Montenegro is the wild secret of the Balkans, a country the size of Connecticut where black limestone peaks fall straight into the turquoise Adriatic. Six hundred thousand people, five national parks, one of the deepest canyons on earth, and Europe's southernmost fjord. Independent for less than two decades, Montenegro is where Yugoslav old-world hospitality meets a new generation of luxury: Aman resorts on the Bay of Kotor, glacial-lake spas in the Durmitor massif, Venetian stone villages that haven't changed in 500 years. The terrain is a full-contact playground, Grade V white water on the Tara, tandem paragliding off coastal ridges, ATV expeditions between abandoned villages and thousand-year monasteries. Extreme by day. Adriatic gold by night.