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This is one of the last three virgin forests inEurope. Intensive glacial activity has formedvarious geo-morphological shapes includ-ing river valleys and mountain peaks, someof which are over 2000 meters high. Themost famous and largest lake in this area isthe Biogradsko Lake which is located in themiddle of the park at 1094 meters above sealevel.The National Park covers 5400 hectares ofthe central area of the Bjelasica mountain,between the Tara and Lim rivers. Almost80% of the park’s area is forested and manytrees are over 500 years old. Within this parkthere are 26 plant ecosystems, 86 species oftrees and over 220 different plants. The typical mountain trees growinghere are spruce, fir, beech, elm, oak, maple, ash, and linden. B ird watch-ers and ornithologists can enjoy watching the imperial eagle and grouse,as well as 150 other kinds of birds. There are 350 identified insect species.Deer, roe deer, chamois, bears, wolves, wild boars, foxes, rabbits, andotters inhabit the diverse environment of Biogradska gora.

BASIC INFORMATION 

Montenegro belongs to the Middle Mediterranean region of southernEurope. It is located between 41°52’- 43°42’n orth latitude and 18°26’-20°22’east longitude. Montenegro borders on Serbia to the north, Albaniato the southeast, the Adriatic Sea to the south, and Croatia and Bosnia andHerzegovina to the west.

Total area: 13,812 km2

Population: 662,000Length of borders: 614 kmCapital: Podgorica (173,000 inhabitants) - the administrative and eco-nomic centreHistoric capital: Cetinje - the historical and cultural centreLength of sea coast: 293 kmLength of beaches: 73 kmThe longest beach: Velika plaza, Ulcinj - 13,000 mThe highest peak: Bobotov kuk (mountain Durmitor) - 2522mThe largest lake: Skadar - 391 km2

The deepest canyon: Tara - 1300 mThe largest bay: Boka KotorskaClimate: MediterraneanAverage air temperature: in the summer 27.4 °CMaximum sea temperature: 27.1 °C

Average number of sunny days during the year: 240Bathing season: 180 daysColor of the sea:  dark blueSea transparency: from 38m to 56m

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 

Travel documentation: Valid national passport.

Visa: For a stay in Montenegro up to 30 days citizens of the following coun-

tries do not need a visa: Members of the European Community (Republic ofGermany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, United Kingdom,

Republic of Ireland, Spain, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Austria),Former Yugoslav Republics (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

and Macedonia), Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic,

Republic of Slovakia, Poland, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belorussia, UnitedStates of America, Canada, and Switzerland.

Citizens of other countries need to obtain a visa in one of our Embassies orConsulates before travelling to Montenegro

Currency: The official currency on the territory of Montenegro is Euro (EUR).Time Zone: GMT+1

Language:  The official language is Montenegrian. Both the Cyrillic andRoman alphabets are in equal use. The most often spoken foreign languagesare English, Italian and German.

Electricity Supply: 220 V/50 Hz.

ROAD INFORMATION 

AIR TRANSPORTATION

You can travel by air to Montenegro, arriving at one of the two internationalairports: Podgorica and Tivat. The national airline company ”MontenegroAirlines”operates scheduled flights to Belgrade, Budapest, Vienna, Zurich,Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Ljubljana, and Rome. Scheduled flights fromMontenegro are also operated by carriers JAT, Adria Airways and PelicanBlue Line to Belgrade, Ljubljana, Skopje, and Bari.

Airport Golubovci  (Podgorica) - the airport is: 12km from Podgorica,80km from Kolaăin, 170km from Žabljak, 62km from Budva, 44km from Bar.Information: : 020 653 016

Airport Tivat - the airport is: 3km from Tivat, 20km from Budva, 20km fromHerceg Novi, 4km from Kotor, 60km from Bar, 84km from UlcinjInformation: Info phone: 032 671 337 Web site: www.aptivat.com

SEA TRANSPORTATION

Montenegro is connected to the whole world by sea transportation. Ferriesand freighters regularly operate between the lines Bar - Bari and Bar -Ankona.The international ports of Bar, Budva, and Herceg Novi receive all kinds ofvessels. The ports of Bar and Kotor also have marinas for yachts and boats,and offer all kinds of services.The Port of Bar: 030/ 312 733, 311 382

