Hotel of the week: The Chedi Luštica Bay, Montenegro

Cathy Hawker discovers Montenegro’s only five-star hotel with direct access on the Adriatic Sea
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Cathy Hawker23 November 2019

Montenegro’s shimmering coastline and in particular beautiful Boka Bay is one of Europe’s fastest developing tourism regions with plans for a number of upscale hotels and residences.

The Chedi Luštica Bay opened in August 2018 and immediately attracted a stylish international audience.

A member of the Leading Hotels of the World, The Chedi has 111 rooms divided between two buildings. The unstuffy, fresh design, generously sized guest rooms and stylish restaurant and bar make the hotel a comfortable and relaxing base.

Where is it?

The Chedi Luštica Bay is 10 minutes from Tivat airport, two hours from Dubrovnik airport and a five-minute drive from Boka Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site of breathtaking beauty.

It is Montenegro’s only five-star hotel with direct access on the Adriatic Sea and the first of seven planned hotels at Luštica Bay, an entire new residential town being created on 690-hectares. The well-funded €1.1 billion project currently under construction will include exceptional leisure facilities including two marinas and a Gary Player-designed championship golf course.

The Chedi Lustica Bay

Style

The Chedi Luštica Bay is youthful and upbeat in both its design and its good-looking staff. Simple sophistication is the overriding vibe with a neutral palette of creams and beige punched through with turquoise highlights and geometric patterns. Mid-Century modern chairs, slatted wood screens and striking lighting keep the contemporary interiors both functional and attractive.

Facilities

The Spa uses Voya products and is as calming as you would expect from the experienced Chedi brand. There’s a nine-metre indoor pool, sauna and steam rooms and a well-equipped gym.

The 16-metre outdoor pool is popular, but the seating around it can feel cramped at times. Water-sports are offered on the private beach, there’s a 176-berth marina directly outside the hotel and two clay tennis courts are a short drive away.

Extra Curriculum

Boka Bay is magnificent, a once glacial fjord with emerald waters backed by soaring mountains and edged by Venetian Captain’s houses and narrow pebbly beaches. Most activity focuses on the water where some of Europe’s largest and most exquisite yachts are berthed.

Visitors come to explore this sleepy area, joining the summertime crowds in Kotor Town at the southern edge of the bay while the more adventurous head to the deep river gorges, glacial lakes and mountains of inland Montenegro.

The Chedi Lustica Bay

Food & Drink

There is a lobby bar and two restaurants. The Spot is especially attractive, an informal inside-outside restaurant on the marina promenade with shaded tables and large squishy sofas where the menu includes fabulous seafood – don’t miss the calamari – and deftly spiced curries. Ideal for a long lunch or an end-of-day cocktail as the sun sinks into the Adriatic.

Which room?

The 111 rooms are divided into nine room categories with 60 in the ‘condo’ area that include well-designed compact kitchens and the remainder in the village wing. Some rooms have only showers but all are generously sized with a thoughtful design making them supremely comfortable and the best have balconies and sea views. The two bedroom grand deluxe corner suites are ideal for families.

Best for...

Over half of the guests so far have been couples who divide their time lazing beside the sea or pool and exploring the small bays and villages around romantic Kotor Bay. Guests come from Russia, the Baltic and across Western Europe.

The Chedi Lustica Bay

Details

Superior rooms start from €258 per person a night.​ The Chedi Luštica Bay in Tivat, Montenegro, chedilusticabay.com (00 382 32 661 266)

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