After Budva, Bar appeared to be a pretty quiet resort. The town cannot become a large beach resort because of the sea port, so the government is actively developing shopping tourism now. We walked a little along the waterfront and went to the old town, which is located about 4 kilometers from the Bar downtown. In the morning we were there alone. The old town was heavily damaged by gunpowder explosion in 1878 and by earthquake in 1979.
Bar old town ©Yuriy Buriak
Bar old town ©Yuriy Buriak
Bar old town ©Yuriy Buriak
Bar old town ©Yuriy Buriak
Bar old town ©Yuriy Buriak
Bar old town ©Yuriy Buriak
Fresco behind the door ©Yuriy Buriak
Bar old town ©Yuriy Buriak
Canyons and mountains near the Bar old town ©Yuriy Buriak
Not far from the old town we saw an olive tree. It is more than 2,000 years old and is the oldest tree in Europe (location).
One of the oldest olive trees in the world (more than 2,000 years old) ©Yuriy Buriak
Getting there: Buses from Budva run from 7 am to 8 pm every 30 minutes. Buses from Podgorica don't run throughout the day, the schedule can be found here, but keep in mind that you cannot trust any schedule in Montenegro. You can get on the train from Podgorica, the schedule is here. Two trains a day go to Bar from Belgrade (11 hours to go).
