Luštica
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Luštica is a peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....

 on the south Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

, located at the entrance of the Bay of Kotor
Bay of Kotor
The Bay of Kotor in south-western Montenegro is a winding bay on the Adriatic Sea. The bay, sometimes called Europe's southernmost fjord, is in fact a submerged river canyon of the disintegrated Bokelj River which used to run from the high mountain plateaus of Mount Orjen...

 also known as the Boka Kotorska or the Boka. It effectively separates Tivat
Tivat
Tivat is a coastal town in southwest Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor...

 Bay from the Adriatic.

The peninsula has an area of 47 km² and is 13 km long. The highest point of the peninsula is Obosnik peak, at 582 m. It has 35 km of coast, which accounts for 12% of Montenegrin coastline
Montenegrin Littoral
The Montenegrin Littoral is a region in Montenegro which borders the Adriatic Sea. Prior to the Creation of Yugoslavia, the Montenegrin Littoral was not part of the Kingdom of Montenegro, but rather a bordering region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, latterly part of the State of Slovenes, Croats,...

. Lustica is divided between the Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 inhabitants...

 and Tivat
Tivat
Tivat is a coastal town in southwest Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor...

 Montenegrin
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

 municipalities.

Cultural Heritage

This area has an extremely rich cultural heritage embodied by twenty churches, out of which eighteen Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...

 and two Catholic
Catholic
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 ones. Once an isolated community, there are farms and smallholders producing their own cheese, prosciutto, wine and rakija from local ingredients.

Natural history

Luštica is largely undeveloped with populations of wild boar, mongoose
Mongoose
Mongoose are a family of 33 living species of small carnivorans from southern Eurasia and mainland Africa. Four additional species from Madagascar in the subfamily Galidiinae, which were previously classified in this family, are also referred to as "mongooses" or "mongoose-like"...

, jackal
Jackal
Although the word jackal has been historically used to refer to many small- to medium-sized species of the wolf genus of mammals, Canis, today it most properly and commonly refers to three species: the black-backed jackal and the side-striped jackal of sub-Saharan Africa, and the golden jackal of...

 and edible dormice
Edible dormouse
The edible dormouse or fat dormouse is a large dormouse and the only living species in the genus Glis.-Description:...

. Nightingale
Nightingale
The Nightingale , also known as Rufous and Common Nightingale, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...

s and Scops-owls can also be heard in abundance. Olive groves are also plentiful although many are uncultivated and overgrown.

Military Heritage

The peninsula also has a significant military history with its position guarding the entrance to the Boka Kotorska and military ports at Tivat during the cold war (Yugoslav Navy
Yugoslav Navy
The Yugoslav Navy was the navy of Yugoslavia. It was essentially a coastal defense force with the mission of preventing enemy landings along the Yugoslavia's rugged 4,000- kilometer shoreline or coastal islands, and contesting an enemy blockade or control of the strategic Strait of Otranto...

) and Kotor during the Austro-Hungarian occupation (Austrian Navy). There are disused Austrian fortifications at Rose, Mamula, Arza and Montnegrin military installations at Rose (disused), Krašići and Obosnik. Two disused submarine hides are cut into the rock of the steep coast on Herceg Novi bay, and the Kumbor Strait. Since th closure of Tivat Naval Base a Kotor Class Frigate, previously of the Yugoslav Navy, has been moored at a facility directly below the village of Zabrđe in the Kumbor strait.

Tourism

On the northeast side there are fine views over Tivat
Tivat
Tivat is a coastal town in southwest Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor...

 and Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 inhabitants...

 bays of the Boka Kotorska and on the southwest side; fine views over the entrance of the Boka to the Adriatic Sea and of the Prevlaka Peninsula.

The Luštica peninsula is main excursion destination for tourists in Herceg Novi. It has the finest beaches and resorts in Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 inhabitants...

 municipality, including Žanjice, Mirište, Arza and Dobreč.

A small population is resident all year round with a large no. of people resident for the summer months only. Historically these summer visitors have come from parts of the former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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, particularly Serbia
Serbia
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. More recently, with the breakup of Yugoslavia and with Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

 gaining independence, western Europeans and Russians have moved in, some permanently.

Close to Tivat Airport
Tivat Airport
Tivat Airport is an international airport located from the centre of Tivat, Montenegro in the center of the Boka Kotorska bay....

, the area is ripe for development and several large projects including golf courses have been mooted. However, to date there is still very little tourism development with the main building activity limited to that close to Zanjice beach. However the scale is still very small.

The biggest tourist centre is Krašići
Krasici
Krašići is a town in Montenegro, located at on the Luštica peninsula.-Geography:Krašići is located on the Luštica, on the southern shore of the Bay of Tivat in the Boka Kotorska, between the places Franciskovići and Mitrovići....

 with many houses and apartments for rent.

The stunning views and scenery, clean seas, warm summers and relative isolation make Luštica an attractive tourist destination.

Infrastructure

There are few roads and these are often narrow and can be busy in August. Mains water only makes it as far as Krašići
Krasici
Krašići is a town in Montenegro, located at on the Luštica peninsula.-Geography:Krašići is located on the Luštica, on the southern shore of the Bay of Tivat in the Boka Kotorska, between the places Franciskovići and Mitrovići....

 and this supply is often turned off in the summer. The majority of houses rely on underground tanks supplied by rainwater and water tankers. The 3 phase electricity supply can be unreliable with frequent blackouts and missing phases.

Villages

Babunci
Begovići
Eraci
Klinci
Krtoli
Krašići
Krasici
Krašići is a town in Montenegro, located at on the Luštica peninsula.-Geography:Krašići is located on the Luštica, on the southern shore of the Bay of Tivat in the Boka Kotorska, between the places Franciskovići and Mitrovići....


Miževići
Mrkovi
Radovići
Rose
Tići
Zabrđe including the settlements of Trojanovići and Stojkovići
Zambelići
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