face the river and the surrounding mountains. It suits couples looking for a quiet base for weekend getaways, skiing, hiking, walking tours, and summer rafting.

About the area

Bioćinovići lies on the road between Kolašin and the ski slopes, in a stretch of river valley where the meadows run up into spruce forest on both sides. The mountain that gives the area its character is Bjelasica, a broad grassy massif rather than a jagged one, which is why the skiing here suits families and why the same slopes turn into some of the easiest high walking in Montenegro once the snow goes. Kolašin 1450 and the newer Kolašin 1600 are both a short drive up, so winter mornings need no more than ten minutes of road.

In summer the valley changes job entirely. Rafting boats launch on the Tara north of here, in a canyon that runs more than a thousand metres deep, and the marked trails on Bjelasica lead to glacial lakes and shepherds' katuns still in seasonal use. Biogradska Gora national park, with its old-growth forest around Biogradsko jezero, is within reach for a day. Kolašin itself, at over 900 metres, keeps a small market where highland cheese, kajmak, honey and dried meat are sold by the people who made them, and the town's restaurants cook the same things in larger portions.