Sunday, April 14, 2013

Virpazar & Skadar Lake

Since spring is here and summer is coming, I decided to post about a place where our Winery is situated, which is best to visit in spring and summer, everything is green, flowers is all around, sun...


Virpazar is a small town in Bar municipality, it is located in the Crmnica region, straddling a river that flows into nearby Skadar lake. Skadar Lake lies on the border of Montenegro with Albaniaof which 2/3 is in Montenegro and it's the largest lake in the Balkan Peninsula. There are additionally some fresh water sources at the lake bottom. Some small islands like Beška, with two churches on it and Grmožur, a former fortress and prison can be found on the southwest side of the lake. The Montenegrin part of the lake and its surrounding area were declared a national park in 1983. Skadar Lake is one of the largest bird reserves in Europe, having 270 bird species, among which are some of the last pelicans in Europe, and thus popular with birders. The lake also contains habitats of seagulls and herons and is abundant in fish, especially in crap, bleak and eel. Of the 34 native fish species, 7 are endemic to Skadar Lake. There is a station on the Belgrade - Bar railway and a road leaves the main Podgorica to Bar highway and follows the west shore of the lake towards Albania.



If you decide to take a boat to cruise on lake, the boat host will be more than happy to pick you water lilly and will make you a necklace from it.




That's it for this post. See you soon and next time I'll write about village called Orahovo where our vineyard is situated. 

P.S. If you're using android applications, you can find our wine DIONIS  HERE.







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