The Chedi Luštica Bay

The Chedi anchors Luštica Bay, the purpose-built town rising in traditional stone-village idiom on the peninsula that separates Boka Bay from the open Adriatic. Unlike its bay-facing rivals, the resort looks to the open sea: its terracotta-and-stone wings step down to a marina promenade, and the water beyond the breakwater runs clear to the horizon—sunsets here are the peninsula's best argument.

Rooms and suites are calm and contemporary in GHM's understated manner—pale stone, oak, linen—most with balconies over the marina or sea. The rooftop and outdoor pools, a small beach deck and an indoor pool with spa cover the seasons, and families are comfortably absorbed in a way the flashier bay resorts manage less naturally.

Dining spans Mediterranean and Adriatic menus, a lobby lounge with sea-view terraces and the growing collection of marina-front restaurants outside the door as the town fills in. Kotor and Tivat airport are each around half an hour, and the wild beaches and Blue Grotto of the outer peninsula are close by boat or car. As Luštica Bay matures, the Chedi offers Montenegro's most relaxed coastal luxury—polished, unhurried and facing the open sea.