Montenegro Pavlova Strana, Rijeka Crnojeviča, Skadar Lake
The river bend near Rijeka Crnojevica at Skadar Lake National Park is probably the most beautiful place in Montenegro and for me even one of the best ones in the world. Just standing there, enjoying the silence and some passing boats is something I could do the whole day I guess.
It isn’t a single photographic viewing point: there are several spread around the area and many of them are shown on Google Maps. The challenge is to find spots where your view is not obscured by bushes and trees.
It isn’t a single photographic viewing point: there are several spread around the area and many of them are shown on Google Maps. The challenge is to find spots where your view is not obscured by bushes and trees.
Photography Tips
There is a spot a little bit more down (linked beyond this spot), which has a better perspective I would say because you can look deeper into the right side of the river with even more curves.
I would say that being at this spot during sunrise is a great idea since you can watch further to the east. Maybe there is even a time slot during the year when the sun rises just in this direction.
I would say that being at this spot during sunrise is a great idea since you can watch further to the east. Maybe there is even a time slot during the year when the sun rises just in this direction.
Travel Information
There is a restaurant, Konoba Ceklin, that also has inexpensive rooms but only the top 3: rooms 4, 5 and 6 offer unobstructed balcony views. There is plenty of parking there. You can walk to several good spots from there. This is shown, from the lake, looking back from the lake, in the "Behind the scenes" pics.
I came from the north by car, which is the shortest route to this photo spot, but it's also the most difficult one to drive. It's so narrow, that only one car can pass the street and there are just a few places where you could pass cars coming from the front. If you aren't familiar with driving backwards for quite some time when cars are coming from the front, I would suggest you use the road which is coming from the west. If you are driving this route though, I would recommend you to have somebody else with you who can get outside the car and give you some instructions while driving backwards, because sometimes it wasn't that easy to see a good holding spot, especially after sunset.
You can leave your car just right beside this spot, there is only space for one car though.
I came from the north by car, which is the shortest route to this photo spot, but it's also the most difficult one to drive. It's so narrow, that only one car can pass the street and there are just a few places where you could pass cars coming from the front. If you aren't familiar with driving backwards for quite some time when cars are coming from the front, I would suggest you use the road which is coming from the west. If you are driving this route though, I would recommend you to have somebody else with you who can get outside the car and give you some instructions while driving backwards, because sometimes it wasn't that easy to see a good holding spot, especially after sunset.
You can leave your car just right beside this spot, there is only space for one car though.
Spot Type
Outdoor
Crowd Factor
Just a few people
Best Timing
Sunrise
Sunrise & Sunset
05:08 - 20:16
| current local time: 09:32
Photo Themes
Bend
Mountains
National Park
River
Viewpoint
Locations
Rijeka Crnojevica
Lake Skadar
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