Herceg Novi Riviera · Boka Bay
The seaside walk from Igalo to Bijela
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The walk
Igalo Institute & Mud Baths
The walk begins at Europe's largest physical-therapy institute, where the shallow bay yields the mineral mud people have travelled to for a century.
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Igalo, Montenegro: Complete Travel Guide
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See
- Igalo Institute (Dr Simo Milošević)1 min walk
- Igalo town beach1 min walk
Tito's Villa Galeb
The seaside residence Josip Broz Tito kept for his mud-bath cures; its cypress gardens run down to the promenade.
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Tito's Villa Galeb in Igalo: History, the Bunker & How to Visit
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- Villa Galeb (Tito's residence)1 min walk
Topla & Hotel Plaza
Pebble coves, diving boards and the I-love-Topla sign — this is where the swimming day happens.
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Herceg Novi, Montenegro: The Complete Travel Guide to the City of Sun and Stairs
Perched where the Adriatic meets the Bay of Kotor, Herceg Novi is a cascading botanical garden of a city wher…
Herceg Novi: Gateway to the Bay of Kotor
Herceg Novi (Cyrillic: Херцег Нови; Italian: Castelnuovo) is a historic coastal city perched at the western e…
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- I ❤ Topla viewpoint1 min walk
- Topla coves & diving boards2 min walk
Forte Mare & the Old Town
The promenade passes beneath the 14th-century sea fortress; stone steps climb to Kanli Kula and the Old Town squares.
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Herceg Novi, Montenegro: The Complete Travel Guide to the City of Sun and Stairs
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Eat & drink
- Škver harbour konobas3 min walk
See
- Forte Mare fortress1 min walk
- Kanli Kula fortress & amphitheatre8 min walk
- Old Town & Clock Tower4 min walk
Meljine & the Lazaret
A quiet stretch built around a 17th-century quarantine station, now restored on the waterfront beside a calm pebble beach.
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Meljine: A Peaceful Coastal Retreat Between Herceg Novi and Zelenika
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Meljine - Montenegro
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- Lazaret (17th-c. quarantine station)1 min walk
- Meljine beach1 min walk
Zelenika Waterfront
A working little harbour beneath Savina monastery, with the oldest hotel on the Montenegrin coast hiding behind its palms.
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- Savina Monastery12 min walk
- Zelenika marina2 min walk
Kumbor & Portonovi
Village beach beside superyacht marina: espresso at the kiosk, designer piazzas four minutes on, both on the same water.
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- Portonovi marina & promenade4 min walk
- Kumbor village beach1 min walk
Đenovići Beaches
Small family beaches and pergola-covered konobas; at sunset the whole strait turns copper.
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Eat & drink
- Seafront konobas under the pergolas2 min walk
See
- Đenovići beaches1 min walk
Baošići
Pine-shaded beaches and stone captains' houses — the unhurried village stretch locals keep for themselves.
Bijela — Journey's End
The long beach and the shipyard-turned-marina where the bay opens toward Kotor; look back and the whole walk glitters west.
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- Bijela marina (former shipyard)3 min walk
- Water taxi toward Kotor5 min walk