MELJINE  is a town situated 3 km east of Herceg Novi having 1,150 inhabitants. The most significant cultural-historic value is Lazaret, which dates back to 1732 and it is included in the Master Development Plan of Montenegro.The town has a bocce club »Meljine«.

ZELENIKA  is a town situated 4.5 km east of Herceg Novi. Its name originates from the Mediterranean wintergreen plant “zelenika” (Phillyrea latifolia). In 1902, the first hotel on the Southern Adriatic, or better said in Montenegro, was built here representing the forerunner of the hotel industry of Herceg Novi and Montenegro. It has 2,830 inhabitants.

Sacral objects:
Churches of St. Andrew (Sv. Andrija) (15th century),
Our Blessed Lady (Sv. Gospodja) (15th century),
St. George (16th century),
St. Trinity (Sv. Trojice) (18th century),
St. Thomas (Sv. Toma)(Remains of the church are located in the village Presjeka-Kuti. The church was most likely built in the 10th or 11th century and belongs to the pre-Romanic style group. The parapet stone plaque made of iconostasis, found during archeological exploration, represents a master piece of pre-Romanic art in our country and it is placed in the City Museum. During the archeological exploration, fragments of paintings were found, thus, it is suspected that the church was ornamented with frescos).

Sports clubs include the water polo club “GALEB” and the soccer club “ORJEN”, which has its soccer field convenient for training.

KUMBOR  is 6 km from Herceg Novi. Its name originates from the Italian term “conborgo” (a suburb of the old city of Stoli). It has about 950 inhabitants.

Sacral objects:
Shroud of Our Blessed Lady (Pokrov Bogorodice) (15th century),
St. Sunday Church (Sv. Neđelja) (18th century),
St. Nicola Church (Sv. Nikola) (19th century),
St. Vasilije of Ostrog (Sv. Vasilije Ostroški) (20th century).

There is a Shooting Association »MORNAR« and a water polo club »KUMBOR«.

ĐENOVIĆ  is 8 km from Herceg Novi. Its name originates from the last name Đonović from 1540, and over time, it has been transformed into its present name. It has 1,500 inhabitants, and is the smallest towns in the municipality. There is a Culture Center built in 1985, which accommodates 210 people.

Sacral objects:
St. Spiridon (Sv. Špiridon) (Built in 1867 Ever since this church was built, the church of St. Stephen(Sv. Stefan) has not been in use, and the valuable icons and doors of that church are being preserved in the church of St. Spiridon)
Sv. Simeon Bogoprimac (Built around 1600),
Sv. St. Nicola (19th century)

Sports clubs include the swimming-water polo club »RIVIJERA«, a club with a long tradition, and a bocce club bearing the same name. This town has an outdoor swimming pool as well.

BAOŠIĆ  is 12 km east of Herceg Novi and has 1,080 inhabitants. There are few legends as to the origin of its name. Czar Dusan’s Chart from 1351 mentions the name Baošle.

Sacral objects:
St. Nicola (Built in the 16th century around 1550).

Sports clubs include the Sports Association »JOVO DABOVIĆ«, a water polo club »BOKELJ« and an Association for scuba diving and sports hunting »RIBAR«. This town has an outdoor swimming pool as well.

BIJELA  is situated 13 km from Herceg Novi, with over 4,000 inhabitants. It was mentioned in 14th century bearing the same name. The town features the Adriatic shipyard. Bijela has a polyvalent Culture Center, built in 1988, with 153 seats, along with a summer stage with over 300 seats.

Sacral monuments:
Riza Svete Bogorodice (Our Blessed Lady’s Robe) (The first church to be built in this location dates back to 12th century, an early Romanic period, even though it is not excluded that it might be even older. Parts of walls of the old church with its foundation are present in a very exquisite manner in the current one, and they can be seen through a glass window, which is placed in the level of the present church’s floor. The old apse is colored inside with frescos of the Byzantium style originating from the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century. It represents the most prominent attraction of the church of Riza Our Blessed Lady. Our Blessed Lady (Sv. Gospodja) (18th century),
Catholic church of St. Peter (Sv. Petar)(On the front wall of this little church there are spoils built in from an older building. Fragments with text and decorative plastic enlighten the time of a short-term domination of Franc state in this region, around year 805, when the first Benedictine covenant was built, which was torn down by Mongols in 1241. According to findings, the church of St. Peter was erected in the place where the Benedictine covenant used to be.
Church of Sv. Vrači (built in 1904),
Church of St. Peter (on the Klin hill)

There are many sports clubs in Bijela, the most famous being the water polo club »BIJELA BRODOREMONT«, once in the first league , the football club »BIJELA« and women’s basketball club »BIJELA«. There is also a public swimming pool.

