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We rested with my wife in Montenegro for the first time, from July 25 to August 1.2008, 7 days, the village of Sveti Stefan on the Budva Riviera, a double studio in Villa Balich.
The tour of the Kiev company "Siesta" through our Dnepropetrovsk "Vidpochinok", everything was fine with local operators. We flew out with Aerosvit, but for some reason the flight was delayed for 1 hour and flew in general by some Polish aircraft of the Centralwings company. By the way, due to supposedly turbulent phenomena that passengers did not feel, almost half of the cabin was deprived of soft drinks. Everything was fast at the Tivat airfield: the border guards did not require any vouchers, and I didn’t even notice the customs, everyone was impressed by the cool view during landing - the airfield strip next to the bay! Back, by the way, they also flew the same aircraft of the Centralwings company, however, this time the stewards managed to distribute everything.
The local tour operator "Compass", guide Larisa, promptly met, noted, seated in a bus with air conditioning, and in half an hour they took everyone. On Sveti Stefan we were with my wife and that's it. In order not to wait for the minibus, we went down to the villa in five minutes, it is located a little lower next to the BMW villa.
Villa Balich looks and really is one of the most prestigious - Russians, Ukrainians, British, Germans have a rest, it has 4 floors with terraces and a beautiful courtyard with trees and tables at which we had breakfast. This is the first of (as far as I know) 3 villas in the village where there is a pool, very large and deep. You can see photos of the pool, villas and apartments on their website http://www. balic. cg. co. yu. Our studio on the 3rd floor is 302 meters, with a neat toilet room and a kitchen counter with a refrigerator (we only made coffee there sometimes), a French bed, new furniture, TV, air conditioning. Everything is new, neat, paintings, rugs, decently.
Immediately about the disadvantages of Villa Balich - there are 4 of them:
1 - if 4 * by the standards of villas, there should be at least soap in the toilet room, there was none, there was, however, plenty of toilet paper;
2 - in the wardrobe, part of the “hangers” were made of metal wire, as when receiving clothes from dry cleaning;
3 - expired butter was constantly given for breakfast;
4 - in the toilet room there is only one holder for towels, you can hang a maximum of two, but they gave out six for two.
In the rest - everything is of high quality, corresponds, the staff does not flicker before our eyes.
Towels were changed every day, they were also cleaned every day, bed linen was changed once a week.
Continental breakfast - scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs, juice, sausages, bread, jam, coffee, tea, fruit.
Swimming pool from 8.00 to 20.00, sun loungers, umbrellas, showers - everything is class!
The village of Sveti Stefan is one of the so-called image holiday destinations, although the island-hotel itself is still closed for repairs, but the park, beaches, nature, beauty are super!
Of course, in some places there is a territory closed due to repairs, but you can walk around Milocer Park and the beaches.
For the period of our vacation, the village free beach was opened - this is if you look at the island - on the left. If you wish, you can take a set - 2 sunbeds and 1 umbrella on this beach closer to the village costs 13 euros, closer to Sveti Stefan (behind an impromptu mooring for jet skis) - 10 euros. Naturally, there are the most people on it, but compared to Budva, Becici, Rafailovici, Przno - just emptiness. Every hour a boat brought vacationers to it from Budva and Becici. The beach to the right of Sveti Stefan is paid - at the entrance for 20 euros they give out 2 sunbeds and 1 umbrella. The same set on the beach of King Milocer costs 30 euros - 4-6 people usually rested there. The queen's beach is completely closed - there is constant security with walkie-talkies, probably some kind of leadership is resting.
Milocer park and nature around Sveti Stefan, the island itself - just awesome! Cicadas, the sound of the sea, beauty.
There are many cafes and restaurants in the village, the most normal in terms of price and deliciousness is the Drago restaurant. Everywhere is very calm, the music is almost inaudible, calmness. For a party, you can go to Budva - a regular shuttle bus - 1.5 euros. The old town in Budva with the Citadel is a very good place!
There are many small stone churches and monasteries in Montenegro, some near Sveti Stefan. We went on foot to the Praskavitsa monastery, went on excursions to the Ostrog monastery - these are just miracles! It is impossible to describe in words - you have to see it.
We also went on a second excursion to the Bay of Kotor or the fjord, the old town of Kotor is a tiny Dubrovnik, similar to the old town of Budva. The serpentine from Kotor to Cetinje is only for a healthy head and a strong stomach with nerves - the serpentine is not for the faint of heart! I really liked it, although it was scary.
What I didn’t like about this tour was the second capital city of Cetinje and the king’s palace. The city is worse than the most provincial depressive village, and the king's palace looks like an old collective farm House of Culture, although there are very interesting exhibits.
In Cetinje, in the monastery, the right hand of John the Baptist and a particle of the cross on which Christ was crucified are available. These are truly wonderful relics!
The rest of the time we rested, sunbathed, swam, sailed on a boat and swam in the sea, went to various interesting restaurants in old Budva (in the Citadel and on the embankment), in general, we were very satisfied.
