Ambulance 124
Fire 123
Police 122
Time Zone : GMT +1
Official Language : Montenegrin
Official Currency : Euro (although Montenegro is not yet an EU member)
International Airports : Podgorica and Tivat
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Banks and Post Offices work Monday to Friday usually opening at 0800h or 0830h and closing around 1600h. Some banks work later in the evenings. Pharmacies are open usually from 0800h until 2000h or 2100h and most towns have pharmacies which will work on Sundays. Supermarkets tend to open at 0600h and close at 2200h, larger supermarkets may work 24 hours a day except Sundays when they close for the night. General shops and clothes boutiques often work a double shift, opening in the morning, closing for around 3 hours in the afternoon and then opening again in the evening until late. This is normal in most coastal areas.
Hospitals – Montenegro operates a Health Centre system, with most non-urgent cases being assessed, and usually treated at the local health centre. If hospital admission is required the patient will be referred from the Health Centre to the relevant hospital. Most main town health centres (Dom Zdravlja) operate an emergency room, and also a separate childrens' admissions section. In main towns throughout Montenegro private clinics are also becoming more common
International Dialling Code (when dialling to Montenegro from abroad +382 and omit the first '0' of the local number phone
When dialling from Montenegro to abroad '+00'
Local Area Dialling Codes (new 2009)
Podgorica, Kolasin, Danilovgrad - 020
Bar, Ulcinj - 030
Herceg Novi - 031
Kotor, Tivat - 032
Budva - 033
Niksic, Savnik, Pluzine - 040
Cetinje - 041
Bijelo Polje, Mojkovac - 050
Berane, Andrijevica, Rozaje, Plav - 051
Plevlja, Zabljak - 052
Population : 650, 500
Capital City : Podgorica
Climate : Mediterranean in coastal
regions and Alpine in the north
Average ºC in July : 25ºC
Average ºC in January : 5ºC
Coastline : 293 km
Land borders : 614 km
Deepest canyon : Tara -1.300m at its
deepest point
Language : Montenegrin (Crnogorski)
Largest bay : Bay of Kotor
National Parks :
- Lovcen NP - 6.400 ha
- Biogradska NP - 5.400 ha
- Lake Skadar NP - 40.000 ha
- Durmitor NP - 39.000 ha
Visitors to Montenegro holding a passport of any kind other than Montenegrin are subject to a daily tourist tax. The price of the tax varies depending on the season (it is increased during the summer season). Currently the winter price is EUR 0.50 per day and summer EUR 0.70 per day per person. Most travel agencies issue tourist tax coupons if you are an independent traveller. If you are staying in a hotel the tourist tax will be collected by the hotel and they will register you and provide you with a coupon. You will be asked to show the coupon upon leaving the country so it is recommended to visit a tourist agency within the first 24 hours if possible of your stay. Guidelines are quite strict and we advise you not to wait until the last day of your stay to register. Agencies are not permitted to register latecomers and this could cause some problems. Despite the advice given in some guidebooks it is no longer necessary to register your stay with the police. Children under 12 pay only for the coupon, and children from 12 to 18 pay half of the tourist tax.
If you are staying in the Herceg Novi area Black Mountain can issue your tourist tax for you.
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