Friends, we offer you a car route from Bar to the holy place for all Christians of Montenegro, the Ostrog Monastery.
Duration – the whole day
ROUTE 13: BAR – OSTROG MONASTERY – PODGORICA – PLAVICA
Duration – all day
Distance: 100 km one way
What to bring: camera, sunscreen, comfortable shoes, motion sickness remedies (entry to the monastery grounds – in shorts or a dress no higher than the knee)
Key points: manastir Ostrog (42.674761, 19.030550), TC Delta City (42.437392, 19.235757), Plavnica (42.271355, 19.200403)
What's interesting:
*Beautiful views from the highway to Lake Skadar
*Ostrog Monastery (Manastir Ostrog) is one of the most amazing places in Montenegro. It is built at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level in a natural cave inside a rock. The monastery is the most famous Christian sanctuary in Montenegro. Here lie the incorruptible relics of Vasilije Ostrogski (in the world Stojan Jovanovic), the founder of the monastery. Today, he is one of the most revered saints of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Every year, pilgrims from all over the world and of various faiths come here to worship the miraculous relics of St. Vasilije and see with their own eyes the unique architecture of this holy monastery.
*The Church of St. Great Martyr Stanko was built in 2004 and named after a young shepherd who bravely accepted death during the Turkish occupation for disobeying foreigners and refusing to accept another faith, Islam.
Recommended program:
Pilgrimage to the Ostrog Monastery
The Church of St. Great Martyr Stanko
Stalls with local traditional products: honey, rakia, monastery wine, homemade soap, medicinal herbs, etc.
Lunch at a local restaurant
on the way back: walk/shopping in the Delta City shopping center, Podgorica, rest in the Plavnica entertainment center (restaurant, swimming pool, boat rides).
