Rent a Car in Radovići

Radovici sits at the Oblatno-beach junction on the Luštica peninsula, and we hand the car over at your hotel or apartment in the village rather than at a rental counter.

Smooth to the village, where an economy hatchback is fine, while the rougher peninsula lanes beyond reward a higher-clearance SUV.

Radovici, gateway to the Luštica peninsula

Collect a rental car at Radovici and head south on the peninsula road, where Luštica Bay is 4 km on, Krasici 10 minutes, Rose 25 minutes at the tip. The airport is 8 km north on the bay shore road, and the quickest start is to rent a car at Tivat Airport and drive south to the junction, about 12 minutes, passing through the lower part of Tivat and along the shoreline. The junction is signed toward Luštica Bay and Rose, and 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, and 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, so 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, while 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, and the Luštica Bay resort signs help orient the turn. For anyone renting a car for a stay on the Luštica Peninsula, the airport pickup followed by this turn puts you on the peninsula road within 15 minutes of collecting the keys.

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, with 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, and the accommodation is private apartments and rooms, most let through the summer rental market at prices below Tivat levels. A rental car is essential for staying here, as 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, and none have facilities.

The Oblatno bay, 1,200 metres long and accessible from the road south of the village, is an exception, a wooded and 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, while foot passengers cross free. The name Lepetane is said to derive from the word lepote, meaning beauties, and 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 of which are developed, but they are used by local families in season. Renting a car near Tivat Airport and using the Kamenari crossing is the standard approach for anyone wanting to cover both sides of the Bay of Kotor from a single base without driving the full head-of-bay road each time.

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 plan to rent a car, using the Kamenari ferry to range across both sides of the bay during a week's stay.

Insurance at the peninsula junction

Radovici is the junction where the main Tivat road meets the Luštica peninsula roads toward Luštica Bay, Krašići and Rose. That means a mix of surfaces, with smooth approach roads near Tivat, then narrower, rougher lanes as you head onto the peninsula. Standard cover is fine for the everyday knocks, but the peninsula lanes are where tyres and lower panels are most exposed.

For trips deeper onto Luštica, the rougher surfaces make the higher tiers worth a look, so look at cover for the rougher surfaces.

When does Radovići make sense as your base?

Radovići works for a peninsula stay close to the airport with beaches a few minutes off the main road, where the village sits at the Luštica junction, the surfaces stay good as far as here, and the sandy sweep of Plavi Horizonti opens up down the side lanes. The polished marina resort of Luštica Bay is a short drive on toward the point, while the olive-grove shore at Krašići sits a few minutes further onto Luštica; with the rental, both are inside ten minutes of the junction.

What travellers ask about Radovici car rental

As the turn-off onto the Luštica peninsula near Tivat, Radovići raises questions about what lies beyond the junction. Drivers want to know how mixed the road surfaces get past the village, how close Tivat Airport sits, and whether the beaches down the side lanes justify the detour.