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The Full Montenegro

March 27, 2006 at 11:29 AM | 0 Comments

David Farley (of Traveler's Tales Prague fame) has an excellent analysis of future Dalmatian media darling Montenegro in this week's Balkan-centric Washington Post Travel section. We love Montenegro, but it's easy to pigeonhole the region into next-big-thing status.  As David points out, it already was a big thing before the troubles of the 90s. Elizabeth Taylor and Claudia Schiffer both paid the area a visit for vacation, way back when.

That said, big development in Montenegro is imminent. Aman Resorts purchased the right to remake Sveti Stefan--an island resort currently charging an $8 admission for a look around their old-tymey ersatz village--while new hotels are springing to life up and down the coastline. Montenegro's bid for independence, scheduled for this May, is likely to accelerate the process even further, as will the country's true minders (cough, Russian Mafia, cough).

So, Montenegro: go now, before it becomes the new Croatia.

[Image via AlphaTangoBravo/Flickr]

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