BELGRADE CITY BREAK

On the 80th kilometer north from Belgrade, over the E-75 highway is Novi Sad, the capital city of Autonomous Region Vojvodina. Thanks to its position on the cost of the river Danube, once was the border between two empires, Austro-Hungary on the north and Ottoman on the south and with the charter of Queen Marija Terezeja, it gets the status of free royal city Neoplanta in 1748. Thanks to mixture of different nations and ethnic groups, Novi Sad with the population of 250 000 is a true multicultural environment and is the example of a true modern European city.

The tour of Novi Sad includes the walk through the center of the city. We will walk through: Dunavska (Danube) and Zmaj Jovina street, which are the main walking zones of the city, City Hall, Freedom Square (Trg Slobode), The Name of Mary Church, Katolička porta, the house of Mileva Einstein – the wife of Albert Einstein, The Synagogue in Jevrejska street, Matica Srpska – the oldest cultural institution of Serbia, and the city beach Štrand..

Next we cross to the right side of the Danube cost and go to Petrovaradin, to Petrovaradin Fortress. Founded on the grounds of a medieval edifice, the fortress was built by the Austrians in the 17