Ulcinj's Velika Plaza, also known as Long Beach (and Plazha Madhe in Albanian), is one of Montenegro's great natural assets - it is the country's longest contiguous beach and its most famous beach. Some locals like to call this 13-kilometer stretch of Montenegro's coast, the "Copacabana of Ulcinj". It spreads out from Djerane Cape to Ada Bojana.
The beach is well-know for being covered with the finest sand (the diameter of a grain is 0.1-5mm) with such a fine quality that it is reputed to have medicinal and therapeutic qualities. It is rich with minerals, good for those suffering from rheumatism and other illnesses. This beach is distinctive for a long shallow belt of sea water.
Montenegro is generally considered by the world's travel associations, as the likely top growth destination for tourism and resort development over the next ten years. A major factor in this consensus opinion is the miles and miles of pristine, sandy beaches in coastal Ulcinj.
The Ulcinj Coastline - Ulcinj's coastline is 32.7 kilometers long, stretching from Stari Ulcinj Cape southward to where the mouth of the Bojana river empties into the Adriatic Sea. There are eighteen inlets in the part of the coastline that consists of coastal cliffs at the sea's edge, as well as the peninsulas Marjan and Mandra, Valdanos Beach, and two sandy beaches including the great Velika Plaza.
Kite Surfing (Boarding) at Velika Plaza
The sheer size of Velika Plaza provides places for a myriad of beach sports and recreation, including kite surfing.
