Visit-Montenegro.com: Four months marked by festivities

Budva – In last two days, the swimming pool Rondo and the tourist settlement Slovenska Plaza in Budva were the venue of the largest gastro and wine festival on the coast. More than two thousand visitors had the opportunity to enjoy the taste of homemade Mediterranean specialties and the most delicate wines from Montenegro, the region and Europe.

This festival was organized by the municipality of Budva, the local tourism organization, the company “TOB CO”, the local company “Copyright” and HTP “Budva Riviera” and the stand of the latter was pronounced as the best arranged by the festival’s jury.

- The festival attracted considerable attention of visitors as in previous year. It included the Night of Traditional cuisine and the Night of Coastal specialties. During both nights all visitors had the opportunity to taste the specialties which were prepared for them by exhibitors (over 40 of them altogether) and chase it down with quality wine. Beside this, the program was accompanied by good music which was performed by harmony-singing group “Castel Nuovo”, live cooking in the central part of the pool and wine tasting. According to attendance rate and judging from content faces of participants of the festival, we can expect another successful event of this kind next year too –spokesperson of the event Dora Bjeletic said.

As spokesperson of the local tourism organization Dragana Vukoje stated, the traditional cultural and entertaining event “Budvansko ljeto” (Budva’s Summer) was officially launched by the opening festivities: Gastro & Wine Festival.

- The program itself includes more than ten festivals, performances and concerts, such as Pjesma Mediterana (the song of the Mediterranean), Cadmopolis, Cinemania, Festival of the Street Troupes and Children’s Theatre Festival. The event will last for nearly four months – Vukoje added.


By V.L.