Car Rental in Radovici

Radovici car rental

Tivat Airport is 8 km north of Radovici, directly on the airport road that runs along the bay shore south of Tivat town. Picking up from the airport and driving south to the Radovici junction takes about 12 minutes in normal conditions, passing through the lower part of Tivat and along the shoreline road. The junction is signed toward Luštica Bay and Rose; the Luštica Bay resort itself is a further 4 km of peninsula road from the junction before you reach the resort entrance gate. Kotor is 22 km from Radovici via the bay road east; following the coast past Prcanj and into Kotor old town takes around 30 minutes in light traffic. For Herceg Novi, the fastest route from Radovici is via the Kamenari ferry: drive north to Kamenari, cross to Lepetane, then west through the bay villages to Herceg Novi, totalling about 50 minutes.

The gateway to the peninsula

Radovici is the settlement that marks the northern entry point of the Luštica Peninsula road. The junction here is where the main road south from Tivat Airport forks: straight ahead continues toward Kamenari and the ferry crossing to Lepetane on the northern shore; right follows the peninsula road south through Radovici village toward Luštica Bay, Krasici, and Rose. The junction itself is marked, but easy to miss if you are following a map carelessly; the Luštica Bay resort signs help orient the turn. Tivat Airport is 8 km north, a drive of around 12 minutes on the airport road that runs along the bay shore south of Tivat town.

Radovici is part of Tivat municipality and sits on the southern shore of the Bay of Tivat, between the smaller settlements of Tičići to the north and Krašići village to the south. The population at the 2003 census was 560 people (small even by the standards of the peninsula villages) and the character of the place reflects that: a dispersed agricultural settlement of old stone farmhouses, newer apartment buildings, and allotment gardens spread along the road for about a kilometre before the landscape opens onto the lower slopes of the peninsula proper. The Slavic population of the peninsula dates to the 6th century, with the area historically known as much for its isolation as for any strategic importance.

The village and what is there

Radovici is a residential settlement rather than a tourist one. There are no hotels in the village; the accommodation is private apartments and rooms, most let through the summer rental market at prices below Tivat levels. A car is essential; the village has basic amenities but nothing approaching the range of shops, restaurants, and services available in Tivat 8 km north. The bay shore along the road through the village and toward Lepetane offers several small access points to the water where the road runs close to the shore, with concrete steps or natural rock entries. These are used mainly by local residents and are unmarked; none have facilities.

The Oblatno bay, 1,200 metres long and accessible from the road south of the village, is an exception: a wooded, largely undeveloped bay with a sandy beach and a smaller rocky section, notable for being untouched by construction in an area where development pressure is considerable. The bay is sheltered and calm, popular with local families, and the landscape around it (oak and Mediterranean pine) gives it a different character from the more exposed pebble beaches further south on the peninsula. Plavi Horizont beach, the peninsula's principal sandy beach, is also technically within the broader Radovici administrative area, 4 km south near the Luštica Bay resort access road.

The Kamenari ferry and Lepetane

Kamenari, the southern terminal of the bay ferry, is roughly 5 km north of Radovici along the coast road toward Tivat. The crossing to Lepetane on the northern shore takes around 5 to 10 minutes of sailing, with ferries departing every 20 minutes between 6 am and midnight and hourly overnight. Vehicles pay around €4.50 per car crossing; foot passengers cross free. The name Lepetane is said to derive from the word lepote, meaning beauties; the old story holds that sailors returning from voyages would leave their mistresses at Lepetane before continuing home to their families further into the bay. The village today is a quiet, undeveloped settlement with little to attract visitors beyond the ferry terminal itself.

The ferry is the primary shortcut between the Tivat-Kotor side of the bay and the Herceg Novi-Bijela side. Without it, the road around the head of the bay via Risan adds 45 km and roughly 40 minutes in normal conditions. In high summer the queue at Kamenari can run to 20 to 40 minutes on weekends, particularly on Saturday afternoons when day-trippers return from Herceg Novi. The main bay road between Radovici and Kamenari passes a few small informal beach access points facing east across the water; none are developed, but they are used by local families in season.

A practical base for the peninsula

Radovici works as a quiet base for anyone wanting Tivat Airport proximity combined with the quieter peninsula character. The airport is close enough that an early collection and an afternoon arrival at accommodation in the village is realistic without any logistical difficulty. The peninsula road from the junction is paved throughout and negotiable in any standard car; the first 4 km to the Luštica Bay turnoff is two lanes, and the road narrows somewhat beyond. The resort's restaurants and beach club are accessible by car in 5 minutes; the older village of Krasici is 10 minutes south; and Rose at the peninsula tip is 18 km from Radovici, a 25-minute drive on the quiet single-track final section.

Most visitors heading to the peninsula use Radovici as a pass-through junction rather than a destination in its own right, which keeps the village quiet even in mid-season. For people who want access to the range of bay settlements without the prices of Tivat town or the tourist concentration of Kotor, Radovici's apartment rental market offers a practical alternative, particularly for families who need space and take car hire, planning to use the ferry to range across both sides of the bay during a week's stay.