{{Short description|Beach in Montenegro}} [[File:Valdanos, Crna Gora, 2011-08-13 - panoramio.jpg|thumb|200px|Valdanos Inlet]] '''Valdanos''' ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Валданос}}; [[Albanian language|Albanian]]: Valdanosi) is a beach and major olive production region in [[Ulcinj Municipality]], [[Montenegro]]. Valdanos Bay is one of many beaches in Montenegro's South Coast well-known to Montenegrins and visitors, which also include the nearby [[Ulcinj]] beaches at [[Velika Plaza|Velika Plaža]], [[Ada Bojana]], and [[Ladies Beach, Ulcinj|Ladies Beach]].<ref>[https://me.visit-montenegro.com/main-cities/ulcinj/ulcinj-tourism/ Ulcinj turizam - Plaže], Visit Montenegro</ref>
Valdanos beach is crescent-shaped, known for its round pebble shoreline that extends for 300 metres. The beach is part of a coastline at Valdanos that extends for approximately three kilometres[http://www.montenegropropertiesonline.com/News2009/May-02-09.aspx].
The olive groves at Valdanos are among Montenegro's largest and most productive, encompassing more than 400,000 square metres and an estimated 18,000 olive trees [http://www.seebiz.eu/en/corporate/tourism/tender-for-ostrvo-cvijeca-and-valdanos,11776.html].
==Development== In recent years, Valdanos has been presented to the international resort development industry as a major new destination development opportunity, available under a long-term lease with the Republic of Montenegro [http://www.visit-montenegro.com/article-mne-19014.htm][http://www.visit-ulcinj.com/blog/2009/04/23/montenegro-valdanos-isn%E2%80%99t-exactly-for-the-russians/]. Valdanos was at one time the location of a government military reservation.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090418195524/http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/rls/othr/ics/2009/117845.htm]
=== Other Montenegro beaches === * [[Velika Plaza|Velika Plaža]] (Ulcinj) * [[Ada Bojana]] (Ulcinj) * [[Ladies Beach, Ulcin|Ladies Beach]] (Ulcinj) * [[Buljarica]] * [[Jaz Beach]]
==References== {{reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090418195524/http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/rls/othr/ics/2009/117845.htm U.S. Department of State, "2009 Investment Climate Statement - Montenegro"] *[http://www.visit-ulcinj.com/blog/2009/04/23/montenegro-valdanos-isn%E2%80%99t-exactly-for-the-russians/ Visit-Ulcinj,"Valdanos Isn't Exactly for the Russians"]
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[[Category:Beaches of Montenegro]]