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Herceg Novi, a charming, medieval,town, situated at the very entrance to the magnificent Bay of Kotor, sinked into dense greenery, surrounded by old ramparts and six hundred years old fortresses is well-known for his mild mediterranean climate, subtropics vegetation. More than 200 days a year all his pleasant squares, stairways, gardens are sunlit,making him, the town with the highest average temperature on the whole Adriatic coast, characterized by mild winters ans long, warm summers. Along the seashore, close to the heart of the town, there is a six kilometers,long promenade, with good, nice beaches. The community of Herceg Novi,with about 50 kilometers long coast, with sandy, pebbly, healing, mud bath beaches, rocks bathed by the sea and romantic coves surrounded by pine trees, olive trees, tamarisks is adorned with a string of mediterranean villages, in which, the olive oil is still prepared the old fashion way in old stone mills, the arbutus-brandy is still conserved in wine cellars above which are hanging smoked hams on wooden rafters. Dried chees is still prepared laying out in shadows, touched by fresh mistral wind. In the back of the town,spilled over hillsides of the mountain of Orjen, we discover picturesque villages, with typical, old stone-built houses, tradicional way of living, and above all, well-known for their hospitality. Having a opportunity to climb and walk through this area during the long,warm summer,to go skiing until the end of spring, makes this town unique in the Mediterranean. There are approximately fifteen kilometers between the coast and the ski- resort. Zanjice, Miriste and the Blue cave, well-known vacation areas, are giving you an unforgettable pleasure of swimming in the cristal clear, darkblue, water of the Adriatic sea. The Bay of Kotor is also a paradise for numerous sailers, thanks convenient winds blowing all the year around.
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