A travel story from Montenegro. By Kim de Leeuw. When I told my friends and family that I would go on vacation to Montenegro, they all asked me what there was to see and do. Could I actually spend 10 days there before starting the Peaks of the Balkans trail?
My answer was a definite yes and now I am back home, I can definitely say that you can easily spend much more time in the country. The nature is absolutely beautiful, the people are incredibly kind and the old towns are pretty amazing too.
Montenegro has definitely become one of my favourite destinations, because it has it all; beaches, mountains, lakes and nice towns. Another question my friends and family asked frequently is whether the country is safe and in my opinion it definitely is! The fact that the country has a turbulent history does not mean that it is unsafe today.
Let me give you an example about the hospitality of the Montenegrin people. I had to wait at a train station that is hardly visited by tourists and I got surrounded by very kind people. One lady gave me her face cream, whereas another man was willing to share his cigarettes with me.
We did not speak the same language, but that did not stop us from having a little chat. To me, these little moments are worth gold when travelling. View of Boca Bay. Kotor is situated at the bay of Kotor and has some mountains in the backdrop. Absolutely gorgeous. I visited Kotor during a Covid summer, which meant that there were still no cruise vessels docked in the bay and thus there were not the usual crowds in the old town.
