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Restaurant in Stari Bar – View of Stari Bar Ruins loop from Bartula

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Restaurant in Stari Bar – View of Stari Bar Ruins loop from Bartula

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Restaurant in Stari Bar – View of Stari Bar Ruins loop from Bartula

03:05

9.51km

380m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 10, 2026

Waypoints

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Bus stop

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216 m

Old Town Street, Stari Bar

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Beautiful steep streets

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Restaurant in Stari Bar

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The really beautiful little pedestrian zone leads up to the ruined city. Here you will find small shops and restaurants. Highly recommended: pomegranate juice and jam.

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View of the mountains near Podgorica

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Impressive rock face. Birds breed/live in some smaller caves - I assume swallows, but to be honest I have no idea :D

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Mehmed Mujić Spring and Waterfall

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Nice little waterfall. The fountain above is fed from this. Maybe someone can translate the text on the fountain - I don't know if it's drinkable.

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Particularly worth seeing is the aqueduct outside the northern city wall, also built by the Turks in the 18th century, whose fragile-looking arches survived even the severe earthquake in 1979 almost unscathed. Along with the destroyed bridge of Mostar, it is considered one of the most important testimonies to the high level of Ottoman architecture.

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View of Stari Bar Ruins

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Unfortunately, the city was destroyed by explosions and earthquakes. You can visit the ruins. It's worth it. And you have a great view of the mountains and the sea.

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Stari Bar Fortress and Aqueduct

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For visitors, the most important part of the Old Town is the Stari Bar Fortress. You can already see its large, imposing stone wall and the sturdy round towers at the corners from afar.

The fortress is now a museum. You will no longer find shops and souvenir stands in the fortifications. Instead, you'll find cobblestone paths leading under ancient arches. towers that stand firm even though the original buildings around them have collapsed; plants coming from between the bricks; bushes bloom with flowers growing on the walls; Gates leading to what remains of tunnels within the fortifications.

The fortress seems like a whimsical skeleton. You can discover empty windows along the paths and see the foundations of former halls and houses. You can peek over the edge of the wall and see down the hill to the modern bar and out to sea.
There are the remains of a 13th-century Franciscan monastery which was converted into a mosque in 1595. The monastery was destroyed by an explosion in 1912.

You can also see the foundations of St. George's Cathedral, built in the 12th century. The church was converted into a mosque by the Turks in the 17th century and was destroyed in the 1881 explosion.

Since the Ottomans had a great influence on the place, you can also see an 18th-century Turkish bath house.

The bell tower is an obvious symbol of Stari Bar. You shouldn't have any trouble spotting it as it still stands proudly on the south side of the old town.
One of the most impressive features of the old town is the huge stone arch bridge that crosses the valley. The bridge has 17 arches supported by 18 massive stone pillars. The bridge is part of the aqueduct built by the Ottomans in the 16th century. It is the best preserved aqueduct in Montenegro. In fact, only three of them remain in the former Yugoslav states – the others in Croatia and Macedonia.

The aqueduct brought water from a 3 km wide spring from Rumija Mountain and supplied the whole city. It was completely destroyed along with the old town in the 1979 earthquake and has since been restored.
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View of Stari Bar (Old Bar)

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The old town of Bar is located on the slopes of the Rumija Mountains and is a fascinating place

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End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.72 km

2.26 km

1.23 km

1.20 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.58 km

1.55 km

1.35 km

532 m

456 m

< 100 m

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Sunday 23 August

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Comments

June 4, 2025,Wandern

Please wear sturdy shoes only. Bring plenty of water. Don't be afraid of chained dogs. Lots of slowworms. A turtle.
We really enjoyed it.

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Restaurant in Stari Bar – View of Stari Bar Ruins loop from Bartula

Old Town Street, Stari Bar

Restaurant in Stari Bar

View of the mountains near Podgorica

Mehmed Mujić Spring and Waterfall

Bar Aqueduct

View of Stari Bar Ruins

Stari Bar Fortress and Aqueduct

View of Stari Bar (Old Bar)

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