Montenegro by campervan: food and supermarkets

Where to buy food in Montenegro, which supermarkets to use, opening hours and practical tips for eating on the road. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026

Currency
Euro
EUR. Adopted unilaterally in 2002. Not a eurozone member
Language
Montenegrin
Serbian, Bosnian and Albanian are widely heard too
Driving
Right
Motorway 130 km/h, other roads 80 km/h
Border
Outside Schengen
Staffed crossings with Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Albania
Insurance
No green card needed
EU checks dropped on 2 August 2021
Emergency
112
Road help from AMSCG on 19807, in English

Food and shops

Sunday is the day to plan around. The national tourism organisation's own guidance says grocery shops run 07:00 to 22:00 except on Sundays, when most do not open at all. Other shops keep roughly 09:00 to 21:00 through the week, and banks and post offices are weekdays only, 08:00 to 20:00. A Saturday shop covers a Montenegrin weekend. A Sunday arrival in a small town does not.

An open-air stall with crates of squash, broccoli, carrots and beans laid out on a green cloth — Markets first. Mornings, cash, and better than anything on a supermarket shelf

Where to shop

Best value: Voli or IDEA.
Full range: A large Voli.
Camper access: Voli hypermarkets outside resort centres are easiest with a campervan.

Stocking the campervan

Shop on Saturday. Assume Sunday is shut unless you have seen that specific shop open.
Voli and Idea are the two chains with real national coverage. Everything else is a minimarket.

Eating out without getting it wrong

Fish is usually priced by the kilogram, as it is all down this coast. Ask what the whole fish weighs before it goes on the grill.
Njeguši is a lunch stop, not a detour. The village on the Kotor to Cetinje road is where the ham and the cheese come from.

What the shopping week looks like

Day	Grocery shops	Banks and post offices
Monday to Friday	07:00 to 22:00	08:00 to 20:00
Saturday	07:00 to 22:00	Closed
Sunday	Most do not open at all	Closed
Public holiday	Expect closed, on both days of it	Closed

Holidays in Montenegro run for two days, so a Monday holiday means the shops have been shut since Saturday evening by the time you notice. The four national holidays are the first two days of January, of May, the 21st and 22nd of May and the 13th and 14th of July.