Igalo
The flattest, gentlest shore on the bay: up to a kilometre of sand, pebble and concrete platforms in shallow warm water, with the mud beach of Stara Banja at the Sutorina mouth.
Nuestro veredicto
Igalo is a spa town’s beach, and it behaves like one. The main strand — about 600 m by our guide, 1 km by our list — is sand and pebble with concrete platforms, a gentle entry and water that stays shallow and warm, which is why the Institute Dr Simo Milošević was put here in 1949 and why toddlers and physiotherapy patients share it. West of the Institute, at the mouth of the Sutorina, the cove of Stara Banja is where the black mineral mud is dug and applied. Loungers are €8–14, there is no step anywhere between the bus stop and the water, and the Pet Danica promenade starts at the Institute door.
Igalo, en datos
La orilla
Servicios
Acceso
Normas y carácter
Datos verificados el 28 de septiembre de 2026 · Longitud: Our Igalo guide gives the main beach as about 600 m within 1.5 km of shore; our 25 Best Beaches list says 1 km
Igalo en imágenes
Fotografías y vídeo: Montenegro.com, CC BY 4.0
Igalo en movimiento
Igalo and the wall of Orjen from the road above Njivice
Stara Banja, the old spa cove at the mouth of the Sutorina, from the hill above it
Fotografías y vídeo: Montenegro.com, CC BY 4.0
Mapa
Cómo llegar
2.1 km
Herceg Novi
18 km
Tivat airport
22 km
Kotor
Distancias en línea recta — las carreteras de Montenegro son de montaña, así que el trayecto es más largo.
- En el paseo Paseo Pet DanicaParada: igalo-institute
- En autobúsBlue Line: Igalo–Kamenari and the Igalo–Meljine–Igalo circular
- En cocheIgalo is 2.6 km west of Herceg Novi; a barrier-controlled car park in Norveška Street, seasonal parking near the Institute and formal parking along the Igalo–Meljine corridor
- 5 min a piellano — From the Institute bus stop; Igalo is the one flat town on the bay, with no steps between the road and the water
Agua y galardones
sin confirmar
Shallow, warm inner-bay water at the mouth of the Sutorina; the guide points to the Morsko Dobro monitor for the current sample
Ningún galardón que podamos citar para esta playa. La ausencia también es información.
Antes de bañarte
- The Stara Banja mud shore is slippery and the mud stains — rinse off before you step onto the promenade
- The Sutorina river mouth beside Stara Banja clouds the water for a day after heavy rain — swim from the main strand then
- Boats use the Sutorina channel and moor in the cove — keep to the marked bathing water
- The bottom is stony in places under the sand — swim shoes for children
Playas cercanas
Alojarse cerca de Igalo
Todos los alojamientos en Igalo →
La guía completa
Leer la guía de Igalo
Todo lo anterior es la versión corta. La guía tiene las fuentes, los códigos de sector, las fechas de muestreo y lo que cambia dentro de una temporada.
Preguntas
- What is the Igalo mud?
- Igaljsko blato — a black, mineral-rich sea mud from the bed of Igalo bay with a faint sulphur smell, applied as wraps and baths at the Institute for rheumatic and joint conditions. The Stara Banja cove at the Sutorina mouth is the mud beach; the main strand is ordinary sand and pebble.
- How do I get to Igalo beach from Herceg Novi?
- Walk the Pet Danica promenade west — flat all the way, about 2.6 km — or take a Blue Line bus (Igalo–Kamenari, or the Igalo–Meljine circular). The Institute stop is the western end of the promenade.
- Is the water at Igalo clean?
- Our guide points readers to the official Morsko Dobro bathing-water monitor for the current sample rather than quoting one; the bay is shallow and clouds after rain near the river mouth.
Fuentes
- montenegro.com — Igalo guide (/cities/igalo/igalo-guide): beach lengths and surfaces, Stara Banja mud, the Institute, Blue Line routes, parking
- montenegro.com — Igalo city hub (shallow warm water, sunbed prices, distances, sea temperatures)
- montenegro.com — Pet Danica walk (/walks/pet-danica): stop 1 Igalo Institute & Mud Baths
- Our 25 Best Beaches in Montenegro list (entry 20)
- OpenStreetMap — beach ways 571737992 and 1359144925 (Blatna plaža)
- Our own frames and clips, September 2026