5 BEST THINGS TO DO IN BUDVA MONTENEGRO

by Alex Millsupdated on May 13, 2024April 23, 2024Leave a Comment

A FAMILY GUIDE – MONTENEGRO

Montenegro is such an underrated country, absolutely filled with beauty, culture and history. Budva is no exception with its charming medieval old town. We spent a lovely morning in Budva as part of our two-week family trip, here I’ll share with you all the best things to do in Budva Montenegro.

We passed through Budva en route from Tivat to Lake Skadar.

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I’m usually a big fan of public transport but the explore Montenegro properly, you really need a car. We always compare deals on RentalCars, this time we used Enterprise.

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THE 5 BEST THINGS TO DO IN BUDVA MONTENEGRO

1. SEE THE VIEWS FROM CITADEL

We didn’t walk the city walls in Kotor as 1300 stairs whilst carrying a 1-year-old was too much for me! Instead, we decided to explore them here in Budva. It’s smaller but much more manageable.

Entry to the Citadel is €5 (cash only) which includes the city wall with great views, the library and a small museum. There is also a cafe/ restaurant which opens around lunchtime, with more amazing views. Unfortunately, the cafe wasn’t open at the time of our visit.

Kid Tip: The Citadel doesn’t have an accessible entrance and there are steps inside. We carried our Joolz Aer+ (which I highly recommended for travel) pushchair/ stroller up the main steps then folded it and left it with the ticket salesperson.

We’ve written a full guide to The Citadel. Read it here!

2. WANDER THE STREETS OF THE OLD TOWN

Budva’s old town is small but charming. The cobbled streets are closed to cars making them very safe for children to explore.

3. PLAY ON THE BEACH

As you can see, the weather was pretty miserable most of our time in Budva (it generally rains quite a lot in Montenegro) so we didn’t play on the beach.

Hopefully, you will be treated to better weather and you can enjoy one of the two beaches Budva has to offer!

4. TRY THE FOOD

We stopped at Cafe Beatrice to get out of the rain. My boys couldn’t resist a second breakfast and tried pancakes and a local dish of eggs in tomato sauce.

I didn’t need a second huge breakfast so later stopped at the Old Town Bakery for a treat. Of course, I ended up sharing this croissant, but it was so delicious!

5. WALK THE COASTLINE

We had planned to stay longer in Budva and walk the Mogren Beach Footway. which starts just next to the beach Plaža Ričardova Glava (search Mogren Beach Footway on Google Maps for the exact location) however, when we got to the start of the trail, we were told it was closed. I don’t know if this is because of all the rain or because of the season (we visited in April). but this is definitely something you should consider!