- What to bring delicious from Montenegro
- Dress like a real Montenegrin
- Souvenirs
Over the past few years, beautiful Montenegrin resorts have managed to get out of the shadow of their chic neighbors and lure almost half of the tourists. Guests are attracted by many factors, including the cleanest sea, comfortable beaches, rich excursion programs and good shopping opportunities. In this article we will try to find an answer to the question of what to bring from Montenegro to mom and dad, brothers and sisters, friends and colleagues.
We will consider various options for gifts from Montenegro, made in a traditional style, having a national character or practical value, as well as choosing the most famous and delicious products. Let's start with them.
What to bring delicious from Montenegro
A small country has its own specialties, dishes and products that have gained great fame outside the country. From meat delicacies, guests pay attention, first of all, to prosciutto, a word from a phonetic point of view, perhaps not the most beautiful, but its taste cannot be forgotten.
Prshut in Montenegro is a meat ham prepared in a special way. First, it is rubbed with salt, and not ordinary table salt, but sea salt. Then comes the time for smoking on charcoal, and after that it is also dried in the sun. In the old days, prosciutto was made only in Njegushi, today it is the most popular delicacy of products that can be found anywhere in the country.
The second most popular product is Negus cheese; it is another food brand in Montenegro. In general, local masters have reached unprecedented heights in cheese making; there are many varieties on the market. In addition to products from Njegusi, tourists love goat cheese. Cheese stored in olive oil is popular, thanks to this neighborhood it acquires a specific taste and aroma, is stored for a long time, and is good for transportation. It is clear that olive oil itself is becoming one of the main products exported from the country.
Travelers do not forget about alcoholic beverages; in their preferences, tourists are divided into two large groups, buying only: wines (red, white or pink); rakiyu (this is the name of the local moonshine). Montenegrin wines are very tasty, with a delicate aroma, thirst quencher well. Rakia is prepared with various fruits, both at the factory and at home, many tasters note that homemade moonshine is much tastier.
Dress like a real Montenegrin
Tourists, in addition to food, pay attention to clothes, first of all, made according to old technologies or stylized as medieval clothes. The most popular gift is the capa, which is the national headdress and an integral part of the traditional costume. It looks like a beanie, complemented by a red top and richly decorated with embroidery with gold threads. The more space the embroidery takes, the more complex and richer its pattern, the higher the cost of a souvenir.
From the name of the country it is clear that the mountains are its main property, they also affect the climate, respectively, on human life. In the mountains one cannot do without warm clothes, therefore, in the suitcases of tourists, despite the summer outside the window, one can see gorgeous gifts for relatives made of wool: sheepskin coats; vests; shawls; and even socks. The most active bargaining takes place on the famous Djurdzhevich Bridge, of course, there are always a lot of tourists here.
Souvenirs
Most tourists rest on the seaside, for the height of the high season and the arrival of foreign guests, the owners of souvenir shops are actively preparing. In these stores you can see standard sets of magnets, mugs, key rings with a Montenegrin theme. Many of them are made at an average level, and if you look closely, you can see the country of manufacture, it is clear that China.
That is why many guests are in no hurry to stock up on gifts in the coastal shops, first they study the assortment and prices, choose what to buy and for whom. There are souvenirs that are typical only for Montenegro, they are called "Montenegrin commandments", but do not belong to moral and religious values. These are humorous sayings that emphasize the main advantage (or disadvantage) of the Montenegrins themselves - this is laziness. Joking phrases instantly lift the mood of the reader, so very often they migrate from the counter into the bags and backpacks of tourists.
Another national souvenir that attracts attention is the Montenegrin gusli, a national musical instrument. It is made of wood, richly decorated with carvings, has one string and a very presentable look. Unfortunately, many of these gusli are only a decorative decoration, the sounds that can be extracted from them are very difficult to call music, even for a layman.
Montenegro is a small but very proud country that welcomes every guest with dignity, who takes away not only beautiful memories, but also delicious gifts and cute souvenirs.
