Where to stay in Tivat, area by area

Choosing a hotel in Tivat is mostly about choosing an area. The town is small and the airport is 4 km away, so the difference isn’t distance but what’s around you when you walk out of the door. There are three clear options, the Porto Montenegro marina, the town centre with its promenade, and the Luštica peninsula, and they suit very different holidays.

Porto Montenegro, the marina’s five-stars

Porto Montenegro is the expensive, polished end of town. Its website features two hotels. The first is The Quince, on the waterfront, and a useful clarification is in order here. The five-star many people know as the Regent Porto Montenegro now appears as The Quince on the National Tourism Organisation’s listing, with 175 rooms, suites and residences looking over the bay or the marina, restaurants and bars, a spa with pools and saunas, and more than 800 m² of meeting space, including a 215 m² room for 200 people. If you’re searching for the Regent, this is it.

The second is SIRO, a hotel built around training and recovery, with performance fitness facilities, recovery suites and a restaurant designed to match. The marina also rents out apartments by the night or for longer stays.

Town centre and the Pine promenade

For most people this is the best base. Everything is walkable, the promenade for dinner, the town beaches and the marina a stroll away. Here you’ll find the Hotel Palma, a four-star right on the seafront, 5 m from the water, with 113 rooms, most of them with sea views, a spa and an 86 m private beach. Nearby is La Roche, whose concrete beach with sunbeds and a bar is used both privately and publicly, according to the tourist board. Towards Donja Lastva, Boka Beach runs along the shore by the Hotel Kamelija.

Once your dates are set, check which hotels are still free in Tivat before prices climb.

Luštica, for pool-and-beach stays

On the Luštica peninsula, inside the Luštica Bay development, is The Chedi Luštica Bay, a five-star with 111 rooms and suites, an Asian-inspired spa and indoor and outdoor pools. Its Superior and Deluxe rooms measure 44 m² and its Junior Suites 77 m², according to its website. The Tivat tourist board points out that its beach is the only one in the municipality run by a five-star hotel. It’s the choice for switching off, as central Tivat is a fair drive away.

Before you book

I don’t quote nightly rates, because they change with every date and there are no official tariffs to cite. One fixed cost is the tourist tax, which in Tivat is €1 per person per night, with teenagers paying half and young children nothing. Your hotel deals with the compulsory registration within 24 hours; if you move to another municipality and stay more than 12 hours, you register again there.

If you’re still torn between Tivat, Kotor and Budva as a base, I weigh them up in where to stay in Montenegro. And if the beach is your priority, Tivat beaches tells you which ones are close to each area.

If you would rather have a local show you round, book a guided tour in Tivat and choose by the reviews.

Once your dates are set, check which hotels are still free in Tivat before prices climb.