Bečići

Bečići (Serbian Cyrillic: Бечићи, pronounced [bɛ̂tʃitɕi]; Italian: Becici) is a town in the municipality of Budva, Montenegro. It is located south-east of Budva, and has 895 permanent residents (2011 census). [1]

Bečići Бечићи
Village
Bečići as seen from Cetinje–Budva road
Bečići Location within Montenegro
Coordinates: 42°17′02″N 18°52′09″E
Country	Montenegro
Municipality	Budva
Population  (2011)
• Total	895
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Overview

It has a 1,950-metre-long sandy beach along the southern Adriatic. In 1935 it won the Grand Prix in Paris as the most beautiful beach in Europe. Several sections of the beach are private and are only accessible to the hotel guests. In contrast to Budva's large number of private housing units, Bečići town mostly consists of medium and large hotels. Some of them, such as the Mediteran, Iberostar Bellevue and Queen of Montenegro have been extensively refurbished, while the most significant greenfield addition was the Hotel Splendid, a luxurious five-star resort that cost 70 million euros to build. It was the choice of The Rolling Stones and Madonna as well as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie during their stay in Montenegro.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, its population was 895.[3]

Ethnicity in 2011

Ethnicity	Number	Percentage
Serbs	391	43.7%
Montenegrins	363	40.6%
Russians	21	2.3%
Croats	14	1.6%
Bosniaks	6	0.7%
Germans	6	0.7%
other/undeclared	94	10.5%
Total	895	100%

References

1. "Statistical Office of Montenegro - MONSTAT". Monstat.org.
2. Bečići beach, waytomonte.com
3. "Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine" (in Montenegrin). Statistical Office of Montenegro. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

External links

• Media related to Bečići at Wikimedia Commons
• Bečići travel guide from Wikivoyage