Bay of Kotor (Boka)
Porto Montenegro & the Naval Heritage Collection
The reclaimed superyacht marina is the reason most people stop in Tivat: a boardwalk, designer shops and a small but genuinely good naval museum with two Yugoslav-era submarines you can board.
Where
Tivat, Montenegro
Opening hours
The marina boardwalk is open access at any hour. The Naval Heritage Collection keeps seasonal museum hours, longer in summer and shorter out of season, so confirm current hours and prices on the official site.
Tickets
The marina and boardwalk are free to wander. The Naval Heritage Collection museum charges a modest entry of around €5, including the submarines. Prices change, so confirm current hours and prices on the official site.
Time needed
An hour or two: a stroll along the marina plus the small naval museum and its submarines.
In short
Visiting Porto Montenegro & the Naval Heritage Collection
Porto Montenegro is the reclaimed superyacht marina that gives Tivat its reason to exist for most visitors: a polished boardwalk, designer shops and waterside bars. Tucked among it is the Naval Heritage Collection, a small but genuinely good museum where the highlight is boarding two Yugoslav-era submarines. The marina is free to wander; the museum costs around €5.
The marina that made Tivat
Built on the bones of a former Yugoslav naval shipyard, Porto Montenegro is the reason most travellers stop in Tivat at all. It’s a reclaimed superyacht marina with a long, polished boardwalk, designer shops, waterside bars and a row of gleaming hulls that wouldn’t look out of place in Monaco. None of it is old or characterful in the Boka sense — this is a deliberately upmarket development — but it’s genuinely pleasant to stroll, and a coffee or sunset drink looking out over the bay is a fine, low-key way to spend an hour. Wandering the marina is free; you spend only on what you eat, drink or buy.
If your taste runs to medieval stone, Kotor and Perast deliver that far better. Take Porto Montenegro for what it is — a smart, modern marina — and you won’t be disappointed.
The submarines are the surprise
Tucked into the development is the Naval Heritage Collection, a small museum that punches above its size. The headline draw is being able to board two Yugoslav-era submarines moored alongside — a properly memorable, slightly claustrophobic walk-through that’s a rarity anywhere. There’s a modest spread of naval hardware and shipyard history besides, but the subs are what people remember. Entry is around €5, which is well worth it for the boats alone.
Allow an hour or two for the whole stop — a slow lap of the boardwalk and the museum. The collection runs seasonal hours, longer in summer, so check the official site before turning up out of season. Pair it with the wider Bay of Kotor if you’re touring by car or boat: Tivat works well as a relaxed, walkable break between the bay’s headline old towns rather than a destination to build a day around.
Planning the rest of your trip? See the Tivat city guide.
