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Ulcinj as a city with many natural and cultural attractions offers a large number of places which every guests who comes in Ulcinj and Montenegro must visit. In-booking.com sugests following places as "MUST VISIT". Top five places are: Ulcinj's Old Town, Ada Bojana and River Bojana, Bay of Valdanos, Old Ulcinj and dead city of Sas and Sasko Lake
OLD TOWN
Located in the peninsula with the walls high up to 60 meters above the sea level, the Old town of Ulcinj represents a must visit attraction for everyone who comes to Montenegro. The Old Town of Ulcinj is one of the Oldest fortresses in whole Adriatic Sea with an history over 2.500 years old. Old Town of Ulcinj keeps traces of oldest civilizations who lived in this area. Illyrians, Romans, Greeks, and Turks are among the many civilizations who during the centuries leaved many traces of their period in fortress.
Nowadays Old Town of Ulcinj represents a centre of cultural and historical tourism of Ulcinj. Apart from rich cultural and historical monuments, here are placed some of the best restaurants and hotels in the Montenegro's most southern city. Small streets still breath with the air of an old and charming period of local citizens who didn’t change their habits and connection with Sea for centuries passing.
ADA BOJANA AND RIVER BOJANA
The most southern area of Montenegro and Municipality of Ulcinj. When a boat of Anton Allegretti from Trogir sank in the area of todaly island of Ada Bojana, no one didn't even think that 130 years later that area will become the most famous Nudist settlement in Europe and "Paradise on Earth" as it is called, the island of Ada Bojana. Island Ada Bojana is surrounded in two sides with Montenegro's richest with water river Bojana and on one side with pure and clear Adriatic Sea. The beach of Ada Bojana is second largest beach in Ulcinj. It is an sandy beach and is used completely from the guests of Nudist settlement Ada Bojana and real lovers of nature and direct touch and contact between them and Mother nature. On the west shores of island Ada Bojana and on the banks of the River Bojana there are countless fish restaurant which at every moment are ready to serve to their guests fresh local fish.
VALDANOS BAY
It represents an old Bay of Ulcinj's. Ulcinj sailors after the long and exhausted trips and sailing around the oceans came back with their food, drink or money from the selling of the local products like: wine, olives, olive oil and fish. During the communist regime the bay of Valdanos and the land behind it, with more than 60.000 olive trees were taken from it's owners (bought for very low prices with repression) and from that area made an military centre of former Yugoslav National Army (JNA). This bay is an real pearl not only of Ulcinj and Montenegro, but also of Europe. Naturally wellness spa of fresh air with many under water mineral springs and curative mud make from this area an must visit attraction. Apart from those attractions Valdanos is also well-known by its beach, especially from domicile citizens, but with time, even the tourists discovered this place and now they are visiting this area every year more and more.
OLD ULCINJ
About this area are told many legends and stories. This area of Ulcinj for sure should be visited by diving ( the only possible way) since after the catastrofical earthquake it sank under the water surface. Old Ulcinj represents Ulcinj's and Montenegro's Atlantida.
SAS DEAD CITY AND LAKE OF SAS
Dead city Sas and the lake with the same name near it keep many secrets under the water and it's ruins. Sas represents an very powerful Medieval city which by the legend had 365 churches (as day in year) and during it's history it was destroyed two time. First time by the Mongolian army, after what it managed to raise again, but after the second time by the Turks this historical city was unable to raise it's walls ever again. During recent years from some scientists, it appeared the theory that the Trojan Battle happened in this area. Is this true or not, time will tell.
The Sas Lake after the Scutari Lake which is the richest Lake with bird species in Europe (around 265 registered bird species, from over 500 which can be found in Europe), Sas Lake has 223 bird species registered and represents the second richest Lake with bird species in Montenegro.
About Ulcinj
Ulcinj represents one of the oldest cities in the Adriatic seacoast, with more than 2500 years old history. The first citizens of Ulcinj where the Illyrians, the people with indo – European origin. The hospitality of Ulcinj citizen is widely known, friendships between domicile people and the guest lasts with generations. The golden ages of Ulcinjs tourism where from 1975 -1989 when this city was the metropolis of Montenegrin tourism and hospitality.
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