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Rijeka Crnojevića, Montenegro
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Things to do in Rijeka Crnojevića

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Ninety seconds on Rijeka Crnojevića

A stone village at the head of a river that winds down into Lake Skadar, once a royal market town and now largely quiet. An arched bridge from the nineteenth century crosses the water at its centre. The reason most people come is a few kilometres up the road at Pavlova Strana, where the river doubles back on itself in a horseshoe below a viewpoint. The village itself is a lunch and an hour, with Cetinje and Podgorica both about half an hour away.

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  1. Rijeka Crnojevica River Gorge

    Rijeka Crnojevica River Gorge

    Landmark · 3 hr

    Boats leave the village dock and run fifteen kilometres of canyon before the lake opens, April to October. The viewpoint over the horseshoe bend is not part of that: it is a roadside stop above the village, reached by car.

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  2. Old Bridge

    Old Bridge

    Bridge · 30 min

    A village of eighty four people has a two arched stone bridge through the middle of it, which is what a former capital looks like once the trade has gone. The restaurants at either end are why the stop runs longer.

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  3. Rijeka Crnojevića Riverside

    Waterfront · 1 hr

    Ivan Crnojević moved his seat here in 1478 and the village became the Montenegrin capital; under the Petrović dynasty it was the country's second town. Lake Skadar sets the level along the bank, and high water reaches the buildings.

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How to Do Lake Skadar
Virpazar

How to Do Lake Skadar

The two-hour cruises on Lake Skadar never land, while the five-hour routes out of Virpazar stop at island monasteries and swimming spots.

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