Why yacht owners are setting sail for Montenegro
Montenegro was carved out of the former Yugoslavia and only won its independence in 2006. When Daniell visited, the Balkan state was in the early days of a meteoric rise in tourism numbers, the 1.3 million visitors in 2011 doubling to reach 2.6 million last year. Daniell swapped his Cotswolds home for a property in Tivat
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