BORDER CROSSINGS:

With Serbia: Ranča, Dobrakovo, Draženovac, KulaWith Croatia: Debeli brijegWith Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sitnica, Vilusi, Vraćenovići, Šćepan Polje andMetaljkaWith Albania: Božaj, Sukobin

VEHICLE INSURANCE AND ROAD TOLLS:

Tourists, who bring their own vehicles to Montenegro, are obliged to payshort-term insurance for their vehicles at the border crossing. Exceptionsinclude foreign drivers from countries with which Montenegro has a specialagreement.

Cetinje is the old historiccapital of Montenegro, which

has for centuries been thecenter of Montenegrin cul-ture and spirituality. In CetinjeMonte-negrins have createdand preserved both culturaltreasures and arms. The townmuseum has the best craftedand best preserved collec-

tions of arms in the Balkans, which represent the supreme achievementof this craft. The streets of original embassies are witness to the gloriousMontenegrin history. The museums, galleries, archives, artistic acad-emies, artists and bohemians give this town a unique character.Any stay in Cetinje should include a visit to the monumental mausole-um on the top of Mount Lovćen. The remains of the great Montenegrinpoet and ruler, Petar II Petrović Njegoš, are located here.

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A visit to the Durmitor regionin the summer or winter sea-

son offers unique mountainscenery. The town of Žabljakis located in the foothills ofDurmitor at 1456 meters abovesea level, which makes it thehighest town in the Balkans.It is surrounded by 23 peakswhich are over 2300 metershigh. The Durmitor mountain

range is dominated by the Bobotov Kuk peak at 2522 meters high.There are 18 glacial lakes referred to as ”mountain eyes”in the Durmitorarea. The most famous is the Black Lake which is covered with thick iceand snow during the winter. In the middle of summer you can evenswim in this lake. In the deep mountain valleys and dense forests arehidden beautiful and magical lakes such as Zminje Lake, Barno Lake,Riblje Lake, Vražje Lake, Modro Lake, and many others.

The Tara River, knownas the ”tear of Europe”,is a powerful, pure, andwild river located in theDurmitor National Park.Its headwaters originatein a mountain range inthe northern part of thecountry and it is 140 kmlong. The Tara joins thePiva River and forms theDrina River becoming oneof the longest and largest in the Balkans. For centuries the Tara has

carved the soft limestone surface through which it flows and has createdsculptural gorges, chasms, and rock formations. The river’s erosion hascreated an 82 km long and 1300 meters deep canyon, the second deep-est in the world after the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river. The steepcanyon walls are covered with forests which climb from the depths ofthe canyon like fire flames.Today the canyon attracts tourists craving adventure, thrills, and directcontact with nature. Rafting down the river on wooden or inflatablewhite water rafts is an exciting experience.

High in the rocky mountain massive, oftensecluded by the clouds and fog, is theOstrog Monastery. It was built in the 17thcentury. This is the place where the rel-ics of Saint Vasilije Ostroški are located.Saint Vasilije Ostroăki watches us duringour whole life and waits for us to one dayreturn to our essence. In 1908 a Germanprince wrote, ”Ostrog is not the sanctityonly for the Orthodox, but is the responseof all religions in the world”.Do not go by car to the upper monastery,but go on foot as a humble pilgrim. Therethe old monk shall tell you the history ofall the miracles that have happened in themonastery. Both the poor and rich comehere in order to find a cure for their bodiesand souls.

Sveti Stefan

Kotor is the old maritimeand cultural centre. Forcenturies it has been thecrossroad for trade andwas strongly influencedby the Venetian Republic.Solid ramparts were builtfacing the mountains dur-ing Byzantine time. Theold town of Kotor is thebest preserved medievalurban community in thispart of the Mediterranean. It has succeeded in preserving its structuralcharacter from the 12th to the 14th century. The asymmetric narrowstreets and squares are filled with important and precious buildings ofmedieval architecture. Kotor is a UNESCO World Natural and CulturalHeritage site.

