16 September 2018 - Unpredictable nature, images interchanging as you walk just like in a movie, such a great diversity in a small area, and the proximity of the sea and the mountains are challenges for everybody visiting Montenegro. This guide invites visitors to get to know and explore the country for at least three days!
For the third day in Montenegro, let your morning start early, at least at 7:30, as you have a long tour ahead of you today. You are about to experience an incredible adventure. From Podgorica, head towards Kolašin. The mountains are waiting for you. Going through the dramatic canyon of the River Morača – Platije, you will get tired of counting the small tunnels and the view on your right side to the rocky canyon and the roaring river will give you an adrenaline rush. Forty-five kilometres away from Podgorica, on the road to Kolašin, there is the Morača Monastery, which will ‘tell’ you a story of the centuries past.
After that, visit Kolašin; talk a walk along the main street, feel the ambience of this small mountain town. Enjoy the mountain luxury in the comfortable foyer of the Hotel Bianca Resort & SPA, and be sure to try the local tea. After that, your road leads you towards Biogradska gora, one of the last three virgin forests in Europe. This natural reserve has been protected since 1878 when it was bestowed as a gift to the King Nikola and became the King’s Reserve. In the very heart of the virgin forest, at an altitude of 1,094 metres, Biogradsko Lake is hidden.
From Biogradska gora, your journey continues towards Durmitor. You will go through Mojkovac, a city located in the valley, and then through the black pine forest “Crna Poda”, past the Dobrilovina Monastery, and then a miracle of human engineering, the fascinating construction of the Đurđevića Tara Bridge will appear before you. Built between 1938 and 1940, it was the largest and most beautiful road bridge ever made of reinforced concrete in Europe. It has a strong, five-arc construction, with the main arc spanning across 116 metres, rising more than 150 metres above the deep canyon. If you a brave enough, you can “zip line” yourself across the River Tara. That is an adrenaline bomb for the bravest of us.
From the bridge, your road goes upwards towards Žabljak and Durmitor, the most popular mountain in Montenegro and the largest mountain tourism and ski centre. The town is small, which makes it easy for you to find your way around it. What you must do is take a walk along the path leading to the Black Lake. If you plan on a longer stay, there is Mount Durmitor with its peaks above the town, and the most popular tour is the one to Bobotov kuk (2,523 metres above sea level). Savin kuk is the largest of the several available ski slopes. You can get all the necessary instructions, maps and advice on the mountain visits from the Tourism Organization of Žabljak, whose office is located in the centre of the town near Hotel Žabljak. Taking the new road, you will reach Podgorica from Žabljak in around two hours. Stop off in Nikšić and take a rest in a restaurant on the shore of Lake Krupac.
Three hundred miracles are enough for three days, even though we know that there are still so many left to see. However, when you get back home and start going through the photographs and video clips you took, it will take more than the 72 hours you spent to relive the experience of your 3 days in Montenegro.
