Travelling to Podgorica?

Our routes, not a list of everything. Places that have been there for centuries: no opening times or prices, which go stale.

1. 01

   Podgorica in a day

   6 hFor forty-six years this city was called Titograd. Before that it was bombed flat, which is why almost everything you see came after.Stara Varoš · The Cathedral of the Resurrection · Gorica hill · The two rivers and the Millennium BridgeRead the full guide
2. 02

   A weekend in Podgorica

   18 hThe country fits into a weekend, almost literally: Montenegro is smaller than many provinces. One day is the capital. The other is what the capital lets you reach.Saturday morning: the capital, all of it · Saturday afternoon: Lake Skadar · Sunday: Cetinje, the capital that still half is one · Sunday afternoon: the wine, undergroundRead the full guide
3. 03

   What to see in Podgorica

   5 hThe list is short and that has to be said plainly. What’s interesting isn’t what’s here, but why there’s so little: the answer is in 1944.The Sahat Kula · The cathedral fresco · Doclea · The Morača bridgesRead the full guide
4. 04

   Where to eat in Podgorica

   3 hThe wine here is kept in a military aircraft hangar. And the ham is cured where the wind blows between sea and mountain, not just anywhere.Vranac, and the hangar where it sleeps · Njeguši pršut · Carp from the lake · Eating late, and the portionRead the full guide
5. 05

   Podgorica’s neighbourhoods

   4 hPodgorica is three cities stuck together and you can tell them apart by eye: the Ottoman one, the king’s and Tito’s. Each begins where the last ends.Stara Varoš, the Ottoman one · Nova Varoš, the king’s · The Titograd blocks · Gorica, the neighbourhood that is a hillRead the full guide
6. 06

   Day trips from Podgorica

   10 hAlmost nobody comes to Podgorica to see Podgorica, and that’s fine. From here you reach an entire country without sleeping away a single night.Kotor · Ostrog monastery · Lake Skadar · Cetinje and LovćenRead the full guide
7. 07

   From Podgorica airport to the city

   1 hTwelve kilometres, and there’s no city bus. The alternative to a taxi is a rail halt a fifteen-minute walk away: that’s the whole decision.The taxi: the practical option · The train: seven minutes, and a fifteen-minute walk · Podgorica station, and why it matters · The line to Bar, which is a trip in itselfRead the full guide
8. 08

   Podgorica: practical tips

   1 hMontenegro uses the euro and is in neither the eurozone nor the EU. It did it on its own, without asking, and that oddity affects you from the first ATM.The euro without the eurozone · The heat, which here is a planning fact · A country from 2006 · Using the city for what it isRead the full guide

The real options, with what actually decides it: which terminal it leaves from and where it drops you. Fares and timetables live with the operator, who keeps them current.

• TaxiPodgorica (~12 km)The practical option: there’s no regular city bus to the terminal. Agree the fare before getting in.·Fares and timesAeropuertos de Montenegro
• TrainPodgorica (7 min desde el apeadero)The halt (Aerodrom) is about a 15-minute walk from the terminal: that walk with a suitcase is what decides it. If you accept it, there’s an hourly train and it’s 7 minutes to Podgorica, for barely more than a euro.·Fares and timesŽPCG