Hotel Rožaje - City Center

Hotel Rožaje sits in the centre of Rožaje, a mountain town in Montenegro's northern region, and pairs modern architecture with authentic mountain elements typical of the area. This booking is for a room sleeping 2 guests, with one bedroom, one bed and a private bathroom — a straightforward fit for couples or a pair of friends touring the north. The hotel has 33 rooms in total, ranging from singles and doubles to triples and two luxury apartments, all finished to a high standard with designer interiors, premium bathrooms and high-end European toiletries. On site, guests can eat at the 70-seat restaurant, use the authentic hammam with its crystal waters, or book a professional massage. The city-centre position means shops, cafés and local services are within walking distance, with the surrounding mountains close at hand. Rates start from 65 EUR per night.

About the area

At a thousand metres above sea level, ringed by Hajla, Golo Brdo and the Ganića krš, Rožaje is the easternmost town in Montenegro and feels a long way from the Adriatic in every sense. The Ibar rises just outside town and runs north from here; beech forest covers the slopes above the valley, and snow lies on the high ground well into spring. Staying in the centre puts you among mosques, a busy main street and the daily traffic of a working mountain town rather than a resort — a fair introduction to a region whose Islamic heritage shapes its architecture, its calendar and, most obviously, its food.

That food is why many Montenegrins stop here on the way to or from the coast: lamb and veal cooked under the sač, thick pies, kajmak, mountain honey and the local cheeses sold along the roadside. Above the town, the ruined fortress of Turjak marks centuries of frontier importance at a crossroads of Balkan routes, and the trails onto Hajla lead into some of the least-walked high country in the country, with skiing on the nearby slopes in winter. Three roads reach Rožaje — from Berane and Bijelo Polje, from Novi Pazar, and over the Kula pass towards Peć — which is exactly why the town has always been a crossing point rather than a dead end.