With its laid-back Mediterranean feel and sparkling coastline Montenegro has a lot in common with its larger neighbour, Croatia. Yet after the "sleek, prettified-for-tourists spit-and-polish" of Croatia, travel writer Rick Steves finds the tiny nation of Montenegro has a "refreshing rough-around-the edges appeal."

Steves describes the medieval town of Kotor as a "time-capsule retreat" for travellers seeking a truly unspoilt Adriatic coastal town, and a "hard place to tear yourself away from".