Montenegro Travel Guide

Entry requirements

Montenegro's visa rules depend on your nationality, and for some passports they have changed more than once in 2025–2026. Check the current rules of Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for your passport and your exact travel dates, including the permitted length of stay, before booking.

Money and payments

The euro is used; Montenegro isn't an official member of the eurozone, but the euro is the everyday currency. Cards are increasingly common on the coast and in towns, but cash may be needed for guesthouses, parking, small boats, rural eateries and buses. Read ATM fees and check city tax/receipts for accommodation.

Languages

Montenegrin is the official language; Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian and Croatian are also used in public life. You may see both Latin and Cyrillic scripts. English is common on the Bay of Kotor and more limited in northern villages; save place names in their local spelling and offline.

Phones, internet and apps

Buses are the backbone on the coast; summer traffic can multiply map times. ŽPCG is the main source for Podgorica–Bar and northern trains. Check operator announcements on the day for the Kotor–Lepetane ferry, national park roads, canyons/rafting and cable cars; save the last bus offline.

Budget

List summer accommodation on the Bay of Kotor, beach parking, boats, ferries and the Durmitor transfer separately; the country's small size doesn't automatically make daily transport cheap.

On a budget plan, think guesthouses outside the centre, buses, bakeries and free bay walks; mid-range brings rooms near the old town, boats and the national park; a comfortable plan features bay-view hotels, good restaurants and private transfers to the north. In July–August, accommodation in Kotor/Budva is noticeably more expensive than inland in the Balkans.