The tour of the Kiev company "Siesta" through our Dnepropetrovsk "Vidpochinok", everything was fine with local operators. We flew out with Aerosvit, but for some reason the flight was delayed for 1 hour and flew in general by some Polish aircraft of the Centralwings company. By the way, due to supposedly turbulent phenomena that passengers did not feel, almost half of the cabin was deprived of soft drinks. Everything was fast at the Tivat airfield: the border guards did not require any vouchers, and I didn’t even notice the customs, everyone was impressed by the cool view during landing - the airfield strip next to the bay! Back, by the way, they also flew the same aircraft of the Centralwings company, however, this time the stewards managed to distribute everything.
The local tour operator "Compass", guide Larisa, promptly met, noted, seated in a bus with air conditioning, and in half an hour they took everyone. On Sveti Stefan we were with my wife and that's it. In order not to wait for the minibus, we went down to the villa in five minutes, it is located a little lower next to the BMW villa.
Villa Balich looks and really is one of the most prestigious - Russians, Ukrainians, British, Germans have a rest, it has 4 floors with terraces and a beautiful courtyard with trees and tables at which we had breakfast. This is the first of (as far as I know) 3 villas in the village where there is a pool, very large and deep. You can see photos of the pool, villas and apartments on their website http://www. balic. cg. co. yu. Our studio on the 3rd floor is 302 meters, with a neat toilet room and a kitchen counter with a refrigerator (we only made coffee there sometimes), a French bed, new furniture, TV, air conditioning. Everything is new, neat, paintings, rugs, decently.
Immediately about the disadvantages of Villa Balich - there are 4 of them:
1 - if 4 * by the standards of villas, there should be at least soap in the toilet room, there was none, there was, however, plenty of toilet paper;
2 - in the wardrobe, part of the “hangers” were made of metal wire, as when receiving clothes from dry cleaning;
3 - expired butter was constantly given for breakfast;
4 - in the toilet room there is only one holder for towels, you can hang a maximum of two, but they gave out six for two.
In the rest - everything is of high quality, corresponds, the staff does not flicker before our eyes.
Towels were changed every day, they were also cleaned every day, bed linen was changed once a week.
Continental breakfast - scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs, juice, sausages, bread, jam, coffee, tea, fruit.
Swimming pool from 8.00 to 20.00, sun loungers, umbrellas, showers - everything is class!
The village of Sveti Stefan is one of the so-called image holiday destinations, although the island-hotel itself is still closed for repairs, but the park, beaches, nature, beauty are super!
Of course, in some places there is a territory closed due to repairs, but you can walk around Milocer Park and the beaches.
For the period of our vacation, the village free beach was opened - this is if you look at the island - on the left. If you wish, you can take a set - 2 sunbeds and 1 umbrella on this beach closer to the village costs 13 euros, closer to Sveti Stefan (behind an impromptu mooring for jet skis) - 10 euros. Naturally, there are the most people on it, but compared to Budva, Becici, Rafailovici, Przno - just emptiness. Every hour a boat brought vacationers to it from Budva and Becici. The beach to the right of Sveti Stefan is paid - at the entrance for 20 euros they give out 2 sunbeds and 1 umbrella. The same set on the beach of King Milocer costs 30 euros - 4-6 people usually rested there. The queen's beach is completely closed - there is constant security with walkie-talkies, probably some kind of leadership is resting.
Milocer park and nature around Sveti Stefan, the island itself - just awesome! Cicadas, the sound of the sea, beauty.
There are many cafes and restaurants in the village, the most normal in terms of price and deliciousness is the Drago restaurant. Everywhere is very calm, the music is almost inaudible, calmness. For a party, you can go to Budva - a regular shuttle bus - 1.5 euros. The old town in Budva with the Citadel is a very good place!
There are many small stone churches and monasteries in Montenegro, some near Sveti Stefan. We went on foot to the Praskavitsa monastery, went on excursions to the Ostrog monastery - these are just miracles! It is impossible to describe in words - you have to see it.
We also went on a second excursion to the Bay of Kotor or the fjord, the old town of Kotor is a tiny Dubrovnik, similar to the old town of Budva. The serpentine from Kotor to Cetinje is only for a healthy head and a strong stomach with nerves - the serpentine is not for the faint of heart! I really liked it, although it was scary.
What I didn’t like about this tour was the second capital city of Cetinje and the king’s palace. The city is worse than the most provincial depressive village, and the king's palace looks like an old collective farm House of Culture, although there are very interesting exhibits.
In Cetinje, in the monastery, the right hand of John the Baptist and a particle of the cross on which Christ was crucified are available. These are truly wonderful relics!
The rest of the time we rested, sunbathed, swam, sailed on a boat and swam in the sea, went to various interesting restaurants in old Budva (in the Citadel and on the embankment), in general, we were very satisfied.
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