Budva, Montenegro Travel Blogs

Independence beers in Budva
May 20, 2006 (21 photos)

... 3E) apparently. As a final blast, Ruth and I went out for dinner the night that the unofficial results of Montenegro's Independence Referendum were announced. Needing a vote of 55% or more for independence from Serbia, the unofficial, likely-to-be ...

Russian Invasion
Sep 27, 2009 (25 photos)

... noch preiswert (Montenegro an sich ist schon recht teuer verglichen mit Albanien) und fahren nach Fahrplan! Budva ist die Tourismus Hochburg von Montenegro, hier fallen die Pauschalreisenden wie eine biblische Plage ein. 90% der Pauschis kommen aus dem ...

Leaving Budva
Sep 29, 2009 (45 photos)

Hallo zusammen, hatte zum Glueck auch noch einmal gutes Wetter in Budva.   Hier noch ein paar Fotos. Gruss Ralf

Expensive sunscreen = 3rd degree burns
May 18, 2005 (4 photos)

Wow, we have just spent five nights here in Budva, Montenegro. It is absolutely beautiful. We laid out in the sun and done pretty much nothing. Jamie decided to get a little daring one day and skimped on the sun-screen. This led to third degree burns on ...

Down the Montenegrin "riviera"
Jun 23, 2007 (22 photos)

... my way on down the Montenegrin coastline a little, I'm now staying in the big resort town of the region. Well, Budva's actually even smaller in population than Kotor, but it's an absolute boomtown in terms of construction, hotels and tourist numbers. ...

Beautiful Montenegro and rain again
Aug 22, 2002 (3 photos)

... nothing like that. I'm sure it would be another story if we were to visit Kosovo. My understanding is that currently, Montenegro and Serbia are both republics of Yugoslavia, but they are working to become independent, though the process is slow.* Most ...

The newest country on earth
Jul 20, 2006 (5 photos)

... from what we could tell, very few people wanted to be more than 100 meters from the water's edge. Our destination was Budva, Montenegro's top beach resort. Part of the pleasure of Budva is in the getting there, particularly if you are arriving from ...

Budva
Oct 24, 2007 (7 photos)

There was a glimmer of sun today and decided to relax in Budva after last two days of productive sightseeing. Enjoyed sitting out on the deck staring out at the Adriatic Sea and little island "Sveti Nikola" in front of me and Old Town walls to the right. ...

Italians abound
Jul 28, 2008 (4 photos)

Pictures to come

Totally its own country!
Jul 3, 2006

... leading to Serbia and Montenegro's breakup) and also that we met a guy there from Cal, who runs a hostel in Budva , which is in Montenegro, which I might mention is its own country now. Please also forgive this not being the most coherent post, as it ...

Oct 24, 2009
Oct 24, 2009 (1 photos)

Big storms hit the beach
Jun 19, 2009 (12 photos)

We've never seen anything like these storms, it was pretty intense.  more to follow

Of princes 'n palaces
Feb 1, 2007 (9 photos)

... we woke to grey skies, but this didn't concern us too much, and we got an early bus soon after breakfast for Cetinje, Montenegro's former capital in the mountains. The journey took us back through Budva, the resort town we'd passed on our way to Kotor, ...

The Worlds Newest Country!
May 31, 2007 (4 photos)

... drops to the side and lush, green forests. After we arrived we jumped on a bus to our next stop, the holiday resort of Budva. We decided to stay in a hostel again this time as it was the cheapest option and the campsite was closed. The day we arrived the ...

June 19: Southern Fjord
Jun 19, 2009

... day. Afterward I went back to the hostel to have lunch and stayed there to avoid the heat, re-emerged at 1800 to tour Budva’s own old town inside its walls, which is much less impressive than Kotor’s, before going to the beach and swam under ...

