Plavi Horizonti: What Is Known About the Construction of a Luxury Resort in 2026
The opening of the Plavi Horizonti resort was supposed to take place in 2014. The planning documentation included a five-star hotel, luxury villas, a SPA center, swimming pools, restaurants, and a pedestrian promenade. However, construction on this terr...
The opening of the resort Plavi Horizonti was supposed to take place in 2014. The planning documents provided for: a five-star hotel, luxury villas, a SPA center, swimming pools, restaurants, and a pedestrian promenade. However, construction on this site was blocked for almost a decade and a half due to a property dispute over a private plot of land.
What has changed?
The company Blue Investments (until recently known as Qatari Diar Hotel & Property Investment Montenegro) has submitted to the Montenegro Environmental Protection Agency a full set of documentation for the construction of a new luxury five-star resort in the bay near Tivat — on the site of the former Plavi Horizonti. This is reported by Vijesti.
At the moment, the documents are under public review. After the discussion, the Agency will decide whether the investor needs a full environmental impact assessment and what conditions must be met to obtain a building permit.
The project was revived after 14 years of waiting
Construction of the Plavi Horizonti complex was blocked for almost a decade and a half due to a property dispute over a private plot of land. However, the parties have finally reached an agreement: the owners of the disputed land will receive an alternative plot in Tivat, owned by the state and having the same status and development coefficient. This opened the way for the project to continue.
The investor remains the same — the Cypriot offshore company Q. Hotel and Marina LTD, headed by Tarik Khalid AA Al-Abdulla. In the Cypriot register, he is listed as a director of 58 more companies. It was previously repeatedly reported to the public that the project is backed by Qatar’s investment fund.
Plavi Horizonti: how it all began
In January 2010, Qatari investors bought a plot of about 270,000 square meters for 25 million euros from
HTP Primorje
. The deal also included other attractive properties, including areas in
Bonići
, where the
Račica
brick factory used to be located. The buildings of the old
Plavi Horizonti
complex were demolished in 2011, and the opening of the new luxury resort, worth 270 million euros, was planned for 2014.
In 2013, an agreement was signed with the state-owned company Morsko dobro for a 30-year lease of the sea area and coastline for 50,000 euros per year. However, apart from building an access road and leveling the site, no real construction work was carried out over 14 years. According to official information on priority tourism projects, since the purchase the investors have invested about 79.6 million euros.
Even then, the planning documents for Plavi Horizonti provided for a five-star hotel with 168 rooms, additional buildings with 78 rooms, villas, a SPA center, swimming pools, restaurants, a tennis club, a beach bar, and a pedestrian promenade. All these elements are reflected again in the current documentation.
Plan of the future hotel complex. Photo: Elaborat/Vijesti
246 rooms, a tennis club, and a beach restaurant
The main part of the future complex will be located on plot UP1. The project provides for:
the main hotel and basic hotel facilities — 168 rooms;
additional buildings — another 78 rooms;
an entrance area, a beach restaurant, a multifunctional facility, a beach bar, a tennis club, and a play area;
sports and tennis courts;
underground utility structures.
The maximum building height is four stories, but the central architectural element will have seven levels.
Other parts of the complex include infrastructure: a liquefied gas tank, a waste collection system, a public parking lot for more than 300 cars, a site for a transformer substation, as well as an internal road network with landscaping.
The water supply and sewage system has been designed in accordance with the requirements of the municipal Vodovod Tivat. All wastewater will be sent to the regional Kotor–Tivat treatment plant through two pumping stations.
The nearest buildings will be set back 30 meters from the beach. The project предусматривает the preservation and enhancement of green areas.
A luxury resort: 80 square meters of greenery per guest
The developers state that the complex meets the standard of a five-star resort and will include: a SPA and wellness center, sports and recreational facilities, mini-golf, swimming pools, and a range of additional services. Each guest will have 80 square meters of green and open space.
The concept of Plavi Horizonti is based on a combination of Montenegro’s natural environment, architectural motifs of coastal towns, and modern design solutions. Tree species characteristic of this area are integrated into the project.
Vehicle access will be possible only to the main entrance and parking area, while only buggy-type electric vehicles will operate inside the territory.
A large lawn is planned inside the resort, to be used for weddings, events, and celebrations.
Protection of olive trees is a mandatory condition
The project provides special measures to preserve the olives growing on the complex’s territory. These trees are under state protection, and any work around them has been extensively discussed before.
Each tree that cannot be preserved in place must be transplanted using a special technique, under expert supervision, with the use of containers and a suitable substrate. The document emphasizes that the olive tree is a long-lived species that tolerates transplanting well.
The project also includes the construction of 23 villas grouped into the so-called Village — a residential “village” inspired by the aesthetics of old coastal towns. It is not specified whether these villas will be part of the hotel inventory or intended for sale.
According to the authors’ concept, the central street of the “village” will become the key axis of the area, where boutiques and small market stalls will be located. Fountains will connect the pedestrian routes from the hotel to the beach.
Each villa will be one or two stories high, with a private pool. In addition, the complex will have two large public pools — one in front of the hotel (with a hydro-massage area), the other by the beach, covering 508 m², with a children’s pool of 57 m².
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