Bus from HERCEG NOVI to KOSOVSKA MITROVICA

Herceg Novi, with approximately 200 sunny days a year, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Montenegro.

Located at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen, Herceg Novi offers to tourists a rich monumental heritage, monasteries and churches, and numerous fortifications such as Španjola, Kanli Kula, Sat Kula and famous staircase, after which it takes its nickname “City of the stairs”.

Herceg Novi was founded as a fortress in 1382 by Bosnian King Stjepan Tvrtko I and was called Sveti Stefan or Castelnuovo. After the death of Tvrtko, Duke Sandalj Hranić of the Herzegovinian Kosačas acquired Castelnuovo. During his reign, Herceg Novi picked up trading salt, what bothered their neighbors from Dubrovnik, which in this part of Europe held a monopoly over salt trade in that time.

When Hranić died, his nephew, Herzog Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, inherited Castelnuovo. Under Stjepan, Castelnuovo expanded and thus became a city, renaming it to Herceg Novi.

The Turks conquered Herceg Novi in 1482, and ruled for 200 years, until 1687. In that period various nations and civilizations interspersed on its soil, leaving deep marks on the history, culture and overall development of the region.

Herceg Novi is known by a very rich cultural program in the summer months, which includes above all the traditional film and music festivals. Of course, the event are also organized during other months, which contributes to recognizable cultural life of the city. 

Nightlife

"Casa Igalo", "La bamba", "People's", Shisha bar "Krug", Beach club "Rafaello", "Tondo"

Restaurants

"La terrazza", "Papagaj", "Three limes", "Portofino", "Amber", "Verige 65", "Joy restaurant", "City tavern", "Pic nic", "Mimosa", "Old house", "Barbarella", Perla Square Portonovi

Taverns

Tavern "Krušo", "Feral", "Kantula", "Škver", "Old Herzegovina", "Gušti" Vrbanj

The most significant manifestations

"Mimosa Festival", "Herzegovinian Winter Salon", "Herzegovinian Film Festival", "HAPS" - Herzegovinian April Theater Festival, "Days of Music", "Book Square", "Guitar Art summer fest", Opera Festival "Operosa"

Accommodation

Popular hotels and motels

"Iberostar Waves Herceg Novi", "Hotel Perla", "Wellness & Spa Hotel ACD", "Carine Hotel Kumbor Superior", "Lazure Hotel & Marina", "Portonovi Resort", "Forte Rose", "Garni Vila Margot", "One&Only Portonovi"

Shopping 

HDL "Novi Mall", Merkato mall, City Market Herceg Novi, Butiko shopping center, Idea, Voli

Important phones

Phone code for Herceg-Novi (0)31

Police 122, Security Center +382 31 322 222
Firefighters 123, Protection Service +382 31 348 014
Emergency 124
Exact time 125
Delivery of telegrams by telephone 126
Sports results service 19811
Notifications about phone numbers 1181

Health care

Mediterranean Center - "Dr. Simo Milošević"
Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Igalo, Sava Ilića 5, tel. 658 111

Health center "dr Stevo Mrđen", www.domzdravljahercegnovi.com
Herceg-Novi, Nikole Ljubibratića 1, tel. 343 111, 343 024
Topla Outpatient Clinic, Mića Vavića 5, tel. 321 430
Igalo clinic, Norveska 8, tel. 331 333
Clinic Bijela, Bijela b.b., tel. 671 708

Private health institution Meljine General Hospital www.bolnica-meljine.me
(former Military Hospital), Braće Grakalića 94-100
tel. 640 988, fax 348 543

Veterinary stations
Herceg-Novi, Zemunska 129, tel. 348 314
Igalo, Sutorina, tel. 688 216

Culture

City Archives
Herceg Stjepan Square 1, tel. 322 655

JUK City Library and Reading Room
Herceg Stjepan Square, tel, 321 900, 324 229

JU "City Museum Mirko Komnenović and Gallery Josip Bepo Benković"
Museum tel. 323 779
Gallery tel. 324 051

