The house of the Cindrak family is situated at an altitude of 900m above sea level, at the foot of hill called Kurilo. Azra and Sadik Cindrak have a beef cattle breeding and milk producing farm for a number of years. It is a big farm, this year they have 35 heads of cattle, and … Continue reading Bistrica: Rural Household – Small Village Dolac
The home of Hajrija and Mifto Pilica in Bistrica is ideal for a family holiday. It is all there: comfortable rooms, a table in the yard where one can have breakfast with the birds singing, a spring, meadow, animals, mesmerizing air. All to help the guest, both parents and children, to completely relax and relinquish … Continue reading Bistrica: Rural Household – Green Valley
People often ask me what is my favorite place in Montenegro. My answer never changes: it’s DURMITOR. In my opinion, Durmitor National Park represents one of the most memorable landscapes in the Balkans and maybe in the whole of Europe. I don’t know any other area where the mountains are so impressive, where the colors … Continue reading Durmitor: A Paradise For Hikers
Spring came late this year, but it did finally come, and in case of Bjelasica, it arrived in a glorious way! One beautiful day spent in hiking up to Suvodo katun, and by chance one section of this route we passed on a horseback. Even though in this area many rural families have horses, still … Continue reading Horse riding on Bjelasica
Are we really in Lipovo or at the first page of a fairy tale book? At the very top of the village, in a place called Klisura, on 1300 meters above sea level, old Dulovici house stands tall and proud as a guard. Spacious family household reached by a 800m long gravel road was once … Continue reading Lipovo: Rural Household – Big Grove
Podgorica – Kučka korita – Rikavačko Lake – Bukumirsko Lake – Podgorica GPS We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. Albert Einstein Departing from Podgorica (0 km, 60 altitude) The idea for the tour came up only … Continue reading Podgorica: Biking Through Kucka Krajina
Riding across Montenegro to meet in Podgorica, we first encounter signs for a multi-day off-pavement route outside Mojkovac, one of the larger towns on this 300km loop route. The Top Biking Trail 3 is billed as a route of “Eastern Enchantment”, and is offered to riders through an official guide, limited trail signage, and a free … Continue reading On TT3 Biking Trail
We are just back from the annual Biking and Hiking Fair (Fiets- en Wandelbeurs) in Amsterdam. Full of impressions, of course. Also this year, almost 20,000 nature lovers visited the two-day event. Yes, a very special kind of visitors indeed – all of them passionate hikers and/or bikers, most of them dressed in typical outdoor … Continue reading Amsterdam: News From The Biking And Hiking Fair 2015
Recently I saw a video about the Ulcinj Salinas and I was so enthusiastic that I decided to go and visit this nature reserve that is still rather unknown in Montenegro and beyond as soon as possible. With 250 registered bird species, the Solana is a paradise for birdwatchers: spoonbills, Dalmatian pelicans, flamingos and various … Continue reading Winter In The Ulcinj Salinas
