IN Montenegro

The town of greenery and flowers, town of poets and artists – is situated in the North-Western part of the bay with the same name. The town was founded by the Bosnian king Tvrtko I in 1382. It was further built and extended by Herzog Stjepan Vukcic-Kosaca, after whom the town got its name. Since 1483, the town was under the Turkish rule until 1687 when the Turks were defeated in fight with Venetians and Montenegrins and had to leave the town. The Venetians ruled Herceg Novi up to the fall of their Republic (1797), and after the Austrians, Russians, French and again Austrians in 1918 changed in ruling this town, after which Herceg Novi continued to exist in Montenegro, i.e. in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and since 1929 in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The town centre consists of the Old City, from which the today's Herceg Novi developed. We should mention in particular from the monumental fortress architecture: the Clock Tower from 1667, the fortress Forte-mare on the shore itself from 1687 (adapted in the summer cinema), Kanli Tower, fortress from 1483 (adapted for summer stage), fortress Spanjola, which dominates the town, and whose foundations were laid in 1538 by Spaniards, and which was later additionally built by Turks.

Herceg Novi is famous as the town of sun, flowers and stairs. Over 250 species of plants grow here, whereof over 70 species of tropical plants. By end January – beginning February yellow-green mimosas flourish here. The Mimosa Feast is devoted to them, and cultural, entertainment and sport performances are interchanging within it. In this period, the town is visited by great number of tourists from entire country and from abroad. The experience of mimosa feast, the fried fish and wine on the shore in the settlement of Baosici is unforgettable. The major features of this holiday are the city music, mazoretke and trombonieri. In addition to the Mimosa Feast, each year the festival of songs and music “Sunny Scales”, the “Yugoslav Film Festival” and “International Nautical Regatta” are organised in Herceg Novi. All these performances are an important element for enriching the stay of tourists, and with their aid this town manages to dilute the particular character of the summer tourist movements. The climate of this area is very specific. The average annual air temperature amounts to 16,2 C. The indicative air temperature for the tourist season equal or above 10 C begins in Herceg Novi on March 9.

The border minimal air temperature for the bathing season is over 18 0 C in Herceg Novi and starts at the beginning of May, and ends by mid-October (162 days). The lowest average monthly temperatures are in January and range from 8,6 0 C and by these parameters Herceg Novi has higher average January temperature than some more famous Mediterranean summer resorts – Nice, Naples and Athens. Particular features is that already by mid-Spring you can bath in Bay of Topla and on the same day make ski on the snowed slopes of Subra!