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Apartments J & M Budva Montenegro One-Bedroom Apartment Apartment with Balcony Studio Apartment One-Bedroom Apartment One-Bedroom Apartment with Terrace One-Bedroom Apartment with Terrace (3 adults)

About the area

Staying on the Jadranski put side of Budva means you are on the town's spine, with the beach below and the old quarter a walk west along the front. The neighbourhood's own appeal is food. The green market sells the produce that defines a Montenegrin summer table — tomatoes, figs, peaches from the Zeta valley, sheep's cheese and pršut from the mountains — and the small bakeries and butchers on the surrounding streets make cooking at home the cheap and often better option. Where restaurants are concerned, the useful rule is to walk one street back from the sea.

Swimming starts at Slovenska plaža, the long shallow town beach that suits families, and improves as you walk: Ričardova glava under the old town walls, then the Mogren coves reached by the path cut into the cliff face. Boats leave the harbour for Sveti Nikola island, the wooded strip offshore with clearer water and far fewer people on it. Beyond Budva the coast keeps going — Bečići, Rafailovići, Sveti Stefan — and buses from the nearby station reach Kotor and Tivat in well under an hour. The season peaks hard in August and thins quickly after the first week of September.