OLD TOWN OF BAR - OLD OLIVE TREE

OLD TOWN OF BAR - OLD OLIVE TREE 

After breakfast, you have opportunity to get to know the Old town of Bar which represent the synthesis of the Mediterranean and the Orient.

At the very entrance to the new part of the city, you can see the Orthodox Cathedral of St. John Vladimir from the 21st century. The temple is dominated by 7 large crosses. The central gilded cross 4.60 meters high, weighing 800 kg, with the highest height of 40 m, is unique in Europe and in the world. The cross is unique and modeled after the famous Vladimir's cross, the greatest relic of Bar from ancient times, a symbol of faith, love and hope. One of the most beautiful squares in Montenegro is arranged around the temple.

Bar – a modern city with wide boulevards, surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation. Numerous cultural and historical monuments testify to the stormy history of this city, the most important of which is the Old Town of Bar, 4 km from the sea coast.

Tour of the Old Town of Bar - the largest urban agglomeration in ruins in Montenegro. It is over 2500 years old. It is the bearer of turbulent history and medieval civilizations that left part of their culture here: Venetians, Byzantines, Romans, Slovenians, Turks. The city still contains the remains of numerous churches of different styles from different eras. That is why it is rightly said that the region it is a synthesis of the Mediterranean and the Orient. Unlike other towns on the coast, Old town Bar is about 4 km from the coast. It lies on a steep, inaccessible cliff on three sides, at the foot of Mount Rumija. Although the city is now destroyed, it is still one of the most visited cultural and historical sites in Montenegro.

The location of Stari Bar offers visitors the opportunity to experience the panorama of green fields that surround Bar, the new part of the city, the port, the open sea and the massif of the Rumija mountain from the walls of the old ramparts. Then a walk along the old cobblestone street, which we often call "our Montmartre", with traditional restaurants and souvenir shops...

Tour of the Old Olive Tree at Mirovica is a natural monument which has been protected by law since 1963. It is 2,242 years old and is considered to be the oldest tree in Europe. The trunk is 10 meters wide. According to legend, meetings of feuding families used to be held around the olive tree and this is where they used to make up, which is why this place is still called Mirovica (the place of peace).

Return to the hotel and have free time to walk around the city.