Montenegro

The Amalfi of the Adriatic

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ONTENEGRO' S riviera has all the beauty of the Amalfi coast, amid shimmering fjords and brooding mountains. When

Lord Byron visited in the early 19th cen- tury, he was spellbound by the glassy waters and the Venetian architecture, describing Montenegro as ` the most beautiful encoun- ter between the land and the sea' . More than two centuries later, the rest of the world has

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woken up to the country' s appeal, and ever more British families have bought properties on the country' s Adriatic coast. ` In 2004, when I started selling property there, people had no idea where it wasÐ some even thought it was in South America,' says Charles Weston- Baker of Savills. ` Now, it' s the new Riviera.' But Montenegro is a world away from the

South of FranceÐ it' s still possible to buy a waterfront property for less than £100,000,

The pristine coastline of Montenegro is the Mediterranean's new chic destination, but it' s still possible to buy a waterfront property at a good price, finds Charlotte Cubitt

there are plenty of ruins waiting to be restored, and the roads aren' t jammed with cars. ` It' s got a raw beauty and the locals are very friendly to foreigners,' says Andrea Marston, who runs estate agency Montenegro Prospect.

` It feels like the Mediterranean as it once was. There' s not a fish-and-chip shop in sight.' Montenegro is a Serbian-speaking country

bordered by Croatia, Albania and Bosnia- Herzegovina, plus Serbia and Kosovo. It has

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