It is already summer in Montenegro and there are already many vacationers. A couple of weeks ago we had the pleasure of preparing excursion program in Montenegro for a married couple from Russia who shared with us their review about MontenegroWe couldn't resist sharing it with you. After reading it, I fell in love with this wonderful country all over again. Well, I won't go into my own thoughts, Sasha has the floor (photos from excursions see below!):
There is a glass ball on the mantelpiece. In it, over a small castle, it is snowing from apple blossom petals. Nearby, in a blue velvet jewelry box, is a miniature composition of cold silver depicting the nativity scene where the baby Jesus was born. This souvenirs from Montenegro. Visual beacons of memory travel to a fairytale land on the Adriatic Sea.
This small mountainous country appears before us like an undiluted watercolor, painted by a celestial artist. Vibrant: blue, green, turquoise, ultramarine, smoky blue, oatmeal cookie, sugar pink, red-orange—all like Van Gogh's irises. An impressionistic paradise for eyes tired of the monotonous grayness of a dusty industrial anthill. Even a resident of this city of over a million people, unseasoned by travel, cannot avoid a sense of detachment from reality, so deafening are you to the riot of color and the fairytale-like landscapes. The blue sea off the coast, strewn with small green islands, and right there, if you turn your head, are mountains over which cottony clouds slowly and lazily roll, houses with red roofs, and flowers everywhere. Serpentine roads, old European cars with the patina of time, tall, stately Montenegrins, dilapidated Austro-Hungarian, Spanish, and Venetian fortresses, Orthodox monasteries with a halo of light from the number of holy relics they contain, and again mountains, sea, mountains, sea…
Russia's vast distances and vast expanses often hinder our appreciation of our local beauty. You'll be tired by the time you get there. There's no time for a contemplative vacation. Montenegro is the complete opposite in this regard. The country feels like a toy, especially from a mountain vantage point. Everything is so close here that it takes an hour and a half to get from the capital, Podgorica, to the coast using the Sozina Tunnel, and two hours if you take the detour through the mountains. And along the coast, historically significant cities are within a half-hour of each other. And no lazy beach time! Montenegro is too attractive for active tourists; it's a shame to waste a day without new experiences. Of course, the sea beckons beachgoers seeking a tan, but everyone will find a vacation here for themselves.
No, I'm not an extreme tourist, Elbrus is out of the question for me. But like any Soviet child, I loved climbing trees, construction sites, ruined houses, and playing Zarnitsa and Cossacks and Robbers. Montenegro will make you feel like a child again; there are so many opportunities for this kind of tourism. You'll find all sorts of fortresses, forts, and abandoned villages here, but these mountains! They're beautiful and close. Reach out, grab your backpack and sneakers, and off you go! And in the evening, back to your terrace or a café on the waterfront and breathe, breathe... air free of exhaust fumes and petrochemical byproducts. Overripe roses that no one cuts, sun that doesn't burn, air your lungs can't handle, a deep-blue sea in which pirate frigates no longer sink, mountains that beckon with featherbeds of clouds—isn't this paradise?
And as a guide in paradise, the guides of this group are perfect. I was lucky to talk and travel around Montenegro, accompanied by Stas Sedov. Very positive, interesting and attentive our compatriot from Russia. After all, the question of a Russian-speaking guide is always relevant. Only by receiving information in your own language can you count on not missing a single detail. Thank you, Stas, for the service and rich program, as well as Marina for the hike to Mount Vrmac. Good luck to you guys and prosperity!
As an illustration to the impressions, I add photographs taken on a hiking tour on Mount Vrmac (Boka Bay)!
