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On the tenth kilometer on the way from Herceg Novi to Kotor, on the length of 2 km and area of 300 hectares, a near sea, fishing and tourist settlement of Baosic is located. There are several sagas about the heritage of the name Baosic. In the brevets of tsar Dusan from year 1351 it is mentioned by the name of Baosle. This interesting place between Djenovic and Bijela is crowded by rich flora and silver forest of olives that range from shore to high side hills. It is known from yore by good fisherman and excellent seaman. Today we can find proof of that in nice fisherman houses and palates of seaman, which are like collars aligned beside the green sea side of Baosic. There is very few pleasantly and calm moments like Baosic have. In the winter time, when surrounding mountains whiten up by snow and irons with ice, in Baosic the climate is soft and nice so Mimosas bloom and oranges gets yellow. When in some places in Boka Bay is too hot, in Baosic, during the day we can feel a refreshing effect of a mistral, and in evening there is a mild gale from mountains that brings a smell of flowers and mixing it with smell of sea.

Baosic are today a well known fisherman and tourist settlement that have around 1600 habitants. Baosic have a primary school, post office, tourist biro, culture house, fisherman society, markets, stores, restaurants with local specialties and café bars. There is some sport organization active and those are: Water polo Swimming Club Bokelj, ship society “Jovo Dabovic” and society for underwater activities and sport fishing “Ribar”. Every year in Baosic there is a traditional harvest of Mimosa flower with famous fishing festivities. In the beginning of February agile habitants of this place welcome in only one day about 20.000 guests. They biggest reward is as they say, if everything went OK and guests are satisfied.

Pjer Loti bounded himself to this place by one romantic memory and touching novel about love with Paskvala Ivanovic. Famous French writer and sea officer resided in this fluke reef of his journey, but have lastingly kept his memory of a wonder place from dreams. There is a stone panel near the sea that tells about his short stay. However the other thing is more interesting, it lays upon small strings of not realized love, from which season visitors can’t escape in this romantic bay at all.

In the sea of green and southern flora, rounded by olive trees, resides a house of more interesting man, an old sea captain Miroslav Stumberger, a Slovenian that left Slovenian Alps and resided in this small but yet interesting place. He fell in love with this place when he was young and he couldn’t leave it. In his pleasurable home where there are item collections from his sea farer life, the spirit of past times will be revived for you. Beside that he was a painter, writer and inventor. The old Captain that has songs about him was sedulous. He was always in movement and created till his death. Nevertheless, creations always surpass their creator.