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When the road reaches a T-intersection, turn left for Dubrovnik and Park Prevlaka,
then follow signs right for Đ urini ć i, then right again for Vitaljina . As you continue on
this road—through the villages of Đ urini ć i, Višnji ć i, and Vitaljina—high on the mountains
to your left is the point locals call Trome đ e (“Three Borders”), where Croatia, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, and Montenegro all converge.
Continue straight along this road all the way to the border, following signs for Herceg
Novi and GP Konfin . You'll pass a turnoff on the right for Park Prevlaka, an old Austro-
Hungarian and Yugoslav army fortress that has recently been converted into a park; youcan
see it at the tip of the peninsula poking out on your right—the southernmost point in Croa-
tia.
Before long, you'll arrive at the Croatian border post, and then the Montenegrin one.
After entering Montenegro, you'll curve along the small bay into Igalo, where you can pick
up the self-guided driving tour.
• From either border, you can make it to Kotor in about an hour without stopping, but with
all the diversions en route you should plan for much more time. Coming back, you can trim a
good half-hour off the drive by crossing the fjord at its narrowest point, using the Lepetani-
Kamenari ferry (described on here ) . Navigating on this tour is really simple: It's basically
the same road, with no turn-offs, from Dubrovnik to Kotor. First, you'll approach the coast
at the town called...
Igalo
Driving through Igalo, keep an eye out (on the right) for a big concrete hotel called Institut
Dr. Simo Miloševi ć (no relation to war-criminal Slobodan). This internationally regarded
spa is one of the world's premier treatment facilities for arthritis and nerve disorders. Espe-
cially popular among Scandinavians, it's capable of hosting more than 1,000 patients at
once. Yugoslav President-for-Life Tito had a villa nearby and took treatments here.
• A couple of miles beyond Igalo, you enter the biggest city you'll see today...
Herceg Novi
The drab economic and industrial capital of the Bay of Kotor, Herceg Novi (with 25,000
people)ishardlytheprettiest introductiontothisotherwisestrikinglandscape.HercegNovi
flourished during the Habsburg boom of the late 19th century, when a railroad line connec-
ted it to Dubrovnik, Sarajevo, and Vienna. Back then, Austrians vacationed here—but more
recent development has been decidedly less elegant than the Habsburgs'. While there is a
walledOldTowncoretoHercegNovi,it'snotworthstoppingtosee;skiptheturnoffforthe
town center, carrying on along the main road toward Budva.
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