Walls, fjords and a new marina
Dubrovnik & Montenegro
Dubrovnik’s walls, the islands of the Elaphiti, and across the border the Bay of Kotor, the only fjord in the Mediterranean, with a marina built for the largest yachts in the world.
Southern Adriatic, Croatia and Montenegro
Dubrovnik is one of the great walled cities and in high season one of the most crowded. We work around the cruise ship schedule, walk the walls at seven in the morning and spend the middle of the day on the water, where the Elaphiti islands and Mljet are an hour away and largely empty.
Montenegro, an hour south, is the Adriatic’s new coast: no VAT on charter, a marina at Porto Montenegro that berths 250-metre yachts, and the Bay of Kotor, which looks like Norway with olive trees. Houses on the Luštica peninsula are new and very well built.
A charter that starts in Dubrovnik and ends in Tivat, or the reverse, is one of the best weeks in the Mediterranean and one of the least expensive.
Best months
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air °C | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 11 |
| Sea °C | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 |
Worth knowing
What we arrange
Adriatic, day by day
The experiences the desk actually books here, tagged by what they are for. The itinerary builder turns them into a plan.
The walls at seven
Two kilometres round the old town before the ships arrive, breakfast on the Stradun after.
cultureElaphiti islands by boat
Šipan, Lopud and Koločep, a swim at Šunj beach, lunch in a harbour taverna.
seaOur Lady of the Rocks
The church on its artificial island in the Bay of Kotor, by tender, then lunch in Perast.
cultureDinner in Kotor old town
A courtyard table in the walled town, the fortress lit above, a tender back to the boat.
diningHike to the Kotor fortress
Fourteen hundred steps to the top of the walls at dawn, the whole fjord below.
activeOysters at Ston
The oyster beds of Mali Ston, eaten in the boat that pulled them up, and the walls after.
diningSea kayaking under the walls
Round Lokrum island and along the base of the walls, two hours, a swim at Betina cave.
activeWine in the Konavle valley
Three family estates south of Dubrovnik, a driver, lunch at the last one.
diningCable car and the beach for children
Up Mount Srđ for the view, then the afternoon at Banje beach below the walls.
familySpa at Porto Montenegro
A treatment at the marina hotel, the pool, dinner on the waterfront.
wellnessThe calendar
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