Seven nights
A week on board Marea
A weekly charter of Marea costs €21,000 for seven nights, with the captain and steward aboard the whole time — €3,000 a night against the €3,400 we charge for shorter voyages. Six guests sleep in three cabins. A week is enough to run the Montenegrin coast end to end, from the Blue Cave at the mouth of the bay to Sveti Stefan in the south, and still spend two of those days doing very little.
Why a week and not three days
Because of where the fuel and the hours go.
Everything worth reaching from Tivat is between two and four hours away by sea. The Blue Cave is two hours out at the mouth of the bay. Budva is four along the coast. Sveti Stefan is beyond that.
On a two-night charter you can have one of those and then you are turning round. The boat spends its time in transit and you spend yours watching the shoreline go past. It is a good trip, but it is a trip about moving.
On seven nights the transit stops being the point. You do the Blue Cave on the third morning because that is when the light is right, then you stay at Žanjic because the water there is the clearest on the coast and there is no reason to leave. The following day you go south, and there is still a day in hand at the end.
The second thing a week buys is weather. Montenegro gets a hard south-easterly a few days each season, and on a day charter that day is simply lost. On a week the captain reshuffles it: the sheltered inner bay on the windy day, the open coast when it settles.
One week, day by day
This is the week most guests end up with. It is a starting point, not a timetable — we redraw it with you before you sail and again during the week if the wind asks for it.
Day 1
Tivat to Perast
Board at Porto Montenegro after lunch. Out past the Kamenari ferries, where oysters are ordered from the water and brought to the boat. Slow circle of Our Lady of the Rocks, an hour tied up in Perast, then the first night at anchor off Dobrota with the mountain going dark above you.
Day 2
Kotor and the inner bay
Kotor early, before the cruise ships put four thousand people into a walled town built for a few hundred. Back out on SUP boards through the Dobrota coves — the water is cold there all summer from the springs coming off the rock. Lunch at anchor, then west down the bay.
Day 3
The Blue Cave
We leave early to be at the cave between 11 and 12. That is the window when the sun reaches into the grotto and the water underneath turns blue and lit from below; by three in the afternoon it is a grey hole and the tour boats are queueing for it. Afterwards, the arch to the right of it that almost nobody stops at.
Day 4
Mamula, Žanjic, Rose
The submarine tunnels cut into the Luštica cliffs, then the Austro-Hungarian fort on Mamula, then a long stop at Žanjic. Dinner at Ribarsko Selo or Fort Rose. Night on the anchor at Rose, which is as quiet as the coast gets.
Day 5
South to Budva
Four hours down the open coast with the mountains on your left the whole way. Trašte and Plavi Horizont for swimming, Bigova for lunch if you want to be off the boat. Budva in the evening, and the town is a different country from the bay — louder, later, younger.
Day 6
Sveti Stefan and the beach past it
The island hotel from the water, which is the only angle it still looks right from. Then the beach a little further south that has no road to it, so the only people there arrived the way you did.
Day 7
Back north, slowly
The last full day goes to whatever you liked most. Usually that is a second morning at Žanjic and lunch at Duraševići, which has its own pontoon opposite Stradioti island. A last swim off Stradioti, then back into Porto Montenegro for the night and off the boat after breakfast.
A week against the shorter options
| One day | Two nights | Seven nights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | €3,000 (8 h) | €6,800 | €21,000 |
| Per night | — | €3,400 | €3,000 |
| Guests sleeping aboard | — | 6 | 6 |
| How far you get | Kotor or the Blue Cave | One of them, plus the inner bay | The whole coast to Sveti Stefan |
| A windy day | Charter is spent | Half the trip | Reshuffled |
| Croatia possible | No | No | Yes, on request |
Prices are for the whole yacht with captain and crew. Marinas outside Porto Montenegro and food are not included — see the list below.
Sleeping on board
Three cabins, six berths, all rebuilt over the winter of 2025–26: new mattresses and upholstery, restitched curtains, a rebuilt galley. Linen and towels are changed through the week.
Mornings are the part guests remember. Coffee comes up to the deck around seven, the bay is still glass, and there is nobody else anchored within half a kilometre. By the time the first tour boat comes past at ten you have already swum twice.
The captain and the steward sleep aboard in the crew quarters. You are not managing anything: the boat moves when you want it to move, and dinner is either cooked on the stern or booked ashore that afternoon.
The rate
One price for the yacht, the captain and the steward. Not per person.
| Duration | Price |
|---|---|
| 4 hours | €2,600 |
| 6 hours | €2,800 |
| 8 hours | €3,000 |
| 12 hours | €3,200 |
| 24 hours | €4,000 |
| 2–5 night | €3,400 / night |
| 7 nights | €21,000 |
Rates are for the whole yacht, captain and crew included, not per person.
7 nights
€21,000
The weekly rate works out at €3,000 a night against €3,400 on shorter voyages — €2,800 less across the seven.
- per night
- €3,000
- 7 nights
- −€2,800
What the week includes
In the price
- the yacht Marea with captain and steward
- fuel within the route
- a welcome drink — prosecco or non-alcoholic
- insurance for every passenger
- SUP boards, snorkelling masks, an underwater scooter
- inflatable loungers and water toys
- Bluetooth speakers for your own playlist
- towels, ice, water, fruit
- the berth at Porto Montenegro, no port fees
Not in the price
- food — lunch or snacks on request, at cost
- alcohol beyond the welcome drink
- port fees at the Kotor and Herceg Novi marinas
Aboard for the week
Which week were you thinking of?
Send the dates and how many of you there are. July and August go first — usually by March.
What people usually ask
How much is a week on a yacht in Montenegro?
€21,000 for seven nights aboard Marea, captain and steward included. That is €3,000 a night against the €3,400 we charge for two to five nights. Food, alcohol beyond the welcome drink, and marina fees outside Porto Montenegro are extra.
How many people can sleep on board?
Six, in three cabins. Sixteen can come aboard for a day during the week — a common arrangement is friends joining for one day out of Tivat while six stay aboard for the whole week.
Can we sail to Croatia?
Yes, on request. Dubrovnik is roughly three hours from the mouth of the bay and the Elaphiti islands are just beyond it. It needs to be agreed in advance because the crossing means clearing out of Montenegro and into Croatia, and that has to be booked at the port.
What happens if the weather turns?
The route is redrawn, not cancelled. The inner Bay of Kotor is sheltered on almost any wind, so a hard south-easterly means we spend that day between Perast and Kotor instead of on the open coast, and go south when it settles.
Do we have to follow the itinerary?
No. The week above is where most guests land, but the captain redraws it the evening before you sail and again during the week. Guests who want three nights at Žanjic and nothing else get three nights at Žanjic.