Purple Eye Estate - Camp and Winery

Head up into the mountains to admire the dazzling white facades of Ostrog Orthodox Monastery (45 minutes’ drive), built into a sheer cliff face in the 16th century and famed for its caves glittering with religious mosaics. Almost as spectacular are the far-reaching views over Bjelopavlici Plain from the terrace in front of the monastery. Surrounded by jagged limestone peaks, Lake Skadar National Park (40 minutes) is a top destination for birders, who may get to see Dalmatian pelicans and pygmy cormorants, egrets and eagles. Hiking trails lead up into the mountains to abandoned monasteries and fortresses, or you can hire kayaks for paddles on the lake itself. Podgorica (20 minutes) has lots of Soviet architecture to see, including the concrete, bunker-like Church of the Holy Heart of Jesus. Catch modern art in the Contemporary Art Museum in Park Petrovica, go shopping for souvenirs along Vučedolska Street and wind up your visit to the city with a strong coffee in Njegošev Park.