
Igalo works as a base because it is small, flat and close to everything. The town occupies the shallow western corner of the Bay of Kotor, where the coast runs almost level rather than dropping off a cliff, so shops, beaches, the market and the bus stop are all within an easy walk of most addresses. Buses along the coast road reach Herceg Novi in about a quarter of an hour, and the seafront promenade covers the same ground on foot in an hour or two of flat walking past swimming platforms, pine shade and cafe terraces.
The sea here is the calmest on the Montenegrin coast, sheltered by the mouth of the bay and shallow enough near shore to be warm from late May. The same geology produces the medicinal mud that the rehabilitation institute has used since the 1950s, which is why the town stays awake outside summer. Beyond Igalo, the choices are all short: Herceg Novi's old town and its fortresses to the east, quieter coves around Njivice to the west, the green Sutorina valley inland, and boat trips from the quays out to Mamula, Žanjic and the Blue Cave at the entrance to the bay.
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