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Best for a stay with the island in view: most suites at this seven-room hillside hotel look straight down on Sveti Stefan, and you share the house with only a handful of other guests.
Hotel, Sveti Stefan. Meridian Dispatch.
By road, with a private driver the hotel can arrange. The hotel puts Tivat Airport about 40 minutes away, Podgorica about an hour and Dubrovnik about two hours.
Yes, on request. Guests arriving in their own car should tell the hotel before the day they arrive, and it will offer them a parking space.
Yes, two ways. Sveti Stefan Beach lies just below the hotel, and from 20 May to 10 October a hotel shuttle runs guests to California Beach or Galija Beach (private), sun lounger and umbrella included.
Yes, with the hotel's confirmation. Outside visitors can use the spa facilities once the hotel agrees. Treatments and massages stay reserved for hotel guests only, so book those through the hotel.
Wednesday to Sunday; it closes on Mondays and Tuesdays. Breakfast is served 8am to noon, then lunch and dinner service runs 1pm to 10pm. Reservations are taken from 9am to 10pm.
The house is small by design: seven rooms and suites from 35 to 180 square metres on the hillside above Sveti Stefan. At the top of the building, the Muse restaurant and bar looks out over the Adriatic and catches the sunsets.
The view is the reason to book. Ask for a suite with a terrace over Sveti Stefan Island; the others look out on the open Adriatic. The island below is a fortified village of paved lanes and courtyards, later turned into a hotel.
Villa Apollonia stands apart from the main house: three storeys, four bedrooms and four bathrooms, with a private terrace above the coastline. It suits a group who want the hotel's services without sharing walls.
Arriving by air, fly into Tivat, about 40 minutes away by road, and ask the hotel to send its driver to meet you at arrivals. Ask, too, whether check-in can take place in your suite.
Breakfast runs from 8am until noon, and the à la carte menu from 1pm to 10pm. The restaurant closes on Mondays and Tuesdays, so plan those evenings elsewhere. Tables can be booked between 9am and 10pm.
The heated infinity pool forms the centre of the spa, with a jacuzzi, sauna, hammam, ice fountain and relaxation area around it. Villa Apollonia has its own door to that area. Outside visitors may use the spa once the hotel confirms, but treatments and massages are for guests only.
A lift serves the hotel, and a stairway leads down to Sveti Stefan Beach in about five minutes. During the shuttle season the hotel also drives guests to California Beach or the private Galija Beach and back, with a lounger and umbrella included.
Dinner here means casual elegance: the restaurant turns away swimwear and flip-flops, so keep one evening outfit apart from the beach bag.
You cannot walk onto Sveti Stefan Island unless you stay at the resort on it, so your terrace is the view of the island to use.
Nearest first, all within 8 minutes on foot from the door.
The town
Sleep in Sveti Stefan and you get the beach under the island and the church on the hill at sunset, after the day-trip coaches have left.
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