Petrovac, Montenegro

We come to Petrovac mostly so we can visit Lake Skadar National Park ... do some hiking and kayaking.  NOT.

We ask our Airbnb host who is also a travel agent the best way to get there ... not sure.  

Next stop Tourist Info: take bus to x ... get off, get train.

The day we pick to go, we leave our place an hour later than intended. 

 No problem... a bus every hour.

We take bus to x ... go to tourist info in x to get directions to train station. NO.  

Bus better than train.  Don't take train.  Right.

Off we go to the bus stop.  The bus coming in 25 minutes.  One-&-a-half hours later of standing, baking in the sun we quit.  Back home.  Interestingly enough the trip back cost a Euro less than the trip there!!

Some things are not meant to be.

We chose Petrovac because it's not as busy as Budva.  Busy is a relative term in the summer tourist season.

We are put into temporary accommodation when we arrive with a view of Petrovac Beach.  Crazy busy.

We do enjoy Petrovac Beach for having a drink or lunch on the promenade and people watching.  

One day we decide on a burger from a street vendor... we could've shared:

We also enjoy the view from the ruins of Kastio, a Venetian fortress at the end of the promenade.   The limestone cliffs are in a beautiful diagonal stratification and drop dramatically into the clear blue Adriatic:

The next day we move and research tells us we can walk about 2 km south on a path up and over a small mountain to have a choice of 2 quieter beaches.

We pass by Lucite Beach ... pretty but small, so still crowded.  Our goal is Buljarica Beach - at 2400 meters it's the longest beach in the region.  It's busy, but there is space between people.  We have a great day, a good lunch, music and cold drinks.

The far end of the beach has a big RV park.  Hmm... that would be OK.

Photo of Buljarica Beach taken from the summit of the hill we climb to get there:

Petrovac has a long history of being a fishing town.  Here a restaurant displays the fish it will cook up for you.  We look at several of these displays and each has 1 or 2 fish that the other didn't have.  This fellow wouldn't let me take a photo of the fish until his decorative touches were complete.  He told me in his native tongue the name for each fish:

Tomorrow, onto Ulcinj.