Private Excursion - Monastery Ostrog in Montenegro from Dubrovnik

Duration

12 hours

Overview

Ostrog monastery is situated in the rock at 900 meters above sea level between Niksic and Podgorica, in Montenegro. Only during the summer months: in July, August and September, between 250.000 and 300.000 worshipers and visitors visit this monastery, making it one of the largest Orthodox shrine, not only in the Balkans, but also the whole of Europe. The monastery was declared a UNESCO valuable cultural goods in which there are frescoes from the 17th century. In monastery there is grenade from World War II from the time of the German bombing, which fortunately did not explode although earlier broke through the fence and wall of the church of the Holy Cross.