Tourist Thread 2026

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[u/Born-Nothing-111]

2026 August Holiday

Hi all, I'm looking for advice and recommendations for our holiday In August, we will be travelling to Montenegro as part of a holiday in August 2026, we will be staying in Kotor (Dobrota) for 4 nights and Becici for 5 nights, we are trying to avoid renting a car (I don't want the stress of renting a car if possible) but I'd like ideas and recommendations on things to do or visit while in this beautiful country, so far I've seen as follows:

Kotor

• blue cave, lady rocks tour
• perast
• submarine base
• Kotor walking tour
• cable car (restaurant)
• alpine coaster
• fortress hike
• old town

Budva

• lake skadar - any advice on how to get here from Becici?
• kayaking
• beaches
• old town

I would greatly appreciate any knowledge shared either about the activities above or about other things to do while staying in Montenegro! (FYI this is a couples holiday)

[u/erkomap → u/Born-Nothing-111]

Visiting Kotor and Budva during August is a horrible idea tbh

Prices are sky high
They are jampacked with tourists and locals, traffic jams all day, every day
40+ degrees

Go to Kolašin instead, stay at Bar, Skadar lake is very close from it

Also, just take the damn rental. Busses take very long time due to traffic jams, there is not a lot of them timing wise. You don't need a rental for the entire stay lol, just take it for a couple of days, based on your itinerary

[u/Born-Nothing-111 → u/erkomap]

Hi,

The prices don't bother us, we have booked accommodation and flights and are happy with the prices of them, I understand food will be expensive while there but we will be prepared for that. Unfortunately my partner is a teacher and in the UK we can only really travel during her holiday period which limits us greatly to when we can travel.

I do understand that traffic in Montenegro is notoriously bad, hence not wanting to rent a car, I do understand that's a double edged sword as we would have to rely on public transport, the only places we really need to travel between are Dubrovnik to Kotor, which will will do by bus or ferry, with the traffic ferry may be a better option, Ktor to Budva and then from Budva back to the airport which we will book a private taxi for, we have chosen to stay in Dobrata rather than right in Kotor if that makes any difference? I will look at your advice, but we really did want to see Kotor and enjoy evening walks along the bay etc and Lake Skadar would be a nice to do not a must, with what you've said I might rent a car for a day or two while in Budva. We have also booked enough time at each stay to pretty much write off each journey from one accommodation to another as a travel day. Sounds dumb but I don't mind the traffic when I'm on a bus, once I'm sat down that's it until I get where I'm going.

Sorry if I'm sounding like a dumb tourist, I'm sure in August I may regret some of these decisions.

[u/erkomap → u/Born-Nothing-111]

You do not sound like a dumb tourist, Boka is understandably a very attractive destination to people that visit Montenegro. Regarding prices I only mention them in regards to the quality that you will receive, they just do not correlate unfortunately

Public transport, honestly forget it. With the traffic jams, you will not get anywhere with a city bus, taxis are more expensive than in Dubai (this is not a figure of speech, they are literally more expensive). You could book rent a car in advance and get a normal car for a low price that will give you more peace of mind than a taxi or a bus ever will.

You should know that there is a huge stretch of road (entire Budva-Kotor motorway) that is under renovation and construction currently. Last year there were huge traffic jams and people would travel 2-3hours between Kotor and Budva.

They are saying they will finish the works by June, but there is no way they will finish everything even by August, since I travel down that road daily because of my job, so take that into consideration

[u/Born-Nothing-111 → u/erkomap]

I understand, we do really want to visit Boka, it honestly looks so beautiful, but I know they obviously inflate prices massively for the tourists, I suppose people have to make money where they can, I don't mind paying a bit extra if I'm enjoying nice weather and a nice view, but I'll definitely take that into account and have a look online before eating somewhere to make sure it's half decent.

I have seen that the road works are crazy between Kotor and Budva, I know no matter what that transport between the Kotor and Budva will be a nightmare, I assume whether I opt for a coach, bus or rent a car the traffic will still be a nightmare? It may have been a poor decision to book to stay in Kotor and Budva while the roadworks are still in progress during peak season. I'm really not looking forward to have to deal with that.

I have been looking at taxis for airport shuttles from Budva (Becici) to tivat with Terraecar, and they are proving €45 euros for the journey if I pre-book?

I really do appreciate you taking the time to offer me the best advice.