Sea Coast Cruise

With traces of archeological foundations dating back to the 6th century, the country is filled with unique and impressive historical sites to explore during a Montenegro cruise. Situated along the Adriatic Sea, Montenegro has been home to many traders, sailors, and famous people all with a different story to tell. The country’s rich cultural heritage, along with its impressive natural beauties, makes it an extremely popular destination for travel.

The city of Kotor is especially rich in historic castles, Medieval palaces, and numerous cathedrals. These various cultural sites has made Kotor a “World Natural and Historical Heritage Site,” by UNESCO.

The most impressive and popular site within the city is the Sveti Tripun Cathedral, named after the city’s protector Saint Tripun, and was built in the 12th century. There are also dozens of other beautiful cathedrals, palaces, and villas within the city. The city itself is surrounded by a stonewall fortification, and is situated right along the coast, at the base of Mount Lovcen. Most of the city was built between the 12th and the 14th centuries, and is characterized by both the Renaissance and the Baroque periods. Throughout the city there are elegant examples of the Baroque Period, which was defined by lavish decorations, and extravagance. Even in some of the houses, you can still see some beautiful stone carvings and windows that date back to this period. Montenegro, and Kotor specifically, offer its visitors on a Montenegro cruise some of the most well preserved historical sites from the Middle Ages, which makes it an irresistible destination for any traveler.

Montenegro has often been referred to as the “Hidden Pearl of the Mediterranean,” because of its beautiful sandy beaches along the coast of the Adriatic Sea, with sharp rising mountains that plunge abruptly into the inlet of the Gulf of Kotor, giving the perfect backdrop to this historic region. While on a Montenegro tour explore some of the region’s rugged terrain. Considered the most extreme in all of Europe, the country has peaks spiking upwards of 8000 feet, and swift clean and clear rivers that cut deep gorges out of the limestone.

Situated along the Adriatic coast, Montenegro has a blend of Mediterranean and Continental climate zones, and extreme altitude differences from the coast to the high mountain elevations. For this reason, a trip to Montenegro offers its visitors fantastic opportunities to view pristine forests and a variety of mammals and birds. There are four nationally protected parks in this small country so there are thousands of acres of uncut forest fir trees, and black pine with some over 500 years old.

During a Montenegro trip, you can see various types of hares, pheasants, deer, stag, wild boar, fox, chamois, and wolves. There is also a large diversity in the species of migratory birds with everything from the rare curly pelican to golden eagles, and white little egret, white spoonbill, cranes, and various species of mallards.