Named after the forbidding view of towering black mountains that the Venetians spotted from their ships, Montenegro is a tiny country but very bumpy housing less people than in Glasgow - yet with so much good stuff on offer.
With a stunning coastline, Venetian-built medieval cities and fortresses, huge mountain ranges and Europe's most impressive bay, Montenegro has it all.
Podgorica, the capital city of this new state, has some areas looking a bit like a Chinese boom town, as the heart of this deliciously different and practically unknown Balkan city is transformed from what was a calm backwater into a gleaming new metropolis. Read everything about it in the new online Podgorica In Your Pocket and city guide.
The gem of the Montenegrin coastline is undoubtedly Kotor, with its charming Unesco-listed old town hid in a corner of a dazzlingly beautiful bay. Kotor In Your Pocket has the details.
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In the corner of the city, perched on top of the city's largest bastion, the open-air Cittadella bar has the best location in town. The spacious terrace is dotted with comfy sofas and there
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The most impressive church in town is the 12th century St. Triphon's Cathedral, overlooking the Trg od Katedrala square and framed by the massive mountains behind. Consecrated in 1166, it's u
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Built five years after the new millennium, this 140 metre-long cable-stayed bridge has quickly become Podgorica's landmark structure (for lack of better). The eye-catching bridge h
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Seven kilometres north of the old town, the 'Old Mill ' (built in 1776) sits prettily beside the gurgling Ljuta river which springs from an impressive gorge. It's well worth the trip, as
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A beautiful boutique hotel housed in an stone palace in the old town. The rooms exude luxury with their fine materials and pastel colours, and the huge two-person apartment comes with fitness ma
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The old Turkish bath complex, Podgorica's largest remaining historical building, can be found hidden in the Ribnica river gorge east of the centre. It was unfortunately decapitated by city planne
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