Bar in 3 days: beaches, King Nikola's Palace and Stari Bar

Zukotrlica is the town beach in Susanj, about a kilometre long. Pines grow along the pebbly shore, with natural shade behind the bathing area.

Starting around 9:00, the estimate allows 25 minutes to walk from near the palace. Arriving around 9:25 leaves a full four hours for swimming and resting, until 13:25. Including the walk, this activity takes 4 hours and 25 minutes.

The waterfront promenade leads from the coastal centre towards Susanj and Zukotrlica.

By this estimate, the walk back from Zukotrlica to your accommodation in the coastal centre takes 25 minutes, with another 10 to change. Lunch would then be around 14:00.

The total of 3 hours and 5 minutes includes the return walk, changing, an hour for lunch and an hour and a half of rest. The walk to the palace follows that break.

King Nikola's Palace was built as a summer residence beside the sea, with a park, smaller palace buildings and guard towers. It now houses the Local History Museum, whose collections cover the archaeology, history and ethnology of the Bar area. The building is interesting in its own right: after restoration, the painted walls on the upper floors were presented to the public as part of the palace interior.

The walk from your accommodation in the coastal centre is estimated at 15 minutes, with an hour for the museum visit. Leaving around 16:30 would bring you to the museum around 16:45, with the visit lasting until around 17:45. The total is an hour and 15 minutes.

Kulturni centar Bar publishes opening hours of 8:00-20:00 for the Local History Museum and an adult admission price of 4 EUR.

From the palace, the return walk leads to your accommodation in the coastal centre. The estimate allows 15 minutes, finishing around 18:00. Dinner and any later evening outing are outside this nine-hour day.

From Bar's coastal centre, the drive to Utjeha follows the E851 towards Ulcinj, then Uvala maslina - Utjeha street to the main bathing area. The navigation leads to the approach to that bathing area. This itinerary does not specify an individual parking space in advance.

The estimate allows 30 minutes for driving and another 5 each for parking and walking to the beach. Starting around 9:00 would bring you to the beach around 9:40. Traffic or a search for a parking space can extend the approach.

Utjeha, also known as Val Maslina, has a short rocky shore facing southwest. Nearby is the olive grove for which the cove is known. The beach is about 200 metres long.

Four hours remain for swimming and resting, from 9:40 to 13:40. The drive is counted in the preceding activity, and lunch follows the return to Bar.

From the beach, you walk back to the car and follow the same main road towards Topolica. The estimate allows 5 minutes each for walking and leaving the parking area, 30 minutes for driving and 10 for changing at your accommodation: 50 minutes in total.

Your return to the coastal centre is around 14:20, with lunch around 14:30 after changing.

The estimate allows an hour for lunch in Bar, followed by an hour and a half of rest at your accommodation.

Lunch and the break take 2 hours and 30 minutes in total. The rest of the afternoon is free after the break.

Stari Bar stands on a rocky outcrop beneath Rumija, about four kilometres from the sea. Parts of more than 250 buildings remain within the walls, including churches, palaces and olive mills. The walk also reaches the restored clock tower and the hammam, a former public bathhouse. Rumija's steep slopes rise above the stone walls.

Two and a half hours are allowed for sightseeing. The visit is a walk through the archaeological site, viewing the main monuments from outside.

Starting around 9:45, the estimate includes 20 minutes of driving to the car park, 10 for parking, 5 to walk to the site and 5 as a buffer at the entrance. The visit begins around 10:25 and lasts until 12:55. Including the approach, the activity takes 3 hours and 10 minutes.

Kulturni centar Bar publishes opening hours of 8:00-20:00 for Stari Bar and an adult admission price of 5 EUR. The drive ends at the Stara carsija car park, with the archaeological site reached on foot from there.

The neighbourhood below the walls has shops, souvenir shops and restaurants. After the archaeological site, the walk continues along a street where everyday life in Stari Bar still takes place. An hour remains for walking and looking around the shops before lunch at one of the bazaar's restaurants.

The estimate allows 5 minutes to leave the site and walk down, with lunch around 14:00. An hour for the meal and half an hour of rest, together with the walk, make 2 hours and 35 minutes in total. You would continue towards Mirovica around 15:30.

The Old Olive Tree at Mirovica is more than 2,000 years old and is protected as a natural monument. The space around it is laid out for visitors, and its story is also part of local tradition: according to legend, feuding families reconciled beneath the tree. The name Mirovica is linked to that custom.

The estimate allows 5 minutes to walk from the bazaar to the car, 10 for driving, and another 5 each for parking and walking to the entrance. Continuing around 15:30 would bring you to the tree around 15:55. The visit allows 35 minutes, followed by 5 to walk back to the car, around 16:35. The total is an hour and 5 minutes.

Kuca maslina publishes opening hours of 8:00-18:00 for the Old Olive Tree, every day. The site's page lists an adult admission price of 2 EUR. This is a visit to the tree at Mirovica, separate from Kuca maslina's showroom in Stari Bar.

The return from Mirovica follows the E851 to Bar's coastal centre. The estimate allows 15 minutes for driving, plus 5 each for parking and the final walk to your accommodation: 25 minutes in total. By this estimate, your return is around 17:00.