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near the mouth of the bay, so the pebbly beaches and concrete swimming terraces are
popular. The town sprawls along the coast, absorbing former villages on either side, such
as Igalo, which was once a health spa famed for its mineral-bearing mud.
Novi means 'new' and Herceg Novi is indeed one of the newer towns on the bay, but
at 630-plus years it's no spring chicken. The Herceg (pronounced 'her·tseg') part refers
to Herceg (Duke) Stjepan Vukčić of Hercegovina fame who fortified the town in the 15th
century; the most dramatic of the remaining fortifications are a little younger.

Sights

Ulica Njegoševa
Herceg Novi's Stari Grad is at its most impressive when approached from the pedestrian-
only section of Ulica Njegoševa, which is paved in the same shiny marble as Dubrovnik
and lined in elegant, mainly 19th-century buildings. The street terminates in cafe-ringed
Trg Nikole Ðurkovića, where steps lead up to an elegant crenulated clock tower MAP
GOOGLE MAP (1667) that was once the main city gate.

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