Gorica

Gorica is the wooded hill rising 130 metres above the western edge of Podgorica, between Cetinjski Put and the Krusevac area. The hill is mostly park, with loop…Gorica is the wooded hill rising 130 metres above the western edge of Podgorica, between Cetinjski Put and the Krusevac area. The hill is mostly park, with looped trails through pine and oak woodland, picnic clearings and viewpoints back over the city centre and the Morača plain. The Saint George's Church sits near the upper viewpoint, a small fifteenth-century Orthodox church built into the hillside, with the partisan war memorial nearby on the summit ridge.

The trailhead by Cetinjski Put gives the easiest start to the upper viewpoint, a thirty-five-minute climb with a steady gradient and clear signage. The hill is used year-round by local walkers, runners and dog owners, busiest on weekend mornings and quietest in mid-afternoon. The view from the summit takes in the centre, Stara Varos and the line of the Morača as it cuts down toward Skadar Lake.