Igalo

Igalo stretches along the coast at the mouth of the Bay of Kotor, four kilometres west of Herceg Novi centre. The district grew around the Institute Dr Simo Milošević, opened in 1949 and still the largest thalassotherapy centre on the Adriatic, built on deposits of peloid mud and sulphurous thermal water used for joint, skin and respiratory treatments. The seafront is a flat three-kilometre promenade, the Pet Danica, lined with pine trees and coffee bars that runs continuously from Igalo to the old town. Beaches here are fine pebble and sand mix, gentler than the coast further south, and the water shallows gradually which makes the stretch popular with families and older visitors. Villa Galeb, the seaside residence built for Josip Broz Tito in the 1970s, sits at the western end and occasionally opens for tours. The neighbourhood runs mostly on summer trade: Institute guests, Polish and Russian wellness tourists, and coach groups from Bosnia and Serbia.