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River gorges, fortress towns and wildlife spectacles along the Danube and beyond.

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Weekends in Serbia

The River That Looks Drawn by Hand
Uvac Special Nature Reserve

The River That Looks Drawn by Hand

Bends so perfectly shaped that the Uvac looks less like a river than a hand-drawn line on a map.

Slow Down in NatureExtend Your Weekend
One Weekend, Four Eras
Along the Danube, from Belgrade

One Weekend, Four Eras

A medieval fortress, an 8,000-year-old settlement and a spectacular gorge, all bound together by one river.

Slow Down in NatureExtend Your Weekend
Serbia’s Most Beautiful Road?
Đerdap / Iron Gates, along the Danube

Serbia’s Most Beautiful Road?

A hundred kilometres between Golubac and Kladovo, measured in fortresses and river bends rather than minutes.

Slow Down in NatureExtend Your Weekend
The Place Where Cinema Never Ended
Drvengrad, Mokra Gora

The Place Where Cinema Never Ended

A wooden village built for a film that never stopped being lived in.

Cultural ExperienceSlow Down in Nature
A Journey 80 Million Years Back in Time: Resava Cave
Resava Cave

A Journey 80 Million Years Back in Time: Resava Cave

Forty minutes underground move through tens of millions of years of geological time.

Cultural ExperienceSlow Down in Nature
The City That Seems Surprisingly Simple at First
Novi Sad

The City That Seems Surprisingly Simple at First

A historic centre that never competes for your attention, and rewards you precisely because of that.

Cultural ExperienceSlow Down in Nature
The Flavours of Novi Sad: A City Told Through Its Food
Novi Sad

The Flavours of Novi Sad: A City Told Through Its Food

Fish stew, ražnjići and market stalls — a city best understood one dish at a time.

Food Worth the Trip
There Is Another City Beneath Novi Sad
Petrovaradin Fortress

There Is Another City Beneath Novi Sad

Sixteen kilometres of underground military galleries hide beneath one of Europe's great fortresses.

Cultural ExperienceUnusual Experiences
The Valley That Was Planted for One Woman
Ibar Gorge

The Valley That Was Planted for One Woman

A medieval king's legend, a gorge full of wild lilacs, and a fortress watching from above.

Witness a Rare EventSlow Down in Nature
When to Visit Uvac to See Griffon Vultures
Uvac Canyon

When to Visit Uvac to See Griffon Vultures

Timing is everything: warm thermals and a late-morning start are what bring the vultures into the sky.

Witness a Rare EventSlow Down in Nature
The Blooming Sands
Deliblato Sands

The Blooming Sands

For a few weeks each spring, Europe's largest sand landscape turns into a flowering steppe.

Witness a Rare EventEscape the Crowds
Summer of Butterflies
Fruška Gora

Summer of Butterflies

Sunlit meadows and forest edges make this national park an unlikely butterfly hotspot.

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