Основная информация об отеле и городке Basic information about the hotel and the town

Hotel
In principle, it corresponds to the declared 4 *. The hotel is small and quite cozy. Breakfasts presented in the form of a buffet are quite satisfying and will satisfy different requests (standard: scrambled eggs, cold cuts, cheese cuts, cold cuts, cereals, fruits, etc. ), however, the menu is repeated every 2 days. The air conditioning in the room was cool enough even on the minimum. Satellite TV, free fast Wi-Fi, noisy refrigerator, safe. There is no minibar, but given that the supermarket is 1 minute walk away, this was not too much of a concern. Upon check-in, we were given a room without a terrace - we asked to change it and received a room with an excellent terrace overlooking the sea and furnished with a table + chairs. The staff is friendly and helpful in all matters. The burned out light bulb was changed in 2 minutes. Towels are changed every day, cleaning seems to be every few days - I didn’t pay attention to be honest.
Nutrition

Independent: A minute's walk from Volya's supermarket. Something like our "gut". Everything is available at very affordable prices (water 0.5 euros, beer 0.7-0.9 euros, cold cuts from 1 euro per 100g, fruits on average 2 euros / kg, sweets from 0.5 euros). Also a minute's walk in the other direction is the market. On it all the products in the main. homemade, fruit from 1.5 euro/kg, house wine 10 euro/1l. .
Restaurants: their greatest variety and here it all depends on personal preferences. Prices: pizza (enough for two) from 6 to 9 euros. A plate of meat + garnish weighing 600 grams 12 euros, salads 2-3 euros, grilled dishes 6 euros, fish by weight 40 euros / kg.
Nuances: in some restaurants there are “happy hours” (somewhere from 3 to 5 in the afternoon) some kind of dish or drink for free, as well as business lunches for 6 euros (alas, I didn’t get them in time, so I can’t judge). From an unpleasant surprise in the Sutjeska restaurant, an indistinct “kuver” of 0.5 euros / person was included in the bill. as the waiter explained to us, this is not a tip, but a payment for having a tablecloth, salt, etc. on the table. We haven't seen this anywhere else in other restaurants.
Fast food restaurants: a lot of tiny pizzerias where they sell pizza in slices (really huge) for 1.5 euros - quite tasty. For the sake of interest, I also recommend taking the national fast food "Cobra" - you choose a piece of meat from the grill (pork, beef, chicken) that you put in pita bread or a bun, and then you are free to add it yourself from nearby trays: tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, a variety of local spices and sauces - at the exit you get a semblance of a home-made hamburger weighing a pound and priced from 2 to 3 euros.
Ice cream from 0.6 to 1 euro per scoop.
Beaches:
The city is long, but narrow and very noisy. There are areas for relaxing on their own towels, there are sunbeds (from 2 euros) with umbrellas (3 euros). Rent a jet ski 50 euros / half an hour. There are dozens of agencies along the promenade offering sightseeing tours on a glass bottom boat for 6 euros / person.

In 15 minutes there is an order of magnitude better beach "Lucice" and we went there every day. The prices for everything are the same, however, there are an order of magnitude fewer people, cleaner and given the lack of a pier, as in Petrovac, it is much calmer without all these boats, etc. + There is a great place right under the pine trees in the shade of which you can spend the whole day without dying from the heat and do not burn out in the sun. There is also 1 water slide: 1 euro for 5 slides from it.
There are also 2 other beaches, but they are further away and we did not go to them. fully satisfied Lucice
Sea: one day before our arrival, a storm passed and garbage was brought to the shore (mainly plastic packaging and gobies), but the next day everything was removed and there was almost no garbage except for pine needles that were every day in the water near the shore, but it was enough to swim them in 3 seconds and then the sea became perfectly clean and transparent right up to the buoys (I didn’t swim further) from which both the fish and the bottom were perfectly visible at a depth. The water was on average +24 degrees.

Trips:
You can go to Budva and St. Stefan by regular buses that go from a stop located almost near the hotel every hour and cost 2 euros / person. You can also take a taxi, but it will turn out to be 10-15 euros as you agree.
We personally did not like Budva. Yes, the old city is beautiful and you should definitely go there, but everything else is clearly not for us: the beaches are tiny and simply unrealistically crowded with people, from each bar the songs sounding in the compartment created an unreal noise, noticeably dirtier than in Petrovac. Yes, there is more entertainment there, but if you want relaxation, and not turmoil, this is not for you.

Bay of Kotor: Kotor is beautiful but boring. Keep in mind that they will give you 2.5 hours of free time there and there is absolutely no place to spend them, we managed to go around the entire city on the map, taking pictures, having a leisurely lunch, then wandering again and eating ice cream, visiting souvenir shops and still there was still time. After Kotor, you are put on a tiny observation boat (a group of tourists of 50 people sat there like sprats and there is little pleasure in this). On this boat, you sail along a beautiful bay to an artificial island for about 40 minutes, and during this time it manages to get fed up with the order and all the photos taken at that time ultimately do not differ from each other. On an artificial island, you will be taken to a temple in which there is a small museum and nothing interesting. After the island, in a couple of minutes you will find yourself in the wonderful city of Pirast (the size of the Independence Square) in which there are no beaches (you can dive from concrete slabs) and anything remarkable except for historical facts about the old days in the 15th centuries. You will be given 1 hour to study this nightmare. Please note that there are no toilets there either and you will have to buy at least coffee in a restaurant in order to go to the toilet there. Personally, we liked the tour very partially, although for some reason everyone recommends it. As for me, in only 1 out of 4 cases you may like it there: 1) you are a botanical historian and consider the excursion as part of the work 2) you are already over 82 and you have nowhere to hurry and you can spend hours walking along the architecture of which there are as many like you 3) your children are very guilty and you want to punish them so that they remember it for life 4) you ended up in Montenegro but hate the beaches and the sea with all your heart and soul and want to spend more time away from them.
Dubrovnik: the trip is long 3-4 hours one way (depending on the queues at the Croatian border), but it's worth it. The city itself is very beautiful and there are many places to drop by. The streets are just nice to wander around and oooooochen delicious restaurants. We especially recommend the Toni spaggeteria, we got there by accident, but the people who came there even stood in line until a table was free to sit there. The pasta is simply magnificent, costing from 7 to 12 euros, at the end of the meal you want to lick the dishes. Also on the boat in 5 minutes you will be taken to about. Lokrum, where hundreds of peacocks walk, there is a small dead sea, a beautiful botanical garden, an old French fort and just the opportunity to swim near the island. When you return back to the city, it will be beautifully illuminated and it will be a pleasure to wander around it. In general, the best place where we were in Croatia and Montenegro. Definitely recommend to everyone.
We did not go to the canyons, but the hotel neighbors said that it was very difficult to go there for 4-5 hours one way, and the tour itself lasted 45-1 hour minutes. However, they assured that this is compensated by the beauty of the area from the bus window.