BJELSKE KRUŠEVICE are a village adjacent to Bijela, famous for being a location where the Pope Siksto V originated from.

KAMENARI  is located 15 km east from Herceg Novi in the Verige Strait. The legend says that this location acquired its name according to masters working with stones and who were called “kamenari” (stone-masters). It has 1,040 inhabitants. There is a ferry going from Kamenari to Lepetane.

Sacral monuments:
St. Sunday Church (Sv. Neđelja) (18th century),
St. Nicola (18th century),
Lady of Rosary (Gospa od Rozarije) (19th century).
There are two more catholic churches, Sv. Anne, on the Đurići hill, and another one closer to the sea.

There is also a water polo club »KAMENARI«.

LUŠTICA  is a peninsula located at the right of the entrance of the Bay of Kotor. It covers an area of 47 km2 and it is 13 km long. Its highest point is the hill OBOSNIK 582 m. It has an extraordinarily lavish, 35 km long coastline, which represents 12% of the overall length of the Montenegrin shore. Its name originates from the Latin term LUŠTICA which most closely means glow or glimmering. It is also likely that the name originated from the appearance of this peninsula which resembles a husk, or perhaps from the word “lug” meaning grove (Luški). Luštica is the sunniest part of the Bay and this fact perhaps has to do with its name as well. The name Luštica is mentioned for the first time during the reign of King Radoslav (1223-1234) who gave it to the town of Kotor.
There are around 10 villages on the peninsula and over 400 inhabitants (ROSE, ZAMBELIĆI, MITROVIĆI, MRKOVI, ZABRĐE, KLINCI, BEGOVIĆI, BRGULI, RADOVANIĆI, MAROVIĆI...).
This is were some of the most attractive tourist sites and beaches are such as ŽANJICE, MIRIŠTE, ARZA, DOBREČ.
This area has an extremely rich cultural heritage comprising of 20 churches, out of which 18 Orthodox and 2 Catholic ones, which testifies about centuries-long harmonious coinhabitation in this region. One of the most sacral objects is the church of Sv. Lazar (St. Lazarus) from 1605 with a bell tower bearing both a cross and a half moon, even though the latter was once being put up for precautionary reasons because the Turks used to oppress people of the Luštica villages, and it is well known that the Turks never destructed religious symbols.
The church of St. Petka (Sv. Petka) is an interesting one. It is mentioned for the first time in 1605 in one of the documents of the Kotor Archives which reports that the church was painted in the Greek style. Supposedly, it was built around 1596. The inner walls of naos and iconostasis are painted with frescos of Dimitrije Daskale in 1704. There is an interesting painting with 17 scenes about life and miracles of St. Petka. It is considered to be the most general life cycle of that saint in the fresco art on the Balkans.
Balkans. On the East side of the entrance of the Bay, there is a small island with a monastery. Historic sources mention it for the first time in 1508 as Sv. Marija “de Sagnic” (St. Maria). The complex is composed of several buildings surrounded by tall walls. On the West side, there is a round tower. In the middle of the monastery complex, there is the Church of the Presentation of Our Blessed Lady in the Temple. The interior of the church was painted, and on the outer walls of the apse one can see traces of the fresco art.
Besides sacral there are very significant fortified structures from the period of Austro-Hungarian era (Arza). A specific architecture in the settlements on Luštica formed extremenly precious and authentic ambiental structures.

IGALO  - Even though it is a part of Herceg Novi, Igalo can almost be considered a town of its own with about 8,000 inhabitants. Its name derives from a Greek word meaning “shore-beach-seaside«. It is well known for being a tourist resort due to radioactive, medical sea mud from the BLATNA PLAZA (MUD BEACH - also known as OLD SPA) and it is a hub of the Montenegrin health tourism. Igalo is also famous for its unexploited mineral water called »Igaljka«. Its adjacent town is NJIVICE (known for the hotel »RIVIERA«, a nudist beach and the »Queen’s beach«).

The church of Sacred Transfiguration of Lord Jesus Christ (Preobrazenje Hristovo) from the second half of the 17th century, which has been renovated in 1857.

There are two sports clubs active in Igalo: soccer club »IGALO« and judo club »Igalo«. There are also two ham radio clubs “BOKA” and »SKY CONTEST KLUB«. The Philatelist Association »IGALO« is also very active.

HINTERLAND

TOWNS WEST FROM HERCEG NOVI:
PRIJEVOR,
SUTORINA,
SUŠĆEPAN,
RATIŠEVINA,
MOJDEŽ

VILLAGES

PODI,
KAMENO,
ŽLIJEBI,
UBLI,
MOKRINE,
BAJKOVE KRUŠEVICE.