Stone Villa - Old Town Herceg Novi

Stone Villa is a beautifully renovated 19th-century stone residence tucked into the old town of Herceg Novi, on Montenegro's Adriatic coast. Laid out for two guests, it has one bedroom with a single bed, one bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, and a living room that looks out over the bay — a scale that suits couples, or a solo traveller wanting room to spread out rather than a large group. Outside, a sprawling garden steps down in terraces, with grills for cooking in the evening and an outdoor shower for rinsing off after a swim. Free WiFi is available throughout. The old town setting puts the villa's stone lanes, staircases, squares and cafés directly at the door, with the seafront promenade and the town's Venetian and Ottoman fortresses a short walk away. Nightly rates start from 0 EUR; contact the host for current pricing and availability.

About the area

Living inside Herceg Novi's old town means living on the stairs. The lanes between Marka Cara and the sea are narrow, stepped and shaded, threaded with bougainvillea and the back gardens of nineteenth-century stone houses, and everything is reached on foot: Belavista square with its round church of St Jerome, the Sahat Kula clock tower that has served as the town gate since Ottoman times, Kanli Kula above it, a fortress prison now used as an open-air stage through the summer, and Forte Mare at the bottom, where the walls drop straight into the water.

Škver marina and the town beaches are a few minutes down the steps, and the green market, the fishmongers and the bus station sit just west of the walls, so daily shopping is an errand rather than an expedition. This is also the part of town with the most concentrated evening life: wine bars in vaulted ground floors, konobas serving grilled fish and Boka-style mussels, and enough passing traffic on the promenade below to keep the squares lively without ever feeling like a resort strip. In February the old town is the centre of the Mimosa Festival, which is when locals will argue the place is at its best.