Snorkeling in Croatia and Montenegro is quite popular among tourists: it is fun, easy and inexpensive. Of course, the Adriatic Sea is not filled with colorful fish and coral reefs. That’s why snorkeling in these waters is not really spectacular, if compared to the Caribbean Sea or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. So, why […]
SKADAR LAKE – PARADISE LOST?
Montenegro has a lot of amazing places, showing untouched and wild natural beauties, authentic traditions and cultural treasures… No, I am not talking about the Montenegrin Coast. It is understandable that most coastal towns have become crowded tourist destinations, responsible for a large part of Montenegro’s economic development. I want to point at those areas […]
BULGARIA BY CAMPER: MELNIK AND THE ROZHEN MONASTERY
Traveling by camper is always an adventure, especially in the Balkans. During our round trip in Bulgaria we encountered many surprises: high expectations resulted in a disappointment, unexpected experiences left us speechless. A good example was our visit of Melnik. According to the travel books, this is one of the three top tourist destinations in […]
SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN CAMP ROGAČ – SLANO
Summer 2015 will obviously be long and hot. Podgorica is suffering under extremely high temperatures and that was a good reason to travel to Croatia, where we spend our summer holidays in Camp Rogač in the village of Grgurići near Slano. It has already become a tradition to put our campervan on a spacious pitch, […]
EXPLORING BULGARIA BY CAMPER
Traveling by camper is a perfect way to experience a country and its inhabitants. It gives you the possibility to talk to local people, to visit tourist attractions and discover poor abandoned areas, to be close to nature and find secret places in the form of unknown medieval monasteries and old authentic villages. For us, […]
BULGARIA: THE ROSE FESTIVAL OF KAZANLAK
Bulgaria is also called “Country of Roses”, as it is one of the biggest producers of rose oil in the world. That is why one of the most important international events is the Rose Festival of Kazanlak that takes place each year in the first weekend of June. Traveling through Bulgaria, we had thus planned […]
BULGARIA: AMAZING PLOVDIV
Have you ever heard about Plovdiv? In 2014, this city was awarded the prestigious title: European Capital of Culture 2019. And Lonely Planet determined Plovdiv as the sixth of the ten cities in the world that necessarily have to be visited in 2015. That is what we knew about this town, the second largest in […]
SKADAR LAKE: A BOAT CRUISE TO KOSMAČ MONASTERY
It was a pleasant surprise to be invited by our friends from Skadar Lake – Boat Milica (phone: 068 702376; email: skadarlakeboatmilica@gmail.com) to join the Dabanović family and their guests – accompanied by Emma Heywood from Undiscovered Montenegro (phone: 069 402364; email: enquiries@undiscoveredmontenegro.com) – on a pioneer boat ride to the Kosmač Monastery. This […]
BLUE HOUR IN DUBROVNIK
Dubrovnik has been a famous tourist attraction for many decades. But nowadays, the old town becomes crushed by its own popularity. More than one million cruise ship passengers arrived in the port of Dubrovnik last year. Each day, 300 buses were circling around the city center. For all the crush of the crowds, it is […]
SKADAR LAKE: VRANJINA MONASTERY AND PELICAN SPOTTING
Skadar Lake has become one of my favorite places in Montenegro. Although I have been living in Podgorica for so many years, I have never known that this area is so beautiful, both from the natural and cultural point of view. A few years ago I started to discover the Lake – and now I […]