Things to do
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Savina Monastery
Before the day turns hot, you can see Gothic and Byzantine frescoes in a small, dark church, a treasury of icons, and the Bay of Kotor from the terrace of the hilltop Church of Saint Sava.
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Kanli Kula
Climbing to the top of the old town gets you Herceg Novi's best view, over red rooftops and across the bay, from the walls of a fortress that was once a prison and is now the town's summer stage.
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Mamula Island by Banyan Tree
Mamula Island by Banyan Tree puts your room inside a stone fort at the mouth of the Bay of Kotor, with open Adriatic on every side.
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Herceg Novi Old Town
Start at the top and walk down through the town of 100,001 steps, a maze of stone stairways between two fortresses, with a third on the hill above, so the best views over the Bay of Kotor come first.
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Herceg Novi City Market
Come before ten for the best of the fruit, then climb the stairs to the old town with breakfast in a bag.
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Herceg Novi Museum
Give it an hour on a hot afternoon, when the stairs of the old town are hard work. The icon rooms are the reason to come.
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Pet Danica Promenade
Walk a stretch in the early evening and stop for a swim from any of the platforms along the way. Every stairway down from the old town comes out on it.
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Blue Cave
A sea cave on the open-sea shore of the Luštica peninsula, where sunlight entering under the water turns the inside electric blue. Boat trips from the Škver harbour leave mid morning and after midday in season, circling Mamula island on the way. Motor boats may no longer go inside, so the tours stop at the mouth, and only kayaks, paddleboards and other craft without an engine can enter.
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Forte Mare
The round sea fort stands on a rock at the foot of the old town, right above the main town beach, with views along the shore to Igalo and across the bay to Luštica. Climb the ramparts in the morning, before the heat. On summer evenings the fort becomes an open-air cinema.
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Lazure Hotel & Marina
Two things set this stay apart: you sleep in the stone quarantine house where merchants arriving by sea once waited, and a marina, a beach and a spa come with the room.
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One&Only Portonovi
Safe, shallow water off the resort's own sand beach, on a sheltered stretch of the Bay of Kotor, makes this the stay for you if you want the bay from a resort rather than from an old town.
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Rose village
A row of old stone houses lines the shore at the tip of the Luštica peninsula, facing Herceg Novi across the mouth of the bay, with a few fish restaurants, a jetty and clear water off the rocks. Taxi boats from the Škver harbour cross several times a day in season and take about fifteen minutes. Check the time of the last boat back before sitting down to lunch.
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Žanjic Beach
A long beach of white pebble on the open-sea side of Luštica, backed by pine and olive trees, with very clear water. The boat trips from Herceg Novi stop here for a swim. By car, the road across the peninsula is narrow with few places to pass, and the car park fills by mid morning in summer.
