Rijeka Crnojevića:

Heart of a Kingdom

Hiking time 1 ½ - 2 h

Distance 4 km

Altitude 100 m ↗↘

Easy and suitable for

participants of all ages

Clouds embedded in the liquid silver
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Most visitors who come to Rijeka Crnojevića stroll along the river, take a few photos by the old bridge, sip coffee, and drive on — unaware of what they’ve missed. This quiet place, tucked behind the final bend of the old Podgorica to Virpazar road, was once the heart of a kingdom.

a roar and a whisper
Cross the bridge, and you enter Obod, a place that once hummed with ambition. More than five centuries ago, the first printing press in the region echoed here, inside the Obod Printing House. In 1494, it produced the Oktoih — the first book ever printed in Cyrillic on Balkan soil. The press is long gone, but if you pause for a moment, you might still feel the weight of ink and thought, the soft turning of pages carried on a wind that remembers.
The path rises gently, winding through wild fig trees and overgrown gardens. It follows the line of Riječki mlinovi — the old watermills of Rijeka, where grain was once ground into life. The river still flows through their ruined chambers, turning stones when no one is watching.
all shades of green
Farther ahead, the mouth of Obodska pećina (the Cave of Obod) opens in the hillside. Wide and tall like a chapel, it exhales cold air from the deep lungs of the earth. Step inside — no torch needed, only your breath and a little courage.. Some say Ivan Crnojević hunted here. Others say the limestone still listens. When the river rises, the cave fills with water, as if the land itself is closing its hand around something precious.
Emerald

This trail does not shout. It remembers. It invites you to walk slowly, with figs in your pocket, your fingers brushing moss-covered stones that feel like velvet.

In the quiet, something stirs — a sense that everything is still here. The bold words. The turning wheels. And the eternal river.

Waiting to be found again.

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