I did a day trip from Dubrovnik to Montenegro with Elite Tours in early September 2007.
I boooked before I left home. Trips to Montenegro aren%26#39;t available every day, so it is probably a good idea to check it out before you go to make sure it fits in your schedule. The bus was more than three-quarters full on the day I went. Atlas offers a similar day trip.
I met the bus at the Pile Gate at 7:30am and did not get back until 8:30pm.
It’s a beautiful drive around the Kotor Fjord to the walled town of Kotor where we had about an hour of free time to explore. We then travelled up the Snake’s Road (with 25 hairpin bends) and spectacular views. We stopped for lunch at a place selling smoked ham and cheese sandwiches and a selection of drinks. If you don’t like ham and cheese sandwiches, you should take something else for lunch - no other options were available.
We then went to the old Royal Palace at Cetijne – refreshingly modest in comparison to the palaces of Russia and Western Europe. Finally, we had an hour of free time in Budva, an interesting beach resort for the well-heeled. It has a fortified town on one side and a pebble beach covered in deckchairs and surrounded by tacky souvenir shops on the other side. It’s easy to fill in the hour.
The currency in Montenegro is euros – although you only need enough for lunch, drinks, ice-creams and souvenirs. A day trip from Dubrovnik provided sufficient time to get a feel for this relatively new country that is clearly still building itself.
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I have only been to Kotor once, July 2007, on a cruise ship. We sailed the entire 14 miles from the Adriatic, docked for the day, and then out in the evening. It was AWESOME. However you get there, its a must-see. The hike up to the church, through the walls at the back of teh old town, provides breathtaking views. A postcard mailed from the post office there to the US did take about a month to arrive however.
Good luck. We%26#39;re cruising again in June 2008 and stopping in Dubrovnik, so I%26#39;m searching for the standard day-long activities: sounds like the wall must be the first stop.
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Hi Wal on Hol,
can you remember what this trip cost you?
we may well hire a car for a few days instead and it would be good to compare car hire with an organised trip.
Thanks
Julia
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hello i benn on this excursion to and the driver drive us to excelent resaurant where we both prossutio and vine, and then we went with him 2 days after on excursion to mostar. good company. If you are going with them send him our regards, lilou with family from florence
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