THE BAY OF BOKA

BOKA KOTORSKA

RISAN One of the oldest settlements in the Bay, with numerous stories and legends about the famous Teuta, the Illyrian queen, who in times long past had her court in the town, Roman mosaics and the frightening Sopot which was empty and quiet but which can in moments of greatest anger splash right over the road.

PERAST Palace of the Bujovic's, now the town museum of Perast siat one time the summer home of a famous Perast family. The busts of Marko Martinovic, Andrija Zmajevic and Tripo Kokolj, three famous Perast men. Today their busts look out from the main square towards the endless sea from where this pearl of a town has for centuries drawn its energy and its wealth. Gospa od Skrpjela Isle, which is artificially built in the 15th century. On the isle visitor can see catholic church-museum of the same name. This church preserves numerous, valuable and rare exhibits (about 2500 silver oath tablets; 68 oil paint canvases of the most known Yugoslav Baroque painter - Tripo Kokolja; the oldest organ in Europe which is still played; Perast's women embroidery handmade of gold, silver, silk and even her own hair; etc.).

 KOTOR  city under UNESCO protection. Sightseeing Kotor, old part of the city, navy museum, St. Tripun cathedral , St. Georgius church. Kotor sparkled in these morning hours with its walls, bits old town, lchurches, steps, gateways, and e cheerful inhabitants....

LUSTICA PENINSULA The famous peninsular opposite Herceg Novi famed for its many legends of pirates, sailors, fishermen, and even dynamite. Lustica is famous for its vast unique olive groves, its famous cheese in oil, dried fish, prosciutto, "caglje" (prairie jackals), mongoose, the largest number of churches with two altars anywhere in the world, and who knows what else... Village Excursion a mini bus drives to one of the many coastal villages in the Tivat area. Visiting the Ethnographical Museum and then enjoying the original village atmosphere. With a national dinner ( smoked ham and cheese done in the domestic way with roast meat and vegetables, various salads and home made bread, desert and domestic wine ) while listening to accordion music , dance and other types of animation.

          SKADAR LAKE

 Bus tour over the Pastrovska mountain with photo stops, arrival to the Lake and boarding on the boat. Accompanied with the guides the tour on the Lake includes: visiting the bays, cultural and historic monuments and the settlements on the Lake's sides with incredible experience of flora and fauna unique exclusively for this location. The guest will be served a snack called “Montenegrin Welcome”. During the tour the swim in the clear Lake is envisaged.

The tour continues towards the old fishermen settlement Karuc, located on one of the Lake's springs surrounded with the Lake's vegetation. In this ambience of fisherman village, the guests are served with the refreshment and the fish prepared in the traditional way.
Pleasant hours spent in this environment, with fun, swimming and fishmeal specialities leave our guest with the feeling of unforgettable. On our way back, the boat goes back to the Lake's port, the guests are brought back to their hotel and arrival is expected in the late afternoon.
 

          MINI - MONTENEGRO TOUR

 

Cetinje is the former capital of Montenegro. The town is considered to be a symbol of freedom, national dignity and history, the symbol of Montenegro. From Cetinje comes the famous family Petrovic, secular  and spiritual rulers and artists. Every stone is a part of history and nature created the beautiful surroundings. Mount  Lovcen  overlooks Cetinje plain and stands between Cetinje and Boka Kotorska.

Lovcen National Park  is in many ways unhinge. The beauty of the panoramas is almost unbelievable.  Lovcen National Park is 6400 hectares, with a great variety of geographical features.  Special attractions of this Park are the  famous Lovcen hairpin bends from where can be seen the rocky plains, funnel shaped depressions and bare hilltops of the National Park.

Along the old road from Kotor over Lovcen is Njegus a picturesque mountain village the birthplace of  Petar II Petrovic Njegos and King Nikola I Petrovic. Petar II Petrovic Njegos  was the greatest Montenegrin ruler and poet. It is said that he was in love with Lovcen's rocky peaks. Before he died he asked to be buried on the highest peak of Mount Lovcen which overlooks Lake Skadar.  This wish was fulfilled by Prince Danilo. In 1916 the little church was destroyed by the Austrians. Njegos  remains were exhumed and removed to Cetinje, the Montenegrin capital .

 In 1925. a new chapel was built in which, for the second time, Peter II Petrovic Njegos was buried. 

At that time a new idea was born, to build a monumental mausoleum. King  Alexander Karadjordjevic instructed the sculptor Ivan Mestrovic to design the mausoleum. This was built  between 1951 and 1974.

 

          OSTROG MONASTERY (XVII century)

Ostrog monastery stands on a hill between Danilovgrad and Niksic. The monastery was built by Vladika St.Vasilije of Zahumlje and Herzegovina, one of the four Montenegrin saints, in the 17th century. His relics are kept in the Monastery. The relics of St.Vasilije and the monastery are believed to have healing power. The monastery is a major sanctuary and a favorite visiting place for Orthodox Christians.

The monastery has two churches. The Upper Church, built in a cave, was constructed in 1665. The wall paintings in the Upper Church, from the same period, are attributed to the artist Radul. The Lower Church dates from the 18th century. Among its treasures, the Church owns a prayer book (Mineon) from 1732 and decorated candlesticks from 1779.

 

          THE RIVER TARA - TEAR OF EUROPE

The river Tara, that has been entered into the register of the UNESCO, world - wide legacy of nature, is in a lot of things unique at the planet. Canyon of the river, whose lenght is 96 km and height of about 1300 meters is on the second place in the world, just after the river Colorado. That second place, canyon of the river Tara or how she is usually called in the world "TEAR OF EUROPE", because of splendid clear, liquid and clearine water, he has got because of magnificient cliffs that are verically rising up to the sky. In anything else, for example, variety of flora and fauna it is, doubtless, the first on the Earth. The river Tara and her canyon, in short, have to be seen and that is possible only by raft, respectively, coming down the river. " Who did not see the river Tara and her canyon - he did not see anything. " " If there is eternity than has to be hidden somewhere - in the canyon of the river Tara." At the beginning of the canyon, on his gate "Crna Poda", on about twenty five hectares, there is a jungle of black pines, unique in the world. Trunks, high even sixty meters, old about five centuries are looking up to the sky. And, further, downstream on every step, the river Tara is unrepeatable. There is the river Ljutica, the shortest ( 140 meters) and the fastest river in the Europe. One kilometer further there is a bridge, called "Djurdjevica Tara", high 150 meters, built before the second world war and he is putting together cliffs of the canyon and so reminds on giant bird in flying and with her wings caught by bluffs and stayed there to hover above majestic water of the river Tara. Than, about fourteen kilometers" Brstanovacki Bukovi ", 14 km of wild, frothy river, where she is showing all power and superiority of the nature. Anywhere on the planet the man cannot better feel that aboriginal power of nature, but there can. It is banded by dignified cliffs of the canyon. There is fear, respecting and admiration that God's work and all of it, on that place is such to stay remembered for all the times. Everything can be forgotten but the river Tara and her canyon are keeping in mind. There is " Bailovica sige " - variety of water pearls that are melting from cliffs over a lot of plants into the river Tara.