Early spring is an ideal period for a walking tour to Gornji Stoliv in the Bay of Boka Kotorska. Driving from Tivat in the direction of Prčanj and Kotor, you will soon arrive in the picturesque village of Stoliv, a small fisherman’s settlement from the 14th century that remained preserved over the centuries. Stoliv is […]
Author: Marianne van Twillert
FROM CETINJE TO RIJEKA CRNOJEVIĆA – THE OLD TRADE ROUTE
There are a lot of hiking opportunities in the surroundings of Skadar Lake. One of the less-known hiking trails is the old trade route that leads from Cetinje to Rijeka Crnojevića. Unfortunately, the weekend was rainy and so we could only make a tour by car with the intention to explore this trail in advance. […]
BJELOPAVLIĆI: BIKING THROUGH GARBAGE LAND
Our first biking tour this year had to be an easy one, as we needed some training. We decided to make a trip through the Bjelopavlići plain, taking the old road from Podgorica to Danilovgrad and then back along the other side of the Zeta river, passing by the Ždrebaonik monastery and further returning through […]
GORNJA LASTVA AND VRMAC – A HIKING PARADISE
This weekend was a good opportunity to make a hiking tour to the Vrmac hill. We had already explored this peninsula several times from the Kotor side, but today we decided to approach it from the Tivat side. The tour started from Donja Lastva where we parked our car (but you can also start […]
AUSTRALIA – LAKE MUNGO, A JOURNEY BACK IN TIME
One of the most impressive tours we made on our journey through Australia was, no doubt, the guided tour to Lake Mungo, which was listed as a World Heritage site back in 1981 and is now documented as one of the oldest places for human occupation dating back to Aboriginal life from around 60,000 […]
A WINTER DAY IN HERCEG NOVI – THE TOWN OF MIMOSA
Last week we took advantage of the only sunny weekend in February and we visited Herceg Novi – a town that is recognized by mimosa trees and numerous steps. Herceg Novi is one of the few Montenegrin cities that are also attractive in winter, as it is very rich in greenery and tropical flowers. Each year […]
SKADAR LAKE IN WINTER – A HIKING TOUR TO MALA BOBIJA
The surroundings of Skadar Lake offer great opportunities for hiking, also during the winter period. We took advantage of the first sunny day in February and traveled by car to Karuč, a romantic fisherman’s village on the banks of the Lake. It is such a pity that several new houses were built around the village, […]
PODGORICA – MEMORIES OF SNOW
Next week I will finally go home, switching from hot and sunny Australia to grey and rainy Podgorica. Last year it was quite different. I was in Holland in the beginning of February and it was a shock to hear and read in the Dutch newspapers that Montenegro’s capital was brought to a standstill by […]
A VISIT TO OHRID, MACEDONIA
Are you already planning your next holiday trip in 2013? Maybe you could visit the charming town of Ohrid in Macedonia. It is easy to reach from Podgorica, as the road through Albania has been improved a lot. I spent a few beautiful days there in May last year, a period when the town is […]
AUSTRALIA – A CRUISE TO LADY MUSGRAVE ISLAND
Spending Christmas on a day cruise to Lady Musgrave Island seemed to be a crazy idea, but it turned out to be a unique experience. We found accommodation in a big holiday park in the Town of Seventeen Seventy, the place where Captain Cook landed for the first time in Queensland in 1770. This is […]