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Montenegro 2011   

Route

• Period: August 2011
• Weather:  Warm and sunny. In the mountains in the night still quite chilly

General information:

• Currency: Euro

• Internet: available
  

• ATM's: Available everywhere

• Creditcards: Accepted everywhere

• Safety: nothing special

Prices (August 2011)

• Fuel: diesel is € 1,28 per liter 

• Camping: between € 7 and € 13 per night for 2 persons

Visa

• For Europeans no visa needed. Passport must be valid for at least 3 months. 

 

Border crossing

• Both entry and exit was easy. 

• For driving you need to pay Eco tax (€10 per car)

 

Highlights or not

• Durmitor NP: we had to pay €2 per person on the pass. This might be a scam. The park is definity worth a visit. The surroundings are spectacular.

• Ulcinj: Should be a great beach spot. We drove on because it was too crowded.
• Sveti Stefan: Small island with white houses and terra cotta roofs. We liked this part of the Montenegran coast. The village itself cannot be visited unless you are a guest of the hotel on the island.  
• Kotor: Unesco village. Beautiful old center.
• Bay of Kotor: Most southern Fjord in Europe. Beautiful Bay with many nice villages
  

 

Tips

• When you drive off road from Gusinje (Montenegro) to Vermosh (Albania), note that the last petrol station is in Plav.

 

Roads

• From Bosnian border to Trsa: good tarmac. Beautiful road through a gorge. A drive along great blue waters

• From Trsa to Zabljak: A very beautiful stretch. The route leads through Durmitor NP. One of the best drives in Montenegro. The road is good tarmac.

Links

http://www.montenegro.travel/xxl/en/944313/index.html	-	info Montenegro

 

GPS-waypoints

Grid: Lat/Lon hddd°mm.mmm"

Waypoints used during Balkan trip in 2011 N43°09.204    E19°05.852    Zabljak Ivan Do Autocamp. It can be very crowded with hikers. Too little facilities for such a large campsite. €7 for 2 persons and a car. Campsite has nice view. Good hiking here. N42°36.343    E19°55.754    Plav Camp Lakeviews. Small campsite near the lake where you can swim. Very friendly owner. Campsite has a sauna. €8 per night for 2 persons and a car N42°15.076    E18°53.941    Sveti Stefan   Camping Crvena Glavica. Camping near Sveti Stefan. Place has nice spots. Shower and toilets are basic. € 12,50 per night for 2 persons and a car (no electricity) N43°01.032    E19°24.568    Tara Gorge   Eko Qasa camp. We did not stay here but I looked like a very great place for camping N42°28.869    E18°27.383    Hercig Novi Border    Border Croatia - Montenegro N42°34.287    E19°50.156    Gusinj   Junction to Vermosh    N43°10.133    E18°51.469    Junction to Trsa    Driving through the gorge the road bends here leaving the river N42°25.497    E18°46.117    Kotor Old Town + parking

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