The Best of Serbia

Breakfast. If you are visiting Belgrade for the first time and you want to see all the main sights within the city in a day, this tour is MUST. On this half day tour, you will be able to see all the most important landmarks such as St. Sava Temple, Kalemegdan Park or Belgrade Fortress, Republic Square, Knez Mihailova Pedestrian Zone, etc. as well as Zemun – the most charming neighbourhood of Belgrade and Avala Mountain – Belgrade’s most popular picnic destination.

Drive back to your accommodation. Free time. Overnight.

Breakfast. The tour starts at 8.a.m. from your accommodation in Belgrade. You will be impressed by the beautiful scenery, while you enjoy less than 2 hours’ drive to our first stop – Manasija Monastery, located among the green hills of the vivid Resava gorge. It was built in early 15th century during the reign of Despot Stefan Lazarevic. The whole complex is surrounded by 12 towers, constructed to protect Church of Saint Trinity from the Ottomans. The Manasija monastery fortification, with its ramparts and towers, is the best-preserved fortification complex on the territory of medieval Serbia. The tour proceeds to 80-million-year-old cave called Resava, which was discovered by local shepherd in 1962. The tour around the cave will last for 40 minutes, so wearing warm clothes is recommended. Afterwards we proceed to Veliki Buk waterfall, one of Eastern Serbia top attractions. Here in this breathtaking environment, a break for lunch will be made and you will have the great opportunity to try the best trout fish in Serbia.

Drive back to your accommodation in Belgrade. Free time. Overnight

Breakfast. Check out. Drive to Gold Gondola at Zlatibor. Ride on a panoramic lift. Since January 2021 the unique, 9 km long, Zlatibor panoramic gondola lift is operating all year round. The most modern air route of the gondola connects the centre of Zlatibor with its highest peak and the ski centre Tornik, via Lake Ribnicko, where the Middle station is located. The panoramic journey lasting around 30 minutes will cover an altitude difference of around 530 m. The Zlatibor “Gold Gondola” lift is the longest such panoramic gondola in the world.

Drive to your hotel in Zlatibor. Check-in at OLIMP HOTEL 4* (or similar). Free time. Overnight.

Breakfast. On this day trip we will start drive towards west part of the country famous for vivid landscapes, pristine nature, etc. The tour proceeds to the heart of Tara National Park. A short, pleasant drive will take us to the point from which we will start our walking/hiking part of the tour (2km in both directions) to reach without doubt, the most beautiful viewpoint in Serbia “Banjska Rock.” This place offers splendid panoramic view over the Drina River Canyon. Be prepared to take some breath taking photos from up here. The Zelenika lookout offers the most beautiful panorama of the Drina, the lake and the Perućac settlement, and in the distance you can see Bajina Bašta, Gvozdačke mountains. beautiful from your vacation. The shortest river in Europe called “Vrelo” is next on our route. Bajina Basta, small town located on the foothill of Tara Mountain is next on our route. Here you will have the great opportunity to see world’s famous attraction “The House on the Drina river”. The tour proceeds to Zlatibor, a famous resort and air spa in Western Serbia and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Serbia.

Free time. Overnight.

Breakfast. Drive to Bosnia, Visegrad. The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge of Višegrad is next on our route, built at the end of the 16th century by the court architect Mimar Koca Sinan on the orders of Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. The unique elegance of proportion and monumental nobility of the whole site bear witness to the greatness of this style of architecture. Return to Serbia. Short drive to Drvengrador “WoodenTown,” ethnic village developed by well-known movie director, Emir Kusturica. The church was built in tradition of Russian log cabin churches and is dedicated to St. Sava, the founder of Serbian autocephalous Christian orthodox church. In the centre of the village is a square paved with wooden blocks and surrounded by authentic log cabins brought in from their original locations and placed on foundations made of stone. One of the best tourism villages is Serbian village of Mokra Gora.

Drive back to Zlatibor. Drop off at your hotel. Free time.

After breakfast at your hotel, it’s time to say goodbye to this charming country. You will be transferred to Nikola Tesla airport with guide assistance for your flight home.