The July issue of award winning magazine Conde Nast Traveller carries a lengthy feature on the delights of Montenegro, accompanied some wonderful photography. If you are contemplating a holiday in Montenegro it is definitely worth getting your hands on a copy.

The author, Maggie Alderson begins her visit in the stunningly beautiful Boka Kotorska, which she describes as "like stepping through the wardrobe onto Narnia...the vista so unexpectedly grand that it takes a while for your brain to process what your eyes are seeing." This part of the Montenegrin coast is truly special, a captivating landscape scattered with traditional stone villages of unexpected elegence. The most beautiful of these, finds Alderson, is Perast. A tiny town with a glorious maritime past and the buildings to show for it, in the Venetian baroque style, Perast is "peaceful to the point of pleasant somnolence." Two impossibly picturesque islands lie just off shore here. On one stands the Benedictine monastery of St George, the other is Our Lady of the Rock, constructed over several centuries by local fishermen hauling rocks out to the bay. A boat trip over to the islands can be arranged for a few euros.

Heading south to the Budva Riviera Alderson found that the shabby state of some hotels was more than made up for by wonderful beaches and perfect settings. The "almost ridiculously picturesque" Hotel Sveti Stefan on its tiny island linked to the shore by a slender walkway was once an ancient fishing village, converted into a glamorous resort in the 1950s. After years of neglect it has been leased by Amanresorts and is soon to become a luxury hotel. Things are changing fast - Montenegro is on the cusp of a new dawn. Now is the time to discover its magic, says Alderson.