Montenegro is one of Europe’s hidden secrets, but that could be all about to change. The country became the world’s newest sovereign state in 2006 when its population voted for
independence, bringing to an end the former Union of Serbia & Montenegro. Now this tiny republic plans to put itself firmly back on the map.
Visitors can relax on one of 117
sandy beaches along the
Adriatic coast, wander through the
Old Towns of Budva, Kotor or Bar, climb the peaks of
Durmitor National Park, raft down Europe’s deepest
canyon, explore Europe’s
last virgin
forest or sail into the continent’s southernmost
fjord.
GeographyMontenegro is a small mountainous region on the Adriatic coast north of Albania, bordering Bosnia & Herzegovina to the west, Serbia to the east and Albania to the south. Its small Adriatic coastline comprises the main ports of Bar and those in the Gulf of Kotor.
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