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The King's Promenade — Bar Riviera

Bar Riviera

The King's Promenade

A palm-lined promenade past King Nikola’s summer palace and its botanical garden, linking Bar’s pine-backed town beach to one of the Adriatic’s biggest marinas.

3.6 km6 tappe0 h 47 min a piediTraccia GPX

Scorri per passeggiare lungo la costa

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Da sapere

  • The coast’s most wheelchair- and stroller-friendly walk: flat, paved promenade end to end.
  • Walk it Žukotrlica → centre: the railway and bus stations sit near the finish — the Belgrade–Bar sleeper (254 tunnels, 435 bridges) ends three blocks from this walk.
  • Shade is excellent in the Žukotrlica–Šušanj pine belt; the Topolica–marina stretch is open palm promenade — plan around midday in July–August.
  • King Nikola’s Palace museum has been reported closed for renovation — check locally before planning the interior visit; the park and façade are open.
  • The sea here stays swimmable well into October.
Pet Danica

La passeggiata

Pine beach

Žukotrlica

Tappa 1 di 6
Inizio della passeggiataŠušanj beach · 8 min a piediTopolica promenade · 15 min a piediKing Nikola's Palace · 30 min a piediBar marina · 38 min a piedikm 0.0
Žukotrlica

A kilometre of pebbles under a shading pine belt, named for žuka — the Spanish broom locals once wove into rope, bags, even clothing.

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Mangiare e bere

  • Hemingway Grill2 min a piedi
Town beach

Šušanj beach

Tappa 2 di 6
Topolica promenade · 7 min a piediŽukotrlica · 8 min a piediKing Nikola's Palace · 22 min a piediBar marina · 30 min a piedikm 0.6
Šušanj beach

The long town beach with Mount Rumija rising almost 1,600 metres straight above the water — the walk’s signature backdrop.

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Mangiare e bere

  • Konoba Sunce2 min a piedi
  • Pino Del Mar2 min a piedi
Šetalište Kralja Nikole

Topolica promenade

Tappa 3 di 6
Šušanj beach · 7 min a piediŽukotrlica · 15 min a piediKing Nikola's Palace · 16 min a piediBar marina · 23 min a piedikm 1.1
Topolica promenade

The palm-lined šetalište that carries King Nikola’s name — the actual king’s promenade this walk is named for, fronting Topolica beach.

1885

King Nikola's Palace

Tappa 4 di 6
Bar marina · 7 min a piediTopolica promenade · 16 min a piediCity centre · 16 min a piediŠušanj beach · 22 min a piedikm 2.4
King Nikola's Palace

Built in 1885 as a wedding gift for Princess Zorka and Petar Karađorđević. The garden grew from seeds Montenegrin sailors carried home from every ocean — and the king’s yacht Sibil was bought from Jules Verne.

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Da vedere

  • Palace botanical garden2 min a piedi
Harbour

Bar marina

Tappa 5 di 6
King Nikola's Palace · 7 min a piediCity centre · 9 min a piediTopolica promenade · 23 min a piediŠušanj beach · 30 min a piedikm 2.9
Bar marina

Nine hundred berths of masts against the Rumija wall — the palm promenade ends among the café terraces of one of the Adriatic’s biggest marinas.

St Jovan Vladimir

City centre

Tappa 6 di 6
Bar marina · 9 min a piediKing Nikola's Palace · 16 min a piediTopolica promenade · 32 min a piediŠušanj beach · 39 min a piedikm 3.6

Finish at Montenegro’s largest Orthodox cathedral, consecrated in 2016 to Jovan Vladimir — the martyred 11th-century prince of Duklja. Then take the short drive up to Stari Bar and the 2,000-year-old olive of Mirovica, under which feuding families once made peace.

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Da vedere

  • Cathedral of St Jovan Vladimir2 min a piedi
  • Stari Bar & Ottoman aqueduct (4 km, excursion)2 min a piedi
  • Stara Maslina — the old olive of Mirovica (excursion)2 min a piedi
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