Montenegro travel tips

Is Montenegro safe?

4 guides, each rated 1 to 5 with the reason — and two lists per place, where you are comfortable and where to pay attention. Nowhere is called dangerous; the specific thing is what helps.

4.3 average across 4 guides · Safe

Durmitor Very safe

Very comfortable in the village. The mountain: Bobotov Kuk has exposed sections, the weather turns fast even in August, and the Sedlo road is single-track with drops. The Tara rafting operators vary — take the ones with jackets and a briefing. Bears exist and avoid you.

Comfortable: Žabljak · Black Lake

  • Bobotov Kuk and the high ridges — exposed sections and weather that turns in an hour
  • the Sedlo pass road — single-track with drops and no barrier
  • the Tara rafting — choose an operator with jackets and a briefing

Ulcinj Safe

Comfortable and relaxed. The old town steps are steep and unlit; the big beach has strong wind and a current at the river mouth; the salt pans are walked at your own risk on the dykes. Ada Bojana has a naturist section, well signed.

Comfortable: the old town · Mala Plaža · the town centre

  • the river mouth at Ada Bojana — a current when the wind is up
  • the old town steps at night — steep and unlit

Kotor Safe

Very safe, with almost no crime against visitors. The dangers are the roads — the Lovćen serpentines have twenty-five hairpins and no barrier — and the walls, where the steps are worn smooth and there is no railing on the drop side. Do the climb early: there is no shade and no water.

Comfortable: Kotor Old Town · Perast · Tivat · Dobrota · Budva Old Town

  • Kotor City Walls — the 1,350 steps, worn smooth, with no railing on the drop side and no shade
  • Lovćen — the serpentine road, twenty-five hairpins with no barrier
  • Budva — the beach strip at closing time in August
  • Swimming off the rocks where the bay is deep straight down and there are no lifeguards

Budva Reasonably safe

Comfortable in daylight and busy late in summer; the party strip brings the party’s theft, drink-spiking reports and fights at closing. Mogren’s rock tunnel and the cliffs above it are unfenced. Out of season it is a quiet walled town.

Comfortable: the old town · Slovenska beach promenade · the hills above the town

  • the club strip at closing in summer — fights, theft and reports of drink-spiking; watch the glass
  • the Mogren rocks and the cliff path — unfenced
  • taxis without a fare agreed — the overcharge; agree first or use the app

The ratings are this site's own, from the guides' authors and the corrections readers send in; they are not an index. Read the general advice in travel safety tips.

The guides in Montenegro