Montenegro

Montenegro Bareboat Charter Lazy Winch Yachting are among the first to offer Yacht charter in Montenegro a truly unspoilt part of the Adriatic. With sailing yacht, both monohull and catamaran from 32 feet to 54 and a superb ground setup supplied by Montenegro Yacht Charter. In 2008 we will also be able to offer Motor yachts.

Montenegro - the pearl of the Mediterranean, unique in so many ways, is situated in the south of the Adriatic. There is nowhere else that you can find, in such a small place, such diversity of natural wealth and beauty; sandy beaches, clear lakes, fast rivers and breathtaking mountains.

Prior to the conflict some 500,000 visitors came to the country each year. Relatively unscathed during the 1990's , Montenegro is still unspoilt and waiting to be re-discovered. Located on the Adriatic coast, with Albania to the south and Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to the north, Montenegro is a tiny Balkan state, similar in size to Wales, with a population of just 600,000.

Find out more about Montenegro: http://www.visit-montenegro.com/tourism.htm

Based at Kotor town marina the fleet is only metres from the ferry port and connections to Italy. In addition transfers from airports : Tivat (10km), Podgorica (90km) and Dubrovnik ( 100 km ), can be arranged. Kotor town is a medieval world heritage site.

Cruising Area

The Bay of Kotor, the only fiord in the Mediterranean, has favorable geographic position, beautiful relief, rich cultural and historical heritage. The climate is perfect for cruising. It has beeen described as one of the most beautiful bays in the world. A coastal historical town around which Montenegrin tourism revolves.

Budva is one of the oldest settlements on the Adriatic Coast (more than 2000 years old). It lies near the remnants of an ancient Greek settlement and this medieval Mediterranean city is encircled by high city walls which offered protection to seamen and merchants throughout the ages. Hidden behind its massive historic walls there are fascinating narrow streets and squares with churches, galleries, cafes, restaurants, shops and boutiques, where you can while away the day enjoy the beauty of the mountain scenery and a very lively atmosphere in the Old Town.

Milocer and Sveti Stefan: Surrounded by parkland, Milocer is a former royal residence and today it's the summer residence of the Montenegrin President, located at the famous Queens beach. The promenade at the small beach at Przno has fine seafood restaurants, cafes and bars. A short distance away is the St Tropez of Montenegro, Sveti Stefan. Here, the fishing village built on a defensive island is the site of the country's most famous hotel.

BOKA KOTORSKA Boka Kotorska is one of the most beautiful bays on the Mediter¬ranean, which pushes from the coast inland about 28 kilometres. The beauty of Boka fascinated many famous writers like Lord Byron, George Bernard Shaw, Marguerite Yourcenar and Ivo Andric. Today, Boka Kotorska welcomes its visitors with the beauty of its coves, the peace of its two islands, Sveti Dordije (St. George) and Gospa od Skrpjela (Lady of the Rocks), but also with special atmosphere of its old towns where every step is a step through history.

If you should set ashore in Kotor or Perast, for example, you will dock where the ships of the old Boka captains, members of the "Seafarers Brotherhood of the Boka Kotorska" that was formed in the 9th century, docked after their journeys across the seas and oceans throughout the world! You will be using the same moor¬ings used by ships and yachts of European kings and princes who have been enchanted by the mag¬nificent beauty of Montenegro, likewise the Romans whose villas used to adorn Risan.

Risan is the oldest settlement in Boka Kotorska, chosen by the Illyrian Queen Teuta her seat, which still has mosaics preserved from the Roman period.

The panorama of Perast is domi¬nated by the 17th century church of St Nikola. Above it rises the Venetian fortress and the bell tower of the Madonna of the Rosary (Gospa od Rozarija), also built in the 17th century. Perast represents the best-preserved baroque arcjhticture in this part of the Adriatic Sea, the town in which famous sea captains built their beautiful palaces, surrounded by magnificent exotic gardens.

HERCEG NOVI For six centuries the town that was built on the entrance to the Boka Kotorska Bay has been watching over and guarding the entrance to the bay. Over time, the Mare For¬tress, Spanish Tower and Kanli Kula have become covered by palms and eucalyptuses, cy¬presses and olives, magnolias mimosas and other exotic species, brought here from their long journeys to different cor¬ners of the world by over the ages.

For many years now, the ramparts have been used as summer stages of traditional film, music and the¬atre festivals.

In the large forest, east of Her¬ceg Novi, there is the Monastery of Savina, built in 1030 and re¬built in the 15th century, called by many people "the Orthodox soul of Boka Kotorska". In the rich treasury of the monastery, there is a crystal cross covered in silver that according to tradi¬tion belonged to St. Sava. A real rarity of the treasury is a portrait of the young Peter the Great, which was brought from Russia in 1831.

