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 Sveti Marko (Formerly known as Stradioti) is an island on the Adriatic Sea, in the Montenegrin municipality of Tivat.
Sveti Marko Island is located near the town of Tivat, in the Bay of Kotor. It is aligned with the Tivat’s other island, Prevlaka Island.
The island is entirely covered with greenery. In 1962, a tourist settlement was built there, with 500 Tahiti-style houses, without water supply or electricity. It was managed by Club Med, and until the Yugoslav wars, it was a very popular tourist destination. Today, it is mostly abandoned, making the island a somewhat exotic and mysterious destination.

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Sveti Stefan (literally “Saint Stephen”; Montenegrin: Sveti Stefan/Свети Стефан, Italian: Santo Stefano di Pastrovicchio) is a seaside resort in western Montenegro, located 5 km southeast of Budva, on the Budva Riviera (42°15′20″N 18°53′28″ECoordinates: 42°15′20″N 18°53′28″E). It used to be a tidal island, but is
now permanently connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus.

In the 15th century the island was a fishermen’s village. In the 1950s the last residents of the village were evicted, and Sveti Stefan was transformed into a luxury town-hotel. The streets, walls, roofs and façades of the buildings were, for the most part, preserved, while the interior of the building were transformed to offer the most modern luxury hotel comfort.

Sveti Stefan, in the 1970′s, was popular among celebrities, and among its guests were Marilyn Monroe, Willy Brandt, Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti, Monica Vitti, Ingemar Stenmark, Kirk Douglas, Jonathan Miller and Claudia Schiffer.

It remained the most exclusive resort on the Montenegro’s coast until the 1990′s, when it fell into decline during the breakup of the former Yugoslav federation.

In 2006, Villa Montenegro, one of the villas situated by the very bank of the isthmus connecting the island with the mainland, won the prestigious Five Star Diamond Award, which is handed out by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences for superior quality of service.

Amanresorts became interested in the iconic island of Sveti Stefan as early as 2001. When the opportunity came in 2006 through the Government of Montenegro privatization programme to secure the redevelopment rights over the island, Amanresorts as the principal operating partner, put together a consortium of financial partners to bid for the project. The bid was successful and in January 2007 the consortium was awarded the leasehold and redevelopment rights over Sveti Stefan and Kraljinca Plaza (Queen’s Beach).

Unfortunately with the global financial crisis the project was unable to secure the necessary financing to mobilize construction for the island and rather concentrated initially on logistical and technical planning and in the complete reconstruction of Villa Milocer the former royal family retreat overlooking the island. Villa Milocer with eight beautifully appointed suites was fully operational since late 2008.

Aman is committed to restoring this national heritage site and extremely happy to now welcome The Restis Group as a major financial partner in the consortium and now looks forward to moving ahead quickly with the planned redevelopment.

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Mamula is located on the entrance to the Boka Kotorska bay. It is strategically located between Prevlaka and Luštica peninsulas.

This small islet is of circular shape, and has 200 m in diameter. It is 3.4 nautical miles (6.3 km) away from Herceg Novi.

The island has a fort on it, built by Austro-Hungarian general Lazar Mamula in mid 19th century. During the World War II, the fort was used as a prison by Italians, from May 30, 1942 onwards. The prison is known for the torture and cruelty the prisoners withstood. It is a very pretty island that some say shouldn’t be wasted for Prison.

The fort is today left to deteriorate. However, the island is still visited by boats, mainly from Herceg Novi, as it is popular one-day trip destination, and has some nice beaches.
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Ostrvo Sveti Đorđe (English: Island of Saint George) is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in Bay of Kotor, Montenegro (the other being Gospa od Škrpjela). Unlike Gospa od Škrpjela, it is a natural island.

The island contains Saint George Benedictine monastery from the 12th century and the old graveyard for the old nobility from Perast and further from the whole Bay of Kotor.

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Our Lady of the Rocks (Serbian/Montenegrin/Croatian:Gospa od Škrpjela, Госпа од шкрпјела) is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in Bay of Kotor, Montenegro (the other being Sveti Đorđe Island). It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks. The custom of throwing rocks into the sea is alive even nowadays. Every year on the sunset of July 22, an event called fašinada, when local residents take their boats and throw rocks into the sea, widening the surface of the island, takes place. The Church of Our Lady of the Rocks (Croatian:Gospa od Škrpjela, (Serbian:Госпа од шкрпјела) Italian: Chiesa della Madonna dello Scarpello) in the Bay of Kotor is the church built upon the island. The first known church was built on it in 1452 and it was Serbian Orthodox[citation needed], while today’s church, which is Roman Catholic, was built in 1632 and upgraded in 1722.

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Our Lady of Mercy, is one of three islands in a unique series of islands in the Tivat bay, known as Krtoljski Archipelago. Locals call it the Island since ancient times, or just Lady. Length of the island is about 160 meters and width of 60 meters. Away from the shore about 800 meters. On the northern and western side of the sea depth is less than one meter, while the south side and can fit most boats. On the island there is a church  Our Lady of  Mercy dedicated to St. conception.