BAR

Bar (Montenegrin: Bar) is a touristic and historical town located on the Adriatic Sea coast of Montenegro. Bar is also the main port of Montenegro. It is also very important in terms of providing connection to the seas of neighboring countries in the north. It is the last stop of the Belgrade-Bar railway built during the Tito period.

This settlement is called Bar (Бар) in Turkish, Montenegrin and Serbian; Antivari or Antibari in Italian; Tivari in Albanian; Antivarion (Αντιβάριον) or Thivárion (Θηβάριον) in Greek; Antibarium in Latin. Bar (Antivari), one of the strongholds of the Republic of Venice in the Adriatic, was annexed to the Ottoman lands along with Himara, Şingin, Ülgün and Budva as a result of the joint operations of the Ottoman fleet under the command of Kaptan-ı Derya Müezzinzade Ali Pasha from the sea and the fleet under the command of Rumeli Beylerbeyi Hüseyin Pasha and Semiz Ahmed Pasha from the land during the 1570-1573 Ottoman-Venetian War, and was accepted as Ottoman land with the treaty that ended the state of war between the parties on March 7, 1573. Bar, which was connected to the Sanjak of İşkodra in 1867, was officially given to the independent Principality of Montenegro with the Berlin Treaty in 1878.

Despite being a port city, Bar represents a modern town with an incredibly clean and ever-growing number of green areas. There are many touristic places around it. The old town of Bar, the ruins of the 15th century castle and the Haj Nehaj Castle, the fortress of King Nikola, are the historical and cultural monuments of this city. There is the Olive Tree, which is more than 2000 years old, Lake Shkodra, one of the largest habitats for birds, and many monasteries and churches for visitors who love this type of tourism. It hosts many festivals and cultural events such as the International Television Festival, Meetings Under the Olive Tree, Bar Chronicle. Bays and beaches such as Dobre Vode, Sutomore, Canj offer all the possibilities for a pleasant holiday.

Places to Visit in Bar