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In summer the main beachside promenade is lined with fast-food outlets, beach bars in
the guise of pirate ships and famous landmarks, travel agencies hawking tours, market
stalls and a fun fair.
Slovenska Plaža tourist village
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Anyone with an interest in Yugoslav-era architecture will find this large resort's spacious
socialism-meets-Spanish-Mission aesthetic fascinating. Mature trees and modern sculp-
ture are scattered between the terracotta-tiled units connected by white colonnades, and
there's a swimming pool and tennis courts galore, which are available for hire by
nonguests. The lobby is a wonderful period piece, with white marble floors, brass light
fixtures, octagonal handrails, boxy white vinyl couches and potted palms. You really
wouldn't be surprised if either Roger Moore's James Bond or Marshal Tito swaggered in-
to view at any time.
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MONASTERY
Podmaine Monastery
On the surprisingly peaceful northern slopes of town, this monastery features the same
stripes of pink and honey-coloured stone as the Stari Grad's Holy Trinity Church. Inter-
esting frescoes inside the church include a Judgement Day scene showing the fate to be-
fall the damned (look for the communist officer with the red star on his military uniform),
including being eaten alive by fish and what appears to be a chicken.
From here, a walking track leads up the mountains for 2km to the fortified Podostrog
Monastery . This was once a residence of Montenegro's vladikas (prince-bishops). It was
here that Petar II Petrović Njegoš wrote The Mountain Wreath and also here that his pre-
decessor Danilo is said to have instigated the savage events that inspired it. The com-
plex's smaller church dates from the 12th century and the larger from the 18th. Look
above the door for an engraving of the double-headed Montenegrin eagle holding a snake
in its claws.
Activities & Tours
Travel agencies on Slovenska Obala peddle every kind of day tour, including the follow-
ing (with indicative prices): Ostrog (€17); Bay of Kotor cruise (€20); Dubrovnik (€23 to
 
 
 
 
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