Podgorica Activities
Things to Do in Podgorica
Activities from Podgorica run Skadar Lake boat trips, Ostrog Monastery climbs, Cetinje and Lovcen day tours, winery visits and city sightseeing.
Activities in Podgorica lean heavily on day trips out of the city. Skadar Lake at Virpazar sits forty minutes south by car or train, with hourly boat operators running across the lily fields, the bird colonies and the Murici cliffs from the village quay; half-day trips run twenty to thirty euros and full-day routes with lunch at thirty-five to fifty. Ostrog Monastery built into the cliff face sits one hour fifteen minutes north on the M2 to Niksic, with half-day departures from the city for around twenty-five euros. The old royal capital Cetinje is fifty minutes south-west with the Petrovic-Njegos museum at the heart of the old palace quarter, and Lovcen National Park beyond Cetinje opens up the Boka Bay viewpoint at the top of the serpentine road.
City activities cover walking and minibus sightseeing tours of Stara Varos, the Sahat Kula, the Cathedral, King Nikola's Park, the Millennium Bridge and Gorica Hill, typically two and a half to three hours and fifteen to twenty-five euros a head. Winery tours run from the vineyard belt ten minutes south of the centre, with vineyard walks, cellar tours and Vranac and Krstac tastings at fifteen to thirty euros. Most operators run year-round; Skadar Lake boat trips quieten between November and March when the lily fields close down and weather makes the open-water sections rougher.