Dubrovnik to Budva on the Montenegrin coast
Budva is the liveliest resort on the Montenegrin coast, about two and a half hours by road from Dubrovnik. You enter Montenegro at Debeli Brijeg and then drive past the Bay of Kotor towards the open sea.
Muhamed takes your family or group to a hotel in Budva, Bečići or one of the nearby resorts, and collects you again when it is time to head back to Dubrovnik or the airport.
At a glance
- Distance
- About 110 km
- Driving time
- About 2.5 hours, plus time at the border
- Border
- Croatia – Montenegro, passport or ID card
- Price
- Price on request
- Vehicles
- Mercedes-Benz V-Class, up to 7 passengers (luggage checked for full groups)
Timing the trip back
In summer nobody can say exactly how long the border will take. For a flight home from Dubrovnik, send us the departure time and your Budva address, and the pick-up is set early enough to absorb a long queue.
Questions about Budva
What documents do we need?
A passport or an ID card that Montenegro accepts, for each person in the van. The rules differ by nationality, so it is worth checking before you leave home.
Can we see the Bay of Kotor on the way?
Yes. Our Budva transfer with breaks in Perast and Kotor gives you time in both towns on the way down.
Other transfers
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Dubrovnik – Cavtat
Twenty kilometres down the coast to the harbour town near the airport, there and back on the same evening if you like.
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Dubrovnik – Ston
North along the coast to the start of Pelješac, for the walls, the salt pans and an oyster lunch in Mali Ston.
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Dubrovnik – Split
Door to door along the Dalmatian coast and over the Pelješac Bridge, with room for a family and their suitcases.
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Dubrovnik – Kotor
South into Montenegro and around the bay to the walled old town, with the border built into the timing.
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Dubrovnik – Mostar
Inland along the Neretva river into Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the old town around the famous bridge.
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Dubrovnik – Međugorje
A calm ride for pilgrims, families and parish groups, from the airport or your hotel to your guesthouse.
Photos: Budva: Jaakko Luttinen, CC BY-SA 4.0






