Montenegro
In the heart of Europe and the Mediterranean, divided from Italy by the Adriatic sea, Montenegro is waiting for you. This small country is only an hour flight away from Rome or Budapest and one and a half hour from Zurich. It's located on southern part of Adriatic sea, in the extension of Croatian part of Adriatic coast, and across Italy. Budva is a beautiful seaside town with the old medieval settlement at the very heart, great number of hotels, cafes, restaurants and variety of gold sandy beaches... It is located in the center of Montenegrin part of Adriatic coast, 20 km away from Tivat airport and 60 km from Podgorica airport. Budva is only 30 km away from the old Montenegrin capital Cetinje, beautiful old town settled in a mountain valley, where most of the Montenegrin history and culture is and only 2 hours train distance from mountain ski resorts. Municipality of Budva occupies the central part of Montenegrin coast and the territory of 122 square kilometers. Almost one forth of the attractive coastal zone of Montenegro or 25 km of the coastal line, the municipality takes, and sandy beaches are spread over 11.310 m. The Municipality of Budva counts around 17000 inhabitants. The biggest settlements are Budva with around 10000 inhabitants and Petrovac with around 4000 inhabitants, Sveti Stefan with almost 2000 and Becici with 1500 inhabitants. Along the Riviera around forty settlements, villages and hamlets are threaded. Becici is located just 3 km away from the old town of Budva and is home to one of the most spectacular beaches in the Mediterranean. In 1936, at the world exhibition in Paris, Becici beach was proclaimed the most beautiful beach of the Mediterranean. A beautiful seaside promenade leads to the old town of Budva. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful and largest beaches on the south part of the Adriatic Sea. It is sandy, 1950 m long and goes from Zavale to Djevistenja. In 1935 it was rewarded Grand Prix (Golden Palm) in Paris, for the most beautiful beach in Europe. How significant Budva beaches and the quality of their sand were, shows the fact that the Czechs made an exhibition of the sand from these beaches for advertisement purposes. As a part of the background there is a complex tourist settlement. It can be considered to be a bathing zone, sport zone, and a zone for recreation and relaxation in well managed parks, with different sport terrains, and of course a zone of all kinds of accommodation capacities.