 Budvanska ri vijera

Skadarsko jezero  Ada Bojana

 Boka Kotorska

 Kotor

Whether you reach Bokaby land or by sea you willbe fascinated by its beauty.To the visitor it appears themountains have crackedand let the sea in. This isthe southernmost fjord inEurope. High mountain pe-aks rise above the narrowcoastline of Boka, protect-ing the bay from the severe

northern climate. This is why Boka Kotorska is an oasis of Mediterraneanvegetation such as agave, palms, mimosas, oleander, kiwi, pomegran-ate, medicinal herbs, and others. Roses bloom in the foothills whilethere is still snow on the mountain peaks above the Boka KotorskaBay. The bay is naturally divided into four smaller bays: Hercegnovski,Risanski, Kotorski, and Tivatski. Like a string of pearls, a series of smalltowns are strung along the shore. Kotor, Perast, Risan, Herceg Novi, andTivat are treasuries of history, art, and beauty.

Like a ship made of rockswhich has gone aground,Sveti Stefan is anchored in thecentral part of the BudvanskaRiviera. It was recorded forthe first time in 1442 as a fish-ermen’s village. Since 1960 ithas become a famous islandhotel with luxurious villasand apartments. Isolatedfrom the summer crowds,

this exclusive resort is located on a rocky peninsula, which is connectedto the mainland by an isthmus. Statesmen, politicians, businessmen,and movie stars and sports stars are its visitors. Its guests were WillyBrandt, Bobby Fisher, Sophia Loren, Monica Witty, Ingemar Stenmark,Sylvester Stalone, Claudia Schieffer and many others.

Below the steeppeaks of MountLovćen lies theBudvanska Riviera.Strung along thecoast southeastof Budva are thepicturesque smalltowns of Sveti Ste-fan, Miločer, andPetrovac. Forty set-tlements and vil-lages and twentybeaches are harmoniously fitted into the dense Mediterranean vegeta-tion and bathed in an abundance of sun.

On the southernmost Monte-negrin coast, the Ada Bojanaisland was formed in the loca-tion where the river Bojanaflows into the Adriatic Sea.After a great storm in the mid-dle of the 19th  century, theship Merito went agroundhere. There were also two lit-tle islands in this place. Riverdeposits accumulated for years around this sunken ship and the twoislands and formed a sandbank and later an island. While it grew, theisland divided the river into two branches. The island has a triangularshape. Two sides of the island are pounded by the river Bojana andthe third side by the Adriatic Sea. The dense Mediterranean vegetationtogether with the unusual animal life create a special micro ecologicalenvironment. The beach and the sea bottom are covered with fine sand.The beach is equipped with sun umbrellas made of reed and sticks. Adais most beautiful when the sun sets and the magical colors merge thesea, sand, and sky into one unique scene. This is a paradise for windsurfers, sailors, water skiers, horseback riders, adventurous people, andlovers. This is the favorite destination of German naturalists.

Skadarsko Lake is the last habi-tat of pelicans in Europe, thelargest bird preserve in Europe,and one of the last sweetwaterswamps on the Mediterranean.It is also the largest lake on theBalkans and one of the biggestnatural and historical attrac-tions in Montenegro.The Lake is located in thezetsko-skadarsko valley, 15km away from the capital of

Podgorica. Two thirds of the lake belongs to Montenegro and one thirdto Albania. The surface of Skadar Lake varies, depending on the waterlevel, from 370m2  to 530m2. The Montenegrin part of Skadar Lakeand its shores, consisting of 40,000 hectares, has been proclaimed aNational Park. The lake is a crypto-depression, which means that partsof the bottom of the lake are below sea l evel. There are about thirty suchplaces, known as ”oke”, in the l ake. The deepest ”oko”is Raduš, which is60 meters deep. The average depth of the lake is 6-8 meters.

Mount Lovćen is a Monte-negrin historical beacon.What Olympus meantto the ancient Greeksis what Mount Lovćenmeans to Montenegrins.Mount Lovćen was pro-claimed a National Parkfor historical and culturalreasons. Mount Lovćenis located in southwest

Montenegro above theancient coastal town ofKotor and Boka Kotorska Bay. The Mount Lovćen National Park coversthe central and highest part of the Lovćen range and its highest peaksare Štirovnik and Jezerski vrh. The mountain slopes are rocky withnumerous crevices, pits, and deep funnel shaped depressions in thekarst.

RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION

The main railway line is Bar-Podgorica-Belgrade with connections from Bel-grade to the rest of Europe.

RAILWAY STATIONS:

Bar 030 301 615Sutomore 030 301 692Podgorica 020 441 211Kolasin 020 441 492Bijelo Polje 050 478 560Niksic 040 214 493

BUS STATIONS:

Ulcinj 030 413 225Bar 030 346 141Sutomore 030 373 128Budva 033 456 000Tivat 032 672 620Kotor 032 325 809Herceg Novi 031 321 225Podgorica 020 620 430Kolasin 020 864 033Bijelo Polje 050 432 219Niksic 040 213 018Berane 051 234 828Pljevlja 052 323 114

IMPORTANT NUMBERS:

Country code for MNE 382Police: 122Emergency first aid: 124Exact time: 125Help on the road: 1280Post office - information: 1181

CITY CODES:

Podgorica and Kolašin (0)20Cetinje (0)41Budva (0)33Nikšić and Šavnik (0)40Tivat and Kotor (0)32Herceg Novi (0)31Bar and Ulcinj (0)30Pljevlja and Žabljak (0)52Berane, Rozaje and Plav (0)51

Bijelo Polje and Mojkovac (0)50

Use 0 when calling withinMontenegro

CELLULAR TELEPHONES

Pro Monte GSM (069) Info: 19898Monet GSM (067) Info: 19899M:tel GSM (068) Info: 9868

INTERNATIONAL COUNTRYCODES:

Austria 43Bosnia and Herzegovina 387Croatia 385Czech Republic 420France 33Germany 49Hungary 36Irish Republic 353Israel 972Italy 39Macedonia 389Norway 47Poland 48Russian Federation 7Serbia 381

Slovak Republic 421Slovenia 386Switzerland 41Sweden 46United Kingdom 44U.S.A. 1

When calling from MNE dial 00 +country code + city code

EXPLORE MONTENEGRO

PODGORICA 

156 ANDRIJEVICA 

50 206 BAR

140 16 190 BERANE

118 48 168 32 BIJELO POLJE

60 216 38 200 178 BUDVA 

17 173 67 157 135 77 DANILOVGRAD

136 134 186 118 95 196 119 ŽABLJAK 

7 0 87 12 0 7 1 4 8 1 30 87 8 8 K OL AŠ IN

81 237 59 221 199 21 98 217 151 KOTOR

90 66 140 50 27 150 107 68 21 171 MOJKOVAC

50 206 100 190 168 110 33 86 120 131 140 NIKŠIĆ

180 25 231 41 73 240 197 159 112 261 91 230 PLAV 

109 265 159 249 227 169 92 145 179 190 199 59 289 PLUŽINE

174 151 224 135 112 234 191 60 106 255 85 146 176 205 PLJEVLJA 

171 48 221 32 64 231 188 150 103 252 82 221 73 281 167 ROŽAJE

83 240 59 224 202 23 101 219 154 9 174 134 264 193 258 255 TIVAT 

78 232 26 216 194 64 93 212 146 85 166 126 257 185 250 248 87 ULCINJ

125 281 103 265 243 65 142 272 195 44 215 175 305 234 299 296 53 129 HERCEG NOVI

31 187 67 171 149 29 48 189 101 50 121 81 211 140 205 202 54 93 94 CETINJE

96 174 146 158 135 156 79 40 166 177 108 46 199 105 100 190 180 172 221 127 ŠAVNIK 

85310 Budva, Montenegro, PO box 121, Tel: +382 33 455 181,Fax: +382 33 455 182, E mail: adriaex@t-com.me, www.adriaex.com

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Main Highway 

Regional Road

Railway 

 Airport

Country Border 

Boarder Crossing

Boarder of the National Park 

Mountain Peak and Altitude

River 

Lake

Capital

Municipality 

Urban settlement

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