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Montenegro

Montenegro is a country of extraordinary beauty. It is a maritime, but also an extremely mountainous country, making it one of the most attractive parts of Europe. The countries boasts a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites, including Skadar Lake (1977), Kotor and Risan (1979) and Durmitor National Park (1980).

Montenegro is a country of extraordinary beauty. It is a maritime, but also an extremely mountainous country, making it one of the most attractive parts of Europe. The countries boasts a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites, including Skadar Lake (1977), Kotor and Risan (1979) and Durmitor National Park (1980).

Facts and Figures

Currency:EURO
Climate:Alpine in the highlands, Mediterranean on coast with summer average of 25 degrees C.
Inhabitants:620,000
Surface area:13,812 sq.km
Length of Beaches:73 km
Total Coast Length:199 km
Highest Mountain:Mount Durmitor: 2,522 m

Montenegro joins NATO in 2008 is aiming for EU status by 2012

Attractions

Landscape

Montenegro offers a diverse landscape: The 12km long sandy beach of Ulcinj, the spectacular mountains surrounding the Bay of Kotor; Lake Skadar, the largest lake in the Balkans; the Tara river which flows within the second deepest canyon in the world after The Grand Canyon and three National Parks.

Sports

  • Skiing – Durmitor and Kolasin,
  • Fishing – trout, chubb, grayling and sea fishing
  • Walking – 1000’s of km of tracks in the mountains and National Parks
  • Rafting, Paragliding, Sailing

Culture

The Orthodox-Montenegrin churches, Venetian and Ottoman relicts, Roman ruins, Ancient cities

Tourism

The country has a government that is dedicated to develop its tourism. In the 1980’s 11 million tourists flocked to Montenegro each year, because of the war in the 1990’s this dropped to just 5 million, and is projected to be back at 11 million by 2008 making it one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world.

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