Budva's municipality runs from Jaz in the north to Buljarica in the south, about twenty kilometres. The beaches vary enormously in price, crowd and water quality, and the expensive ones are not always the good ones.
The prices
| Beach | Two beds + parasol, Aug | Free section? |
|---|---|---|
| Mogren I & II | €25 – €40 | Very little |
| Slovenska plaža | €15 – €25 | Yes, plenty |
| Ričardova glava | €20 – €35 | Small |
| Bečići | €20 – €30 | Yes, at the far ends |
| Kamenovo | €25 – €40 | Narrow strip |
| Pržno | €20 – €30 | Yes, by the village |
| Queen's Beach (Miločer) | €100+ | No — hotel beach |
| Jaz | €15 – €25 | Yes, the whole eastern end |
| Buljarica | €10 – €15 | Yes, most of it |
Worth the money
Mogren is the famous one: two coves under a cliff, reached by a walkway cut into the rock from the old town. The water is clear and the setting is genuinely beautiful. It is also small, and by eleven in August it is full. Go at eight.
Kamenovo is the best water within easy reach of Budva — clear, deep, turquoise, on a proper pebble beach. It is fifteen minutes' drive and it repays it.
Worth the walk
Jaz is a long pebble-and-sand beach two kilometres north of Budva, best known for hosting large concerts. The western end is developed and the eastern end is not — walk that way for ten minutes and it empties out. Free, and there is space to park.
Buljarica, past Petrovac, is over two kilometres of undeveloped pebble backed by a marsh. Barely any concessions, almost no buildings, and the cheapest sunbeds on the coast because nobody is competing for the space. This is what all of it looked like forty years ago.
Skip, or manage expectations
Slovenska plaža is Budva's main town beach: 1.6 km of imported gravel in front of the hotels, packed, with the promenade and the noise directly behind. It is convenient and it is not why you came.
Queen's Beach at Miločer looks like the photographs and belongs to the hotel. Two sunbeds and a parasol run into three figures. The neighbouring Miločer beach is public and the walk through the park to reach it is the nicest part.
Practical
- Pebble, not sand, almost everywhere. Water shoes make a real difference, especially for children.
- Parking near the popular beaches fills by 09:30 in August and costs €2–3 an hour.
- The water taxi from Budva harbour reaches several beaches faster than the road in traffic, for a few euros.
- Shade is rare. Beaches here are pebble and rock with no trees; the parasol is the product being sold and there is no natural alternative.
