Herceg Novi

Herceg Novi, which is 70 km from Podgorica, not far from the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, is a Montenegrin resort on the Adriatic coast. The city is situated in a picturesque bay of Kotor at the foot of the Mount Orienne.

Herceg Novi was founded by the Bosnian King Tvrtko I in 1382, and soon it became an important center of the salt trade. The present day name of the resort came from Herceg Stjepan Vukcic, under whose reign the village became the town and experienced the greatest development and bloom. In 1466 the Venetian Republic offered Vukcic to exchange Herceg Novi to Brac Island and a palace in Spoit, but the Duke refused.

In 1482 the town was conquered by the Turks and they ruled it until 1687, when Venetia joined it to its province “Albania Veneta” under an Italian name Castelnuovo (“A new castle”). Venetian dominance lasted until 1797 and was replaced by brief Russian patronage (1806-1807) during the Napoleonic Wars. There followed a brief period of French rule and Austrian reign until 1918, after which Herceg Novi became part of Yugoslavia until its dissolution.

Herceg Novi has long been known not only for its beach vacation but also for its health facilities. Not far from the city there is a resort Igalo, where the Institute of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation named after Milosevic is located. It is famous for its healing mud and mineral waters all over the world.