5 days in Ulcinj: city sights and day trips

Sapore di Mare lies along the coast toward Pinjes and Albatros. The walk from Mala Plaza along Steva Djakonovica Cice Street, including the approach to the swimming spot, is estimated at 30 minutes. Leaving your accommodation around 9:00 gets you there around 9:30.

Sapore di Mare is one of the rocky swimming spots along the coast toward Pinjes. The restaurant of the same name stands on a projecting rocky outcrop, beside an area with sun loungers and umbrellas.

There are four full hours for swimming and rest, approximately from 9:30 to 13:30.

The restaurants behind Mala Plaza offer somewhere to have lunch close to your accommodation before the later climb into the Old Town. The walk back from the swimming spot is estimated at 30 minutes, putting lunch around 14:00.

An hour for lunch and an hour and a half of rest leave you ready to continue walking around 16:30.

In Ulcinj Old Town, narrow passages lead between closely packed stone houses. Renaissance and Baroque details survive on the buildings, alongside separate structures from the Ottoman period. The tower on the highest plateau gives the upper part of the Old Town its distinctive outline, while former palaces to the south now accommodate guests.

The visit takes place outdoors, along public streets and the town walls. The climb from the waterfront center is estimated at 20 minutes, followed by 90 minutes of sightseeing, from around 16:50 to 18:20. The 15-minute walk back brings the day to a close near Mala Plaza around 18:35.

This walk stays outside the museum. The navigation link leads to the upper part of the Old Town near the museum, from where the walk continues along public streets.

Inside the walls of Stari Bar are the remains of churches, palaces and olive mills, while the clock tower and hammam recall the Ottoman period. The plan allows 150 minutes to explore the archaeological site.

Leaving the waterfront center of Ulcinj around 9:00 brings you to the site entrance around 10:30. The preceding 90 minutes include walking to the car, approximately 45 minutes of driving, parking, the walk to the gate and buying a ticket. The visit itself lasts until 13:00.

Leave the car at the Stara Carsija parking lot below the entrance. Bar Cultural Center lists site opening hours of 8-20 and adult admission of 5 EUR.

Beyond the gate begins the stone street of Stara Carsija, lined with shops and restaurants. After the ruins within the walls, this is the part of Stari Bar where people still live and work. The descent and walk through the old bazaar are estimated at 45 minutes.

Lunch in the bazaar fits around 13:45, before continuing to Mirovica. An hour for the meal and half an hour to rest let you continue around 15:15.

The Old Olive Tree stands in a landscaped area at Mirovica. A laboratory estimate places it among olive trees more than two thousand years old, while the local story of feuding families making peace here explains Mirovica's significance to the local community.

The route continues by car from the bazaar to Mirovica. Walking to the car, driving, parking and reaching the tree are estimated at 35 minutes. The visit takes another 35 minutes, from around 15:50 to 16:25. The walk back to the car adds five minutes.

House of Olives lists daily opening hours of 8-18 for the Mirovica site. Adult admission is 2 EUR. These hours apply to the area around the tree, rather than the showroom in the bazaar.

King Nikola's summer residence stands by the sea, in a park with rare tree species. The main palace now houses the Regional Museum: archaeological finds and objects from life in the Bar area span periods from prehistory to the first half of the 20th century.

The drive from Mirovica to Topolica, parking and the walk to the museum are estimated at 40 minutes. The visit takes an hour, approximately from 17:10 to 18:10. Walking to the car, the return drive of around 45 minutes, parking in Ulcinj and walking back to your accommodation bring the day to an end around 19:30.

Bar Cultural Center lists opening hours of 8-20 for the Regional Museum and adult admission of 4 EUR.

From the Ulcinj waterfront, drive toward Long Beach to reach Miami. Leave your accommodation around 9:00 to arrive at Miami around 9:45. Walking to the car, driving, parking and reaching the sand are estimated at 45 minutes.

Fine sand covers the shore at Miami, a developed section of Long Beach with a restaurant and beach bar. The seabed is sandy too, setting this day apart from the rocky swimming spot near town and the pebbles at Valdanos.

There are four full hours for swimming and rest, from around 9:45 to 13:45. Getting here and the later drive toward the Bojana are counted separately.

Misko is a fish restaurant on the right bank of the Bojana, near the bridge. From the restaurant's stretch of riverbank, the view follows the river toward its mouth.

Walking to the car, driving from Miami, parking and reaching the restaurant are estimated at 40 minutes, including around 25 minutes of driving. Lunch can begin around 14:25, with an hour for the meal and 45 minutes to rest. Lunch at Misko depends on confirmation that the kitchen is open and guest parking is available on your date of visit.

After the meal and rest, around 16:10, head back toward Ulcinj. Walking to the car, driving with extra time for summer traffic, parking and the final walk are estimated at an hour and 15 minutes. You reach the waterfront center around 17:25, leaving the evening free.

The road from Ulcinj to Valdanos passes through old olive groves to the bay northwest of town. If you leave your accommodation around 9:00, the walk to the car, drive, parking and walk to the beach take an estimated 50 minutes. You arrive by the sea around 9:50.

Valdanos forms a narrow horseshoe between Mavrijan and Mendra. The pebble beach lies along the green edge of the bay, with an old olive grove behind it.

There are four hours for swimming and rest, from around 9:50 to 13:50. Lunch follows the return to Ulcinj.

The return from Valdanos brings you to the restaurant area near Mala Plaza. Walking to the car, driving, parking and reaching the waterfront are estimated at 50 minutes, putting lunch around 14:40.

An hour for the meal and 45 minutes of rest bring the plan to a close around 16:25. The rest of the afternoon is free.

From Ulcinj, drive to Virpazar via Bar and Sutomore, then through the Sozina Tunnel. Leave the car in the Virpazar parking lot and walk to the central bridge and the Kingfisher information desk.

Leaving your accommodation near Mala Plaza around 9:30 gets you to the bridge around 11:40. Walking to the car, driving, parking and the final walk are estimated at 130 minutes, including 90 minutes of driving.

Monteput lists the Sozina toll for a category-two passenger car as 2.50 EUR per passage, or 5 EUR for this round trip.

Before the boat trip, there are 20 minutes for a short walk around Virpazar. Stone bridges, channels and houses beside the water show how closely this small settlement is tied to the lake. Boat check-in is at the Kingfisher information desk at 12:00, half an hour before departure.

The two-hour Kingfisher boat trip alternates between narrow passages through vegetation and open water near Vranjina. Broad water lily leaves cover parts of the quieter channels, while Lesendro Fortress is viewed from the water.

The two-hour departure at 12:30 must be confirmed in advance for your date of visit. You return to the same meeting point in Virpazar around 14:30. National Park admission is included in this specific offer, while lunch is paid for separately.

Crmnica's lake cuisine features carp and bleak.

With a 15-minute walk to the village's restaurant area, lunch can begin around 14:45. Lunch and rest are estimated at 105 minutes, putting the walk back toward the car around 16:30.

After the walk back to the parking lot, the drive follows the same road through Sozina toward Ulcinj. Walking to the car, around 90 minutes of driving, parking and the final walk to your accommodation are estimated at two hours and five minutes. You return to Mala Plaza around 18:35.