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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.
Hotel, Herceg Novi. Meridian Dispatch.
By road, on the resort's own transfer service. Transfers run to and from Tivat, Podgorica and Dubrovnik airports, and Tivat and Dubrovnik are both less than an hour away by car.
Yes. Guests park in the resort's underground garage, and a valet parking service is also available, so guests arriving by car can hand it over at the door and leave the garage to the staff.
Yes. The resort has its own private white-sand beach on the Bay of Kotor. Guests can spend the whole day on it, with the water and the mountains across the bay in view.
About 10 minutes by car along the coast road. The resort is in Kumbor, and the frequent Herceg Novi to Tivat bus line also stops there.
One&Only Portonovi stands at Kumbor, on the northern shore of the Bay of Kotor, where the mountains drop steeply into the water. From the terraces and the shore, the view runs across the bay to those slopes.
The resort is part of Portonovi, a waterfront village built on the site of a former naval base. It opened in 2021 as the first One&Only hotel in Europe.
The buildings borrow from grand Venetian palaces, with tall colonnades, arched windows and terracotta roofs. The Belgian architect Jean-Michel Gathy designed the 122 rooms, suites and villas.
The entrance lobby is glazed from floor to ceiling, so you see the bay as soon as you walk in. In some rooms, the bath sits beside a full-height window over the water.
Every suite faces the bay, and the rooms are large, many with a fireplace for cooler evenings. The villas add their own dock, an infinity pool and a sunken garden. Some suites have a dedicated lift and a separate entrance for the butler.
Breakfast is a buffet at La Veranda, with a long spread of freshly baked pastries. Sabia serves Mediterranean plates with an Italian accent on a terrace at the edge of the beach; book it for sunset.
Tapasake, the pool club, has DJs from the afternoon into the evening. Children aged three to 12 can spend all day at the kids' club at no charge, while under-threes need a paid nanny. The Chenot Espace spa adds a large gym and 28 treatment rooms.
Driving from Dubrovnik, allow extra time for the border crossing into Montenegro, and keep your passport ready, because documents are checked.
Heading on to Tivat or Kotor by car, you can skip the long drive round the inner bay: take the car ferry from Kamenari to Lepetane across the Verige strait. Herceg Novi Old Town and its fortresses above the sea are a short hop back along the coast.
The town
Seven kilometres of seafront promenade run below Herceg Novi, so you can swim off its rocks and platforms before breakfast and still catch a morning boat across the mouth of the bay.
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