Kuresort Igalo
- Location
- Herceg Novi, Montenegro
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 36 °C
- pH
- 8
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
In Igalo, a small town fused with Herceg Novi on the Bay of Kotor, the reputation of the local marine mud goes back centuries, first noticed by residents who put its properties to use long before any institute existed. Known as igaljsko blato, the mud forms slowly at the mouth of the Sutorina river, where it meets the Adriatic in shallow, mineral-rich basins. Its composition was formally examined in 1935 in Vichy, France, a milestone that helped establish the site's reputation.
In 1949, the Montenegrin government founded the Dr Simo Milošević Institute on this stretch of coast, now one of the largest spa-therapy complexes in the Balkans. The complex brings together five indoor pools kept at different temperatures, three sauna rooms, dedicated mud-treatment areas, and several tennis courts, set in a largely preserved Mediterranean landscape.