Driving to Lake Skadar,
about an hour inland.

Virpazar is 50 km from Ulcinj, about sixty-five minutes. It is on the inland road towards the capital, and Podgorica is another half hour beyond it.

The inland road carries a charge at the Sozina tunnel, and tolls are the renter’s under the conditions along with fuel, parking and fines.

The alternative road climbs over the pass and is slower. The pass road has not been routed, so no time is given for it.

The lake has reed beds, fishing villages and a road above the water.

Murici, on the southern shore, routes at 53 km and about eighty minutes from Ulcinj. The two routing engines agree on the distance to the metre and differ on the time by twenty-one minutes. The longer time is given here, and the surface is not described because it has not been measured.

Rental cars are allowed on paved public roads only. Closer to Ulcinj, the last part of the climb to Sas fortress has not been measured either. Unpaved tracks are outside the conditions.

Fill up before you go inland. Not because of where the last station is, which this page does not guess at, but because the fuel rule is strict at the other end: the car goes back with the level it was given, the difference is charged at the company’s rates if it is lower, and nothing comes back if it is higher.

A small car is easier to park on this coast. Minimum age and driving experience are set per car, and the search filters by both.

Wheels, windscreen, undercarriage and interior are what standard cover leaves out; photograph them at the handover. The lake and the capital are on the same road, half an hour apart, one of the roads out of the south.

The lake is shared with Albania. Shkoder forty kilometres south-east is about an hour from Ulcinj across the border, and crossing is an add-on chosen when you book the car. For arrivals by air, landing at Podgorica puts you closer to Virpazar than to Ulcinj. A car collected at the airport can stop at the lake on the way to the coast.