Hotel Pharos - Topolica

Hotel Pharos sits in the Topolica area of Bar, on Montenegro's southern coast, about 600 metres from the sea. The grounds are green and shaded, planted with olive and fruit trees and tall cypresses, which keeps the property calm even at the height of summer. This room sleeps two guests and has one bedroom with a single bed arrangement and one private bathroom, along with TV, air conditioning and a refrigerator. On site you'll find a restaurant, a summer garden set among citrus trees, and private parking for guests arriving by car. The hotel also arranges excursions, car rental and taxi transfers, and offers laundry service. The setting suits couples or solo travellers who want easy access to Bar's beaches and town without staying directly on the seafront, and who value a quiet base with parking and practical services close at hand.

About the area

Topolica is Bar's green quarter, the band of parkland, palms and citrus that separates the town centre from the sea. The obvious landmark is the palace of King Nikola on the waterfront, now a museum, its grounds planted with eucalyptus, agave and subtropical species brought back by ships that called here a century ago. The whole quarter keeps that slightly botanical atmosphere — olive and cypress between the buildings, shade on most streets — so it stays several degrees more tolerable than the open shoreline at the height of summer.

Everything practical is within a short walk or a few minutes' drive: the marina, the port with its ferry crossing to Bari, and the bus and railway stations that connect Bar inland to Podgorica and on towards Belgrade. The town promenade fills in the evening with the local korzo, families walking the seafront until late, and the cafés along it stay open as long as anyone is sitting. For a day out, Stari Bar's ruined hillside city lies about four kilometres inland below Rumija mountain, with the two-thousand-year-old olive tree at Mirovica nearby, while the beaches of Šušanj and Sutomore are a short run up the coast.