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Small & Traditional

13 Days From £2,795pp

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
■ Comprehensive tour to all parts of Montenegro
■ Mix of rail travel, local culture and history
■ Beautiful mountain and coastal scenery
■ Tara Canyon and Bridge
■ The amazing railway from Belgrade to Bar
Tara Bridge (RAMS TRAVEL) ■ Free time in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital
■ UNESCO listed Kotor

SELECTED HOTELS
Mountains & Coast Belgrade Majestic Hotel
Bijelo Polje Hotel Franca
Zabljak
Etno Selo Sljeme (Eco Villa)
Podgorica Hotel New Star
in Montenegro Bar Hotel Princess
Please note - hotels can be subject to change

PRICE INCLUDES
■ Flights in Economy Class by scheduled airline
Monday 11 September to Saturday 23 September 2023 ■ Rail travel as specified
■ Other travel by private mini-coach
The Dalmatian Coast is well known for its stunning beauty, but the remote mountains of the north ■ All breakfasts, 7 lunches, 4 evening meals
■ Airport and other transfers
are much less visited though equally beautiful. Our comprehensive tour does justice to both and
■ Services of a tour leader from London and throughout
also includes a touch of Serbia for good measure. the tour plus local professional Montenegrin guide

Day 1 - Flight to Belgrade the beautiful Bay of Kotor. Kotor itself is an old port Price per person:
Lunchtime flight from London Heathrow to Belgrade, surrounded by fortifications built during the Venetian Escorted holiday £2,795
arriving early evening. Transfer to centrally located period. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Single room supplement £350
hotel. Continue to Podgorica for an overnight stay. Deposit for this holiday £200
Day 2 - Across the Border into Montenegro Day 7 - Beautiful Virpazar
We take the train from Belgrade and very soon find After a short drive to the Skadar Lake, we transfer to
ourselves heading west in glorious mountain scenery. a boat to reach Virpazar, a lovely lakeside village in a Day 12 - Free Day in Belgrade
Our destination is Bijelo Polje, a small border town region famous for its small family vineyards. We lunch Free day in Serbia’s capital city. Our hotel is within
which will be our home for 3 nights. and have wine tasting at one of the vineyards before easy walking distance of the city centre sights
returning by road to Podgorica. including the fortress and Kalemegdan Park.
Day 3 - We Meet the Locals
After a short walking tour of the town, we drive to Day 8 - Ostrog Monastery Day 13 - Return to London
the Djalovica Gorge and St. Nicholas Monastery. We Local train to Niksic to visit the Ostrog Monastery, Mid-morning flight to London arriving at lunchtime.
lunch with a local family and have an evening meal perched on an almost vertical rock face. Continue by
on a farm where the owner is famous for his cheese road into the mountains of the Durmitor National Due to the restrictions on size of coach on mountain
making. There’s local music too. Park for a 3-night stay with evening meals included. roads, this tour will be limited to 15 persons.

Day 4 - Springs, Waterfalls & Lakes Day 9 - Tara Canyon & Durmitor National Park A blog of the research trip for this holiday is included on
Drive to the Ali Pasha Springs close to the Kosovan The Tara Canyon is Europe’s deepest and the Tara our web site at www.ffestiniogtravel.com
border, the Grlja Waterfall and the small town of Plav. Bridge which crosses it must rank as one of Europe’s
Lunch is included at a local restaurant. most stunning. A day of amazing mountain scenery
also includes a visit to the Black Lake and lunch with
Day 5 - Local Train to Bar
The railway line to Bar on the Dalmatian Coast is a local family.
justifiably famous as one of the most scenic in Europe. Day 10 - Durmitor, Montenegro’s Highest
For 80 miles between Bijelo Polje and Podgorica, Mountain
the line climbs high above the valley and there are A full day’s drive on mountain roads circumnavigating
wonderful views of the surrounding mountains. Durmitor. Lunch included at a local restaurant.

Day 6 - The Dalmatian Coast Day 11- Flight to Belgrade
Much of the coastline around Budva has now been Drive to Podgorica Airport for afternoon flight to
highly developed but the town still has an historic Belgrade.
central area which we visit before moving on to
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