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Ulcinj is one of those unusual settings, where through much of the year, a traveler can be on a warm, sunny beach in the afternoon, and skiing some of Europes finest new ski slopes the next morning.
Ulcinj's coastal setting also allows guests to experience a wide array of boating, deep sea fishing, scuba diving among offshore historic wrecks, jet skiing, and any other water sports that can be imagined.
InTown in Ulcinj
Things to Do in the Beach City
Ulcinj's "main Street" of cafe's, shops, daily errands, and nightlife, Ulitsa Skenderbeu stretches from from the center of Ulcinj, down to the beach promenade (Obala Borisa Kidrica). The street is accessible from Bulevar Marsala Tita, one of Ulcinj's primary streets. Each week, a Market Day takes place in Ulcinj that brings a unique mix of country and town folk to the city's center for agricultural goods and basic needs.
Ulcinj's beach promenade, Obala Borisa Kidrica, or the "Korzo" as it is called by locals, is a strip-like walkway lighting the small beach. At night during the summer months, young tourists walk past one another while bright lights decorate the street and live music invades their ear drums.
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InTown in Bar
Things to Do in the Beach City
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Ulcinj is an exciting "base camp" for travel excursions in the immediate area, and throughout Montenegro. For beach excursions, check out the Ulcinj Beaches section of this site.
Ada Bojana
The Ada Bojana (Ada Buna) area of the Ulcinj coast is a popular destination with international travelers to Montenegrins, and perhaps most telling, among Montenegrins as well. This is due largely to the natural beauty of the area and the daily fresh fish catch served at Ada Bojana restaurants. Some of the most scenic portions of Velika Plaza (Long Beach) are here in Ada Bojana, attracting a multitude of beach-goers on any given day.
Ada Bojana is also known for the quality of its seafood restaurants, serving up Ulcinj region seafood flavorings. The daily fish catch at the mouth of the Buna river make for some of the best seafood menus anywhere in the world. The banks of river Buna are also of interest, which feature wooden huts with curious-looking fishing devices called Calimera - which allow fishing of the river only with nets.
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Lake Skadar National Park
This enormous lake and national treasure of Montenegro is located about seven kilometers from coastal Ulcinj and the Adriatic Sea. The lake is approximately 44 kilometers in length and 14 kilometers in width. Interesting, two-thirds of Lake of Scadar is situated in Montenegro with the balance in Albania. Check out this video of a seaplane adventure on Skadar Lake:
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Valdanos Olive Groves
According to Ulcinj tradition a man can not be married until he had planted at least one olive tree. For centuries Ulcinj has been an active olive-growing region, giving Ulcinj a reputation for fine olive oils. In the Valdanos area there are major parcels of land such as olive plantation Ullishta with 74,000 trees in one complex. The average age of the olive trees in this area is well over 300 years, with some dating to ancient Greece in the 5th century B.C.
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Bar Seaport
Bar is a natural harbor and the main seaport of Montenegro, located at the foot of the mountain-mass Rumija. Bar is part of the Bar-Ulcinj area, on the north edge of the Ulcinj coastal region. Bar is famous for being the summer home of Montenegrin Duke Nikola at the end of the 19th century, which is today a museum and concert hall.
Stari Bar - The Old Bar Fortress
A historic spot of the town of Bar is the Old Bar Fortress, also known as Stari Bar, now an open-air museum, situated on a 4-hectare hilltop just four kilometers from the sea. This old "fortress town" was first mentioned in writings from the 9th Century when Mihajlo Vojislavljevic, the first King of Montenegro was crowned in Bar in 1077. The site's cultural, religious, and historical heritage are considered to be one of Montenegro's national iconic treasures.
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Valdanos Beach and Bay
Valdanos Bay, a horsehoe-shaped natural water body, is situated about four miles to the north of Ulcinj's Old Town, between Mavrijen and Mendra. The bay's end point falls steeply and suddenly into the sea. The 600-meter long beach at Valdanos is single, composed of round stones 1 to 20 cm in diameter.
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Bird Watching at the Ulcinj Salt Works Factory
This protected eco-system in Ulcinj is one of the world's top birdwatching locations, since Ulcinj and its surroundings are major resting points for over 200 bird species on their migration paths. During the winter months, more than 20,000 birds including more than 200 species are typically nested here, including a rich variety of woodcocks, pelicans, ducks, cormorants, prey birds and songbirds, as well as extremely rare birds of the Montenegrin ornitoflora including the long footed goosefoot and Sheldrake.
Tara River Escursions
Rafting on the Tara River is a popular recreation activity in Montenegro. One popular rafting route follows an 18 kilometer course starting from Brstnovica, that takes approximately three hours. Other rafting routes allows enthusiasts to follow much of the dramatic Tara River Gorge - Europe's deepest gorge - passing near waterfalls, under bridges, near old Roman roads, and of course, through "white water" rougher waters for those that enjoy the most exciting of rafting trips.
The Tara River Gorge, also known as Tara Canyon, is the route of the Tara River, the deepest canyon in Montenegro and Europe, at 78 kilometers in length and 1,300 meters at its deepest. The canyon is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is a part of Durmitor national park. The Tara River is fed by the confluence of the Ospanica and Verusa rivers in the Dinaric Alps of Montenegro.
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Photography Tours - Montenegro is a popular destination for photographers seeking to capture a unique sense of place, time, and circumstance. Setting as varied as mountaintop vistas, shimmering beaches, olive groves, historic towns and villages, and a fascinating local population, make for an interesting journey of images.
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