Relaxing on the coast
Jul 13, 2006 (8 photos)

After 5 hours sleep in a hot minibus, I arrived in the largest beach resort in Montenegro. Incidentally, it only occured to me that Montenegro actually means something when I saw the Serbo-Croatian translation and could relate it to what little Czech I ...

I wasn't speeding... officer!
Oct 14, 2007

HE SAID: We ventured to drive to the beach town and old city of Budva about 30 minutes from Kotor.  It was an easy drive.  It would have been easier if I didnt get pulled over for speeding.  I actually thought that I was going less than the ...

Budva
May 30, 2009 (32 photos)

... beautiful, with mountains and tree lines that roll right up to the water. It took our breath away. Budva was no different. The whole coast of Montenegro is basically along one road, and just runs through towns without really changing. The mountains go up ...

Over the Hills and Far Away....
Aug 20, 2009 (43 photos)

... ; The city we stopped in was Budva -- which is a nice enough town. It is full of tourists as it is one of Montenegro's premier tourist locations. It was quite incredible to walk through the old town and see what Budva used to be with all the cobblestones ...

Black Mountain
Jun 2, 2008 (5 photos)

Mountains so high, Ocean so green, Sky so blue People so...nice! Yeah, that's what I think about Montenegro. The backdrop to the coast is so dramatic and the water much warmer than that of the Agean (not sure if I already said this). Either way I'm ...

Montenegro
Mar 28, 2006 (5 photos)

... is a beautiful place, and its inhabitants enjoy a leisurely pace of life. When asked what people do in Montenegro, Vladimir replied, "sleeping, drinking brandy and making philosophy". Some, however, interpret their lifestyle as being...er...lazy. There's ...

Monte Negro?
Mar 15, 2009 (2 photos)

Somehow we make it of course, and soon we're down in the Montenegrin coastal city of Ulcinj at 5am.  From here I'll go on to the town of Pudva, the center of the Macdedonian 'Riviera'.    But first I enlist one of the local dogs to take ...

Coastal Town of Budva Montenegro
Sep 6, 2008 (3 photos)

... Sat down, had a shot with Rudy, the owner, and listened to some of his stories as a water taxi driver.    Budva is beautiful but a bit chaotic from all of the beach bums.  Spent the night on the boardwalk which was lined with stall after ...

Getting landed on at 4:30 in the morning
May 16, 2009

Well what can I stay, my day started off literally with a bang! At around 4:30 in the morning the guy in the bunk bed above me got out of bed to go to the toilet, I was half asleep and didnt really notice anything apart from that one of the beams in the ...

Budva
Nov 8, 2008 (3 photos)

... in the amount of yachts arriving there over the summer of 2008 due to the economic slow-down, the small marina of Budva is relatively packed with multi-million euro costing pleasure boats. The medieval city packed with boutique shops is still a cheap stop ...

Flashy and Trashy
Jul 15, 2008 (12 photos)

... Juice Bar.  Day 2 Got up early and had breakfast at our hotel before setting off for a boat trip around the Budva Peninsula and Sveti Stefan.  Unfortunately the boat we were on had hordes of rude Russian tourists who pushed and shoved to ...

Montenegro
Jul 9, 2003 (2 photos)

After 10 days in Albania I went into Montenegro

The newest country in the world!
Sep 27, 2007

... (the most popular car in Albania)! This guys was really nice..'Americans super' he exclaimed a few times during the journey!! Montenegro is gorgeous! I would say it looks just like out of  'Casino Royale' but I've come to find out that was ...

Budva, Montenegro
Aug 7, 2007 (21 photos)

... same developer. I think that's horrendous when you sell one of the countries biggest tourist attractions to a private party but Montenegro has done this in several instances. The biggest challenge I have with the beaches here is walking on the large ...

Finally into Montengro
May 14, 2009 (9 photos)

Well after 4 different forms of transport I finally made it to my destination Budva in Montengro! Montengro is the worlds newest country and it is definatley up and coming in terms of tourism and it is really set up for mass tourism in the near future so ...