The seven kilometres long Pet Danica promenade connects Herceg Novi with Igalo, a Medi¬terranean centre of health tour¬ism. It is a pleasant little resort, famous for its modern Institute for physical therapy and cura¬tive mud treatment. Igalo beach¬es are favoured by those suf¬fering from chronic rheumatic illnesses, degenerative changes in joints and muscles and neuro¬logical diseases.

BAR

The oldest olive tree in Europe, which has been bearing fruit for two thousand years, is located in an olive grove, which you pass by when entering Bar, the biggest Montenegrin port.

The roots of the city of Bar are far from the sea, on the slopes of Rumija mountain. Old Bar is mentioned as a fortification from the 11th century. Today, the walls of Old Bar are a cultural centre. They hide the relatively well preserved remnants of towers, streets, and ramparts, including the St. George Cathedral and the Church of St. Nicholas from the 13th and 14th century

Today Bar is a port city, passenger and merchant ships from many countries arrive to, and it is the terminus for trains going to Belgrade and further on to Europe.

Near Bar, there is a popular tourist resort Sutomore, with long sandy beaches and numerous hotels and restaurants.There is also a palace with the remains of fresco paintings and a Turkish bath.. .while the remains of a Turkish aqueduct still descend from the top of Mount Rumija towards the town.

ULCINJ AND ADA BOJANA

Ulcinj, one of the oldest towns on the Adriatic coast, reveals at first sight its dramatic three thousand year history... It holds the ruins of the ancient Svac, the Episcopal town of Zeta from the Middle Ages, which, it is said, had as many churches as days in the year! Ulcinj used to be under the rule of Greeks, Romans, II- lyrians, Byzantines, Slavs, Vene¬tians and Turks.

This treasury of culture can be entered through two gates, one from the sea and the other from the land. In a dark dungeon of Ulcinj, behind the famous Balsic Tower, the famous Spanish writ¬er Cervantes was jailed, as well as Sabbatai Zevi, an advocate of Talmudic reform.

Ulcinj is a picturesque town, a famous beach resort and rehabilitation centre. Its visi¬tors are mostly attracted by the long sandy beaches. One of the beaches is in the very middle of the town. The next sandy beach, a little further away, is 13 kilo¬metres long, which is why it is called "Long Beach". The Long Beach ends at the es¬tuary of the river Bojana, where a sandy, triangular island, one of the most attractive tourist desti¬nations of Montenegro, lies.

If you prefer spending your summer holiday dressed as Adam and Eve, Ada Bojana is the right place for you to really connect your body with Mother Nature. Long sandy beaches offer infinite possibilities to es¬cape from everyday urban life, either through sunbathing and swimming, horseback riding on a sandy beach, windsurfing or some other sport.

Itineraries

Montenegro:

1 Check-in in Kotor
2 Kotor-Perast-Herceg Novi 14 NM
3 Herceg Novi-Budva 20 NM
4 Budva-Petrovac-Budva 14 NM
5 Budva-Bigovo 12 NM
6 Bigovo-Rose-Perast 17 NM
7 Perast-Kotor 6 NM
8 Kotor (check-out)

Croatia:

1 Check-in in Kotor
2 Kotor-Cavtat 34 NM
3 Cavtat-Dubrovnik-Sipan 23 NM
4 Sipan-Pomena (Mljet) 24NM
5 Pomena-Jakljan 22 NM
6 Jakljan-Dubrovnik-Cavtat 24 NM
7 Cavtat-Kotor 35 NM
8 Kotor (check-out)

Montenegro and Croatia:

1 Check-in in Kotor (check-in is often possible before 5 pm guests going to Croatia the same day) Kotor-Cavtat 34 NM
2 Cavtat-Dubrovnik-Sipan 23 NM
3 Sipan-Pomena (Mljet) 25 NM
4 Pomena-Korcula 14 NM
5 Korcula-Scedro-Hvar 35 NM
6 Hvar-Vela Luka 18 NM
7 Vela Luka-Lastovo 20 NM
8 Lastovo-Polace (Mljet) 27 NM
9 Polace-Jakljan 20 NM
10 Jakljan-Dubrovnik-Cavtat 24 NM
11 Cavtat-Budva36NM
12 Budva-Bigovo 12NM
13 Bigovo-Rose-Herceg Novi 11 NM
14 Herceg Novi-Perast-Kotor 14 NM
15 Kotor check-out

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