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If you're driving we strongly recommend that you take the excellent new road from
Danilovgrad to the monastery. The old road leaves the main Podgorica-Nikšić highway
19km past Danilovgrad. It's extremely narrow, twisting and steep and in a very poor state
of repair; in short, it's terrifying.
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Nikšić Никшић
POP 57,000
Montenegro's second-biggest city isn't high on most tourists' must-see lists and neither
should it be. But if you fancy a blow-out in a lively student town, Nikšić (pronounced '
nik·
shich') has an array of establishments that offer a more genuine (not to mention
cheaper) Montenegrin experience than the tourist-populated bars of Budva. What else
would you expect in the town that produces Nikšićko Pivo, the nation's favourite beer?
Nikšić isn't just a university town; it's also one of Montenegro's main industrial
centres, supporting a large steel mill and bauxite mine.
Sights
Nikšić Heritage Museum
(Zavičajni muzej Nikšić; Trg Šaka Petrovića; adult/child €1/50c; 9am-1pm & 5-8pm Tue-Sat, 9am-noon Sun)
King Nikola must have kept the country's builders busy as there's yet another of his
palaces here (adding to those in Cetinje, Podgorica and Bar). Now used as a museum it's
badly in need of a renovation rescue to deal with the water stains and general decay.
Start upstairs to the right in the prehistoric section (where there are various flints dat-
ing to the 3rd millennium BC) and progress past the bronze armour and iron spearheads
to the lovingly decorated guns, jewel-encrusted armour and embroidered clothes in the
ethnographic section. WWII is covered by photographs and memorabilia but none of the
explanations are in English. You'll find that the graves of many of the fallen Partisan
comrades pictured here are in the nearby cemetery. Outside the museum are
stećci
, sim-
ilar to those outside Cetinje's Vlach Church (
Click here
).
MUSEUM, PALACE
St Basil of Ostrog's Cathedral
CHURCH
