Montenegro's coast is barely 100 kilometres end to end, which makes it one of the great short road trips in Europe. Start in the north at Herceg Novi, the sunny 'city of stairs' guarding the mouth of the Bay of Kotor, and work your way south.
The road hugs the water past Tivat's superyacht marina, over to Kotor and Perast, then out to the open Adriatic at Budva and Sveti Stefan. Every headland opens a new bay; every town is worth a stop. Give yourself far more time than the distance suggests — the point is to pull over often.
The south feels different: wider, hotter, quieter. Bar has the haunting ruins of Stari Bar and thousand-year-old olive groves; Ulcinj, the most southerly town, has an atmospheric old town above the sea and Velika Plaža — a 12 km sweep of sand to finish the journey.