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Town in Bar, Montenegro

# Stari Bar

Stari Bar is a small town in Montenegro.

![Stari Bar](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/The_wall_of_Stari_Bar.jpg/3840px-The_wall_of_Stari_Bar.jpg)

Stari Bar · Wikimedia Commons

The place

Stari Bar is a small town in Montenegro. It is located inland, three kilometers from the new city of Bar. According to the 2003 census, the town has a population of 1,864 people.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stari_Bar), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Stari Bar

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. Rumija Rumija is a mountain in southern Montenegro, situated between the Adriatic and Lake Skadar. The highest point is Rumija, which is 1,594 m high. 4.8 km · mountain range in Montenegro · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumija)
2. Immaculate Conception Cathedral The Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Stari Bar, Montenegro is the former cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar, which aside from the Bay of Kotor and the Municipality of Budva covers the whole of Montenegro. The Archdiocese of Bar was originally formed as a diocese in the 10th century when it split off from the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, it subsequently became an Archdiocese in 1034. 500 m · cathedral of the archdiocese of Bar · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception_Cathedral,_Bar)
3. Bar Aqueduct The Bar Aqueduct is a stone aqueduct located on the northern side of Stari Bar Fortress, 4 km north of the town of Bar in Montenegro. The Bar Aqueduct is the only remaining aqueduct in Montenegro, and one of the largest and best preserved aqueducts from the three remaining ones in the former Yugoslavia, which include the Diocletianus Aqueduct near Split, Croatia and the Skopje Aqueduct in North Macedonia. 300 m · aqueduct · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Aqueduct)
4. King Nicola's Palace in Bar Bar Royal Palace or Villa Topolica is a former royal summer residence in Bar, Montenegro, owned by the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty. 3.7 km · building in Bar, Montenegro · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Royal_Palace)
5. Church of St. Jovan Vladimir, Bar The Church of St. Jovan Vladimir is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Bar, Montenegro. 3.5 km · Serbian Orthodox Church in Bar, Montenegro · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Jovan_Vladimir,_Bar)
6. Topolica Sport Hall Topolica Sport Hall is a multi-purpose indoor, modern arena located in the city of Bar, Montenegro. It is the home ground of basketball club Mornar and has a capacity of 2,625 spectators. 3 km · arena in Bar, Montenegro · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topolica_Sport_Hall)
7. Stadion Topolica Stadion Topolica is a multi-use stadium in Bar, Montenegro. It is used mostly for football matches and athletics. 3.9 km · stadium in Bar, Montenegro · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadion_Topolica)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to Stari Bar

**Airports:** Podgorica / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (TGD), 31 km · Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković (DBV), 88 km · Tirana Mother Teresa (TIA), 90 km\
**Stations:** Bar railway station, 2.8 km · Port of Bar, 4.3 km\

- Dubrovnik → Stari Bar 104 km · quickest by road, 4h 11m · €88–148 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dubrovnik-to-stari-bar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dubrovnik&to=Stari+Bar)
- Rinas → Stari Bar 88 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · $10–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rinas-to-stari-bar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rinas&to=Stari+Bar)
- Prishtina → Stari Bar 179 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · $24–33 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/prishtina-to-stari-bar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prishtina&to=Stari+Bar)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Stari%20Bar)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Stari Bar

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Stari Bar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Mljet](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mljet) HR 9 ways of moving, 28 sources 151 km
2. [Korčula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/korcula) HR 9 ways of moving, 33 sources 190 km
3. [Hvar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hvar) HR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 246 km
4. [Mount Athos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mount-athos) GR 9 ways of moving, 21 sources 485 km
5. [Thasos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/thasos) GR 10 ways of moving, 17 sources 487 km

If you know how people move in Stari Bar – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cstari-bar&title=Stari+Bar&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fstari-bar), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Stari Bar

- [Bar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bar) coastal town in Montenegro 3 km
- [Bar Municipality](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bar-municipality) municipality in Montenegro 3 km
- [Šušanj](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/susanj) town in Bar Municipality, Montenegro 4.3 km
- [Burtaiši](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/burtaisi) town in Bar, Montenegro 2.4 km
- [Čeluga](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/celuga) human settlement 3.4 km
- [Dobra Voda](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dobra-voda) village in Bar, Montenegro 5.4 km

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