Culture & Heritage of Montenegro

Culture & History

Culture & Heritage of Montenegro

Explore Montenegro's rich cultural heritage – ancient monasteries, fortresses, traditional customs, and historic towns.

Venetian Boka: walls, palaces and the lions of St Mark

Venetian Boka

Walls, palaces and the lions of St Mark

Kotor's UNESCO-listed walls, the captains' palaces of Perast, winged lions over the gates and a flag buried under an altar in 1797: where the Venetian era still shows on the coast.

Fortresses of Montenegro: from the walls of Kotor to Lake Skadar

Fortresses of Montenegro

From the walls of Kotor to Lake Skadar

The walls of Kotor and St John's Fortress, Kanli Kula and Forte Mare in Herceg Novi, Mamula at the mouth of the bay, Haj-Nehaj, Žabljak Crnojevića and Medun: a guide to Montenegro's fortresses by region.

Old towns of Montenegro: from Kotor to Ulcinj

Old towns of Montenegro

From Kotor to Ulcinj

UNESCO-listed Kotor, baroque Perast, Herceg Novi founded in 1382, Budva more than 2,500 years old, the ruins of Stari Bar and Ulcinj above the sea: a short history and tips for your visit.

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Agritourism and farm stays in Montenegro: sleeping and eating in the countryside

Agritourism and farm stays in Montenegro

Sleeping and eating in the countryside

Rural households take guests in the farmhouse, on a katun or in a small camp and serve food they produce themselves. Where to find them, how to book and what to expect.

Life on the katuns: a herder's summer in the mountains

Life on the katuns

A herder's summer in the mountains

Katuns are herders' summer settlements on high pastures. How people live there, a map of katuns you can visit, trails to them and where to stay.

Monasteries of Montenegro

Monasteries of Montenegro

Montenegro's Orthodox monasteries from the coast to the Lim valley: the oldest from the 13th century, Ostrog in the Ostroška greda cliff, Piva moved stone by stone and the monasteries of Lake Skadar.

Old walls, living stories: rural heritage of Montenegro

Old walls, living stories

Rural heritage of Montenegro

How the Montenegrin village was built, what a gumno, a kula, a katun and a moba are, and where you can still see them today.

The village table: Montenegro's mountain kitchen

The village table

Montenegro's mountain kitchen

Kačamak, leaf cheese, Njeguši pršut, smoked carp and vranac: where they come from, when they're made and where to taste them.

Museums of Montenegro: from Cetinje to the Bay of Kotor and the Lim valley

Museums of Montenegro

From Cetinje to the Bay of Kotor and the Lim valley

What is where: the units of the National Museum in Cetinje, the Maritime Museum in Kotor, the Museum of Perast, local museums in King Nikola's palaces and the museums of the north.