500px provided description: Early morning light falls on Budva and the Venetian walls surrounding town, now a coastal tourist resort in Montenegro. Budva was founded by the Greeks in the fourth century BC, and then fortified during the Middle Ages, the town forms the heart of the ?Budva Riviera?, which runs 22 miles from Trsteno to Buljarica, and is dotted with a series of sheltered coves and eight miles of sand and pebble beaches.

The spire of the church of Sveti Ivan (St. Ivan) rises above the red roofs of Budva, while on the left is the island of Saint Nicolas or Sveti Nikola Island [#sea ,#sunset ,#beach ,#church ,#island ,#coast ,#coastline ,#evening ,#500px ,#marina ,#waterfront ,#harbor ,#spire ,#steeple ,#horizon over water ,#buoys ,#Montenegro ,#Adriatic ,#National Geographic ,#Balkan ,#Budva ,#Saint Nicolas ,#Lonely Planet ,#Venetian wall ,#Nationalgeographic ,#Sveti Ivan ,#Natgeo_Traveller ,#National Geographic Traveller ,#Saint Ivan church ,#Buduva]