JUK "Hercegfest"
tel. 322 320, 322 098

Media

Radio Herceg-Novi, tel. 350 765, 350 768
Radio More, tel. 350 666
Radio Delfin, tel. 344 244
Radio Jadran, tel. 335 005

Mail

Herceg-Novi, tel. 353 305
Igalo, tel. 331 747
Meljine, tel. 348 053
Zelenika, tel. 678 549
Kumbor and Đenovići, tel. 678 007
Baošići, tel. 674 175
Bijela, tel. 671 550

Travels

AMS of Montenegro +382 21 234 999
Herceg-Novi bus station, tel. 321 225
Debeli Brijeg border crossing, tel. 354,000
Border crossing Sitnica, tel. 67 284 894

Taxi stations

Taxi "More", tel. 19730
Taxi station Herceg-Novi, tel. 327 016

Municipality of Herceg-Novi
Maršala Tita Square 2, phone number 321 052, 321 564

Tourist organization Herceg-Novi
Jova Dabovića 10, phone no. 350 820

Mitrovica or Kosovska Mitrovica is a city and municipality in the northern part of Kosovo. Settled on the banks of Ibar and Sitnica rivers, the city is the administrative center of the District of Mitrovica.

In 2013, following the North Kosovo crisis, the Serb-majority municipality of North Mitrovica was created, dividing the city in two administrative units, both operating within the Kosovo legal framework.

According to the 2011 Census, in Mitrovica live 84,235 inhabitants, 71,909 of which in the southern municipality and 12,326 in North Mitrovica.

In the middles ages the city was called "Demetrius" in honour of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki. When the city came under Ottoman rule, it was renamed "Mitrovica", as happened to other locations in the Balkans named after Saint Demetrius.

After President Tito's death, each of the constituent parts of Yugoslavia had to have one place named with the word 'Tito' (or 'Tito's') included, the city was then known as Titova Mitrovica in Serbian or Mitrovica e Titos in Albanian, until 1991.

The city is now known as Mitrovica and Mitrovicë in the Albanian language and Kosovska Mitrovica in the Serbian language.

The city is one of the oldest known settlements in Kosovo, being first mentioned in written documents during the Middle Ages.[citation needed] The name Kosovska Mitrovica comes from the 14th century, from Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki,[citation needed] but there are some other legends on the origin of its name.[citation needed] Near Mitrovica is the medieval fortress of Zvečan, which played an important role during the Kingdom of Serbia under Nemanjić rule.

Under Ottoman rule Mitrovica was a typical small Oriental city. Rapid development came in the 19th century after lead ore was discovered and mined in the region, providing what has historically been one of Kosovo largest industries.

It became an industrial town, formerly the economic centre of Kosovo because of the nearby Trepča Mines. It grew in size as a centre of trade and industry with the completion of the railway line to Skopje in 1873–1878, which linked Mitrovica to the port of Thessalonika.[5] Another line later linked the town to Belgrade and Western Europe. During World War II, the city was part of Axis-occupied Serbia. In 1948, Mitrovica had a population of 13,901 and in the early 1990s of about 75,000.

Both the town and municipality were badly affected by the 1999 Kosovo War. According to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the area had been the scene of guerrilla activity by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) prior to the war. It came under the command of NATO's French sector; 7,000 French troops were stationed in the western sector with their headquarters in Mitrovica. They were reinforced with a contingent of 1,200 troops from the United Arab Emirates, and a small number of Danish troops.

 In the aftermath of the war, the town became a symbol of Kosovo's ethnic divisions. The badly damaged southern half of the town was repopulated by an estimated 50,000 Albanians. Their numbers have since grown with the arrival of refugees from destroyed villages in the countryside.[citation needed] Most of the approximately 6,000 Roma fled to Serbia, or were relocated to one of two resettlement camps, Cesmin Lug, or Osterode, in North Kosovska Mitrovica. In the north, live some 17,000 Kosovo Serbs, with 2,000 Kosovo Albanians and 1,700 Bosniaks inhabiting discrete enclaves on the north bank of the Ibar River. Almost all of the Serbs living on the south bank were displaced to North Mitrovica after the Kosovo War. In 2011, the city had an estimated total population of 71,601.