Ulcinj is situated in the far south of the Adriatic Coast on the same latitude as Barcelona and Rome. Together with the island of Hvar, it is characterised by having the largest number of sunny days in the Adriatic.
From the ancient lllyrian settlement of the Bronze Age (testified to by a large number of archaeological finds), through the first written records after the lllyrian-Roman war (Pliny the Elder), to the present day, Ulcinj was targetted by both Greeks and Romans - it was a significant episcopal centre with 365 churches (the number of days in a year) in the episcopal town of Svac (Sas);the target of theTurks-a strong pirate core defying all Mediterranean naval empires of the time; to finally become the meeting-place of tourists from all over Europe and the world. Ulcinj is a historical and tourist mosaic.
With nearly 20 km of beaches, 15 of which are made of fine sand