We meandered up the coast road from the Albanian border for four days (10-13 May 2010). We found that English was not widely spoken anywhere in Montenegro - it was all Italian/German.
ENTERING MONTENEGRO
We entered the country at the joint Albanian/Montenegrin border post at Sukobin, which is across the border from Muriqan in Albania. This is a small post and we were through the Albanian and Montenegrin formalities in about thirty minutes.
We paid €10.00 for ecology tax and received a sticker for the windscreen.
We paid €15.00 for third party insurance for 15 days. This was the minimum period. If you wanted longer it was €1.00 per day extra.
We had to produce the V5C (Vehicle Registration Document) to enter Montenegro.
Montenegro's currency is the Euro.
Montenegro is on CET (Central European Time)
We paid a visit to Bar old town (Stari Bar). This is signed off the coast road (the old town is not in the modern town).
We opted to drive around the fjord to visit Kotor instead of taking the ferry. Stunning views around the fjord. Kotor old town well worth a visit. Parking can be a problem but we parked in the town centre at N42.42820 E18.69460, paying €4.00 for four hours' parking. The parking is within a five minute walk of the old town.
ROADS
Reasonably signed on the whole with good tarmac surface.
Some road tunnels are unlit and can be very dangerous. I wear varifocal reactolights and at the first unlit tunnel entered I almost evacuated my bowels!
Drive with dipped headlights at all times.
FUEL
Auto Gas (LPG) readily available €0.62 per litre
Euro Diesel €1.10 per litre
SHOPPING
Ulcinj N41.92609 E19.23124. Mega/Solaris supermarket. Back to European style and standard after Albania.
Bar N42.10319 E19.09901. Maxi Supermarket.
There are quite a few Maxi supermarkets advertised on the coast road; there are others as well.
NIGHT STOPS
Utjeha N42.00976 E19.15151. Small campsite with good facilities set in olive grove across from the beach. Very friendly/helpful owners.
Plaza Ploce N42.28367 E18.80298. North of Budva, free camp on flat area that is an abandoned camp site, no facilities.
Perast N42.48875 E18.69460. Free camp on rough car parking area at north end of village.
WEATHER
We had very good weather all the time we were in Montenegro, hot and sunny.
EXITING MONTENEGRO INTO CROATIA
We were through the Montenegro border in about ten minutes.
We had to produce the V5C (Vehicle Registration Document) to exit Montenegro.
We had a sigh of relief when we entered Croatia, as we had been driving in Albania and Montenegro on third party insurance for the last eleven days.
On entering Croatia we had to produce the V5C (Vehicle Registration Document) and passports. The van was inspected by the Croatian customs.
If anybody needs advice on Montenegro please get in touch.
.JPG)
