Montenegro’s best beach vacations

Montenegro has emerged as the new frontier for European beach vacations. With soul-stirring mountains, shimmering lakes, and Romanesque churches hidden between winding Medieval lanes, this fascinating slice of the Adriatic has a fairytale quality to it. The star of the glittering Budva Riviera is Aman Sveti Stefan, a fortified island village cast adrift on the Adriatic and now a hotel. Marilyn Monroe came to sunbathe on the beach in the 1960s, and Elizabeth Taylor checked in.

The Bay of Kotor is stunning, but the best beaches in Montenegro are those near Budva: expansive Beii, pristine Plavi Horizonti, and stunning Jaz Beach, with its broad sands and unbelievably clear, turquoise waters. The yachts in Budva’s harbor and Kotor’s beach clubs may be flashy, but the prices are surprisingly low.