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Kulla e Balshajve is a stone tower of only eight suites inside Ulcinj's old town, and when you wake here the first thing you see is the Adriatic.
Hotel, Ulcinj. Meridian Dispatch.
Not at the door. Street and supervised parking areas lie a short walk away, and staff suggest where to leave the car. Around Mala Plaža below the old town, parking sits in a paid zone.
Ulcinj is about 90 km from Podgorica Airport. The drive follows the main road towards Bar and then continues south, about 1.5 hours from Podgorica, and regular buses also make the trip.
Ulcinj is about 100 km from Tivat Airport. Ulcinj's bus station has regular services to Tivat as well as to Bar, Podgorica and Tirana, so the journey can also be made by bus.
Yes. Outside visitors can use the hotel's sea-access platform below the old town, just as hotel guests do. It is a place to swim straight into the Adriatic, set below the walls.
The hotel fills a centuries-old stone tower at the edge of the castle above the sea. Inside, stone and wood are paired with antique furniture, and the rooms keep the scale of the old building.
The Balšić family fortified the citadel around this tower in the 14th century. In places its walls rise straight from the sea rocks, so you see the fortress from the water as clearly as from the land.
Every room has its own terrace and a sea view. A typical terrace holds a table, chairs and a swinging seat facing the water. Pick the very spacious sea-view apartment if you want more room to spread out.
Arriving by car, you leave it in town and walk the last stretch up through the old town to the door. Staff have helped guests carry suitcases up the steps at check-in and back down at checkout, so ask the hotel ahead if you need the help.
Rooms have air conditioning, a kettle, a fridge or minibar, satellite TV and a hair dryer. Guests describe the breakfast as tasty and varied.
The restaurant cooks Mediterranean and Italian dishes from local ingredients, with soup, salad, risotto, meat and fish on the menu. For a swim, the hotel has its own sea-access platform below the walls, laid on natural rock and wood.
Spend an evening in the cobbled lanes outside: ethno cafés and shops, a church, a mosque and a museum of the town's documents and finds. Walking the lanes and the fortress is free.
For sand, Mala Plaža lies directly below the old town. Velika Plaža starts about 5 km from the centre, and its club strip at Donji Štoj is 14 km and 23 minutes away by road.
The town
From a room on the old town rock, a river island, a bay in the olive groves and salt pans where flamingos feed are each a short drive away.
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