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The city Tivat...

Tivat (Italian: Teodo; Venetian: Teodo) is a coastal town in southwest Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. It has a population of 9,467 (2003 census). Tivat is the centre of Tivat municipality (population 13,630), which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro.

History of Tivat...

The origin of Tivat supposedly goes back to the 3rd century BC Documents prove as well that Tivat was an important religious centre in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Monastery of St. Michael the Archangel was the seat of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Zeta. Tivat, the youngest town in the Boka area was established on the spacious plateau at the bottom of Vrmac. According to the archives of Kotor, the following names were mentioned here in the 14th century: Teude, Theode, and Theudo who are related to the queen Teuta. There are not many written traces of the events that happened in this region at the time of Houses of Nemanjic, Balšic, Crnojevic, Venice, France, and Austrians. During the Middle Ages the fertile lands of the Tivat area belonged mostly to the aristocrats of Kotor, Prcanj and Dobrota. There were their big properties, castles, and chalets as well as the collective church of St. Anton dating from 1373. Part of this inheritance, which was the property of the wealth Buca family, is a marvelous chalet which today houses Tivat’s museums and galleries. The residence of the metropolitan of the Zetan diocese was built from the 13th to the 15th century on Prevlaka Island. Tivat (called Teodo in Venetian language), was under the Republic of Venice as a part of Albania Veneta from 1420 to 1797. Tivat turned into a town by the end of 19th century when in 1889 the Naval arsenal was built by Austrians, and was later used as a military base of Army of Montenegro). Currently, a Canadian businessman Peter Munk is finalising the negotiations about taking over Arsenal and building a vacation resort and mega-marina named "Porto Montenegro".

Geography of Tivat...

It is located in the central part of the Boka, south of mount Vrmac. The municipality lies mostly south of the town, and also has an exit to open sea at the tourist location Pržno inlet near Radovici village in south. Its central part, where Tivat Airport is located, lies in fertile Grbalj valley. The airport is located near the isthmus of Luštica peninsula, which belongs to the municipality of Herceg Novi for the most part.

Tourism in Tivat...

Beginning from 1971 the Tivat Airport acquired the modern runway and it is now a significant airport for foreign air traffic. The tourist potential of Tivat is yet to be fully realized. Only the inlets near Prevlaka, as well as the localities of Župa and Kalimanj, provide great conditions for the construction of marinas and yachting clubs. Even today, Tivat represents an interesting place for navigators. This little town is aiming to attract many guests in the third millennium. Although it is the youngest town in the Boka region, Tivat has a lot of interesting and attractive destinations. Renaissance Summer House Buca in the centre of city, Ostrvo Cvijeca (Flowers’ Island) with sacred monuments, Gornja Lastva, the old nucleus at an altitude of 300 m, the magnificent sandy beach at Plavi Horizonti and the Sveti Marko Island are the most visited tourist destinations in Tivat area. In the city itself there is the natural port Kalimanj. Tivat is also the only place at the Montenegrin coast with an airport. There is also a choice of cultural events, such as "Bocce Olympiad" and "Summer Fest". “Plavi Horizonti” (Blue Horizons) in Radovici, “Mimoza” (Mimosa), “Kamelija”, "Pine", "Tivat", “Palma” and "Villa Royal" are the names of some hotels that, besides the private accommodations, can entertain up to eight thousand guests. The tourist settlement of “St. Marco”, built for the needs of the Parisian Mediterranean club (aka Club Med), is certainly an attraction. It consists of about a hundred cottages, nicely fitted into the natural surrounding of dense greenery for the enjoyment of the guests. Tivat boasts a beautiful botanic garden thanks to the Bokan sailors who brought back a wide variety of exotic tree species and ornamental plants from their voyages around the globe. It is important to know where the attractive spots are in this municipality. From Lepetane, which is part of Tivat, a car ferry connects with the western Herceg-Novi side of the Boka.

Transport to Tivat...

Tivat is connected with the rest of Montenegro by Adriatic motorway, a two-laned motorway that extends for the length of Montenegrin coast. The ferry operates on Kamenari - Lepetane line at Verige strait, eliminatig the need to go all the way around Boka Kotorska bay in order to reach Herceg Novi riviera. It is planned that on this ferry route the future Verige bridge will be built. Tivat Airport is 4 km away. There are regular flights to the most of larger European airports, and dozens of charter planes land daily on Tivat airport during the summer season.