And this Wednesday morning, I woke up very early.
Outside, it was starting to dawn, but the sun had not yet risen behind the Montenegrin hills and Petrovac, tucked in the shadow of the mountain, was still sleeping.
A clear sky and a warm breeze lured me into a new #wednesdaywalk, the one I started a few days ago, along the path by the sea, to Perazića Do beach.
This time, I put shoes on my feet that will make my walking more comfortable (much sturdier than the beach slippers, in which I reached the sharp macadam from where I could not continue).
This morning I also had company, so the walk was even more interesting for me, and I could act as a guide, showing the beautiful viewpoints that I also showed you in this post.
To avoid the long wooden stairs, I decided to start the walk through the sleepy town, from the very beginning of the path at the foot of the hill.
The sign "Promenade" clearly indicates that the path begins at this place.
A long and steep climb, it is almost as challenging as the wooden steps I used to climb up to this path, but with a light step, it is easy to reach the place where I climbed those steps, on a flat part of the path.
This Wednesday, the sea was not restless and turbulent like the other day, there were no waves and the air did not feel the saltiness of scattered droplets, but that is why the smell of pine was even more strnger.
Before entering the first tunnel, I stopped to check the condition of the #worldmappin sticker that I stuck in this place and through the eerily empty but lit tunnels, and we continued on.
The small beach, in a cove surrounded by rocks, seemed much tamer this morning.
There were no high waves and if I didn't have a goal - a tour of Perazića Do beach, maybe I would have finished my walk today on this beach, and presented the enjoyment on it in #summervibes 🙂?
But, no. Nevertheless, we continued on.
From the darkness of the tunnel, we came out into the light, in a place where the impact of the human hand on the environment is noticeable.
This can be concluded from the large number of concrete elements, tetrapods, which were placed on this coast either to reduce the force of the waves and prevent coastal erosion or to widen the coast.
We carefully cross the improvised paths and emerge at the beginning of the cove Perazića Do.
Even in the years of my early youth, I heard stories about the luxurious As Hotel, built in a bay on the Montenegrin coast, which looks like an ocean cruser and is sunk into a hill above the sea.
That hotel was built in the 70s by two auto-moto associations (Yugoslavian and German) and the hotel was visited mostly by rich German tourists.
However, at the beginning of the millennium, more precisely in 2002, the hotel was bought by a private investitor and in the desire to make it even bigger and more luxurious, he entered into an investment from which it is still impossible to get out.
He is demolishing the old Hotel As (a beautiful diamond of this part of the coast), demolishing the access marina, additionally cutting the mountain in order to gain more space for the hotel, thereby destroying the natural appearance of the bay and in that extension, in the rock of the wall, a megalomaniacal monstrosity of 20 floors, which destroys the beauty of the bay itself.
And it stops at the moment of construction work.
He gets banned from lending, gets involved in court cases and that part of the coast that was supposed to be the most luxurious, remains a mockery and a place to avoid to this day.
As I pass by this monstrosity, I take pictures of the concrete structure, the tall crane that has been standing there for years, as well as this rusty machine that was used to widen the shore and install those concrete elements to form the approach to the beach.
And from all of that, until some better times, when the court cases are settled and the continuation of feeding the new As Hotel is approved, this concrete skeleton will stand on this beach, not like a luxury cruise ship, but rather like a stranded Titanic.
It was interesting for me to get acquainted with the facts of this megaproject, while I was leaning on the concrete rampart, listening to the sound of the waves, but I did not come here for the sake of this failed project, but for the beach that can be seen in the distance.
Beautiful and quiet beaches of Perazića Do.
Small stone houses, exactly as expected on such beaches, probably provide peace and tranquility to their residents, especially when the visitors leave the beach or, like this morning, before the beach visitors have started to arrive.
Fine pebbles and sand, with imposing white rocks on the beach, give this bay a special charm - inaccessible and hard to reach, yet peaceful and sheltered.
With a lot sunbeds and reed umbrellas, this beach could easily be my choice for relaxation and enjoyment, but maybe another time.
I am now dressed and wearing walking shoes and am able to climb the rocks that divide the bay into two parts, as well as walk on the pebbles of this beach even on the part that is not covered with wooden planks. And that reminded me to let you know and make a recommendation.
If you come to the Montenegrin coast, be sure to plan to buy beach shoes, which is because of the stones you will be stepping on, but also because of the frequent presence of sea lakes in the part of the coast where the water is the cleanest.
After a break and a short rest on this beautiful beach, we start back, through the tunnels and along the already favorite path, and when I came across a sign that warns visitors to be careful of falling stones and rocks, I noticed its sticker, so I added my #worldmappin, so that someone who finds himself at the beginning of this path will be introduced to our Hive.
Until the next walk, greetings from Petrovac and beautiful Perqzića Do beach.
