Ulcinj is where Montenegro changes character. Where olive groves stretch endlessly, where the Adriatic softens into long sandy beaches, where the call to prayer blends with church bells, where Albanian, Ottoman, and Mediterranean influences form a cultural mosaic unlike anywhere else in the country. In winter, Ulcinj becomes a quiet, sunlit escape—warmer than the rest of...
Behind the coastline of Budva, Bar, and Ulcinj lies one of Montenegro’s greatest sleeper assets: a Mediterranean culinary triangle of olive groves, wineries, rural villages, slow-food traditions, organic farms, and centuries-old estates untouched by mass tourism. In winter, these landscapes take on a quiet beauty—mist over olive terraces, smoke rising from stone houses, fresh fish arriving each...
