British couple in thirties visiting for 10 nights, 8th - 18th May 2026, stayed in premium deluxe double room. Thoroughly enjoyed our stay in the Luminoso and would highly recommend this hotel for someone seeking a modern, clean and comfortable hotel (opened November 2025) within close proximity to Budva old town who plans on using it as a base to explore the local area or further afield in Montenegro. LOCATION ＞ The hotel is a small boutique hotel situated an easy 15/20 minute walk from Budva old town. The walk is pleasant along the sea front and felt safe even late at night. The majority of the restaurants/bars are in the Old town but there are some dotted along the way which we ate at too. ＞ The hotel is however situated on a very busy and noisy main road with 24/7 traffic. This is the only negative of the hotel but not their fault. Luckily the hotel is well sound proofed so isn’t too noisy at night time (with windows closed), however it’s not worth paying for a balcony as it’s too noisy to sit on it (some are small and don’t have chairs too) and has the view of the main road. ＞ There is a lot of construction work ongoing at the moment which adds to the noise/disruption and the 15km main road connecting the coastal towns is currently under major construction making driving pretty dreadful and slow but is due to be completed in June apparently. FACILITIES ＞ The hotel has good facilities. The rooms are modern and well equipped, the bed was comfortable. ＞ The roof top pool is lovely, it has a great view out to the sea and you can’t hear the road very much up there. It is all new and good quality sun loungers/seating etc with pool towels provided and was very quiet when we stayed. I imagine it getting busy during the summer though. A nice touch would be a bar up there or the option to be able to order drinks, however the up shot was we took our own drinks/snacks purchased at the local shop (next door) instead. ＞ It’s worth nothing that the hotel offers a free car park however it’s not at the hotel, it’s a 5 minute walk crossing the busy road and is down by the sea front. Not a huge issue for us but a bit inconvenient walking back and forth especially with luggage. It was secure though. ＞ The gym is very small and basic. ＞ There was a spa, with sauna, steam room and jacuzzi which we didn’t use, charged at 30 EUR per person/hour. SERVICE ＞ We received great service but particularly outstanding service from Marko who was exceptionally polite, friendly and very helpful. His attention to detail remembering breakfast drink orders, always being quick to serve you as soon as seated and offered great advice on the menu and gave us so many helpful recommendations of where to visit, even making us a restaurant reservation when visiting Portonovi. ＞ Staff were attentive at dealing with a couple of issues we encountered including the air con which was fixed quickly. ＞ Service dropped slightly during the week as the hotel became busier but sti
