Kolašin, Montenegro

Kolašin is one of the tourist winter brand names of Montenegro! The proof is that in a small geographical area there can be two opposite climates, Mediterranean along the coast, and mountainous. Kolasinska, among others.

In relation to Podgorica (see that,  Montenegro ), Kolašin is only an hour's drive away. In those one hour, an incredible height difference occurred. Kolašin is located at an altitude of as much as 965 m, and therefore has lower temperatures throughout the year. Many guests from Serbia come here by train, and get off at the station located along the transfer route Belgrade - Bar.

Lower summer temperatures (up to + 25 ° C) suit everyone, especially refugees from the hot coast, and those who do not find enjoyment in the crowds. Winter temperatures, down to -25 ° C, promise what there is no real winter without: snow!
Surrounded by forest and its intense aroma, Kolašin is located on a mountain plateau, between real stone monsters - Bjelasica and Sinjajevina. Both mountains have something of a white winter seasonal atmosphere in their name. In times of global warming, this should be kept in mind. There is simply snow here.
The cleanest river in Europe, Tara (called the Tear of Europe!) Continues along the watercourse to the north, towards Pljevlja and Šćepan polje. At the place where it flows into the Beer, it has created a wonderful canyon through which extreme athletes know how to raft.
If all the geographical and ecological advantages of Kolašin are taken into account, it is a real miracle that the city is not a bigger tourist miracle compared to the miracle it represents! This is for sure: Kolašin has the most potential to become a major weekend destination for visitors from local urban areas. At the peak of the winter season, Kolašin is a real ecological rarity, painted with untrodden snow, watercourses along the banks of which ice wants to burn, and fragrant coniferous resins. Needless to say, in winter, in heated hotels, apartments and rent-a-facilities, energy is renewed by consuming organic food, the widely known Kolasin tuber (potatoes), organic dairy and meat products, and local specialties whose recipes are witnesses to history.

Today's Kolašin (mountainous Montenegro), inherits the tradition of the city when it was founded by the Turks in the 18th century. as a military defense post from the Uskoks from Brdo (Montenegro) and from Herzegovina. The remains of the former fortress are still visible today. In summary, the history of Kolasin follows the constant struggles of Montenegrin Christians against Muslims. Since most of the inhabitants were Turkic members of the very tribe they were fighting against, the battles were relentless or epic in every way, which would later serve poets on both sides to glorify their heroes with verses. The Montenegrins liberated the city in 1878. During the Second World War alone, the government here changed up to 20 times in a short time: Montenegrin-partisan, Italian, German, Quisling ...
Since that time only the main town square, with a few streets around it, has changed in architectural terms. Fortunately, nature also remained as if it was from the 19th century, which is why coming to Kolašin is a return to nature, which was supervised by the ancestral ancestors 365 days a year.

Kolašin is, well, still a small mountain town. Its slow pulse is accelerated only by a seasonal avalanche: it is noisy in cafeterias when hikers and skiers, people on vacation, one-day curious travelers, or weekend visitors descend to the center. The main town square, Trg Boraca, then alive. It is bordered by several one-story houses of typical mountain architecture, with a dominant monument to the Fallen Soldiers in World War II. In the immediate vicinity is the headquarters of the Biogradska gora National Park (see that, 14 km from Kolašin towards Mojkovac, see that), and the City Museum with a modest display of ethnographic exhibits. You should visit the church built after the liberation in 1878.
The attraction of Kolasin is certainly the private botanical garden "Dilovine", owned by Danijel Vincek, mountaineer, co-author of an inviolable guide through all Montenegrin mountains (the book "Mountains of Montenegro" is on public sale), and author of the book "Small mountaineering glossary". Vincek has conquered the peaks of all Montenegrin mountains, and women's hearts! This is because he never reached the inaccessible peaks alone. He always did this with his tragically deceased wife Vera, and became the most famous romantic among local mountaineers, and the most famous mountaineer among romantics! Danijel Vincek planted in his attractive botanical garden all the most authentic plant specimens from the area of ​​mountainous Montenegro. The Botanical Peak is a must-see for all curious people, mountaineers, ecologists and nature lovers.
Excursion sites: Biogradska gora Nature Park (Biogradsko Lake is at an altitude of as much as 1094 m); Pesica Lake, large and small; Šiška lakes, large and small, and Ursulovac lake.