Bigova

In our Adriatic Pilot cruising guide, it made mention of the village of Bigova, a quiet place tucked in a cove a little further up the coast of Montenegro. It was an easy choice - with a couple of restaurants, a few mooring balls, tiny pebble beach, and fishing folks - after 2 days of boisterous Budva.

We anchored in front of Bigova (N42°21.340' E018°42.055'), a small hamlet with a really laid back and reclusive feel. The focal point is the pier and seawall serving the small local fishing boats and the few yachts that stop and the kids diving off the wall. At the pier are a couple of open air restaurants and a postage stamp pebble beach.

Beaches are hard to come by

One of the restaurants offers free use of their mooring balls if you patronize them.

This bay was described as being seldom visited by yachts, however we saw quite a few coming and going during our stay. It was probably the couple of rallies that came through that made it the exception.

Transient fleet

But regardless, it was quiet and we spent 2 nights there - swimming in the ocean off Sea Turtle, relaxing in the cockpit with a nice breeze, and doing a few of the never-ending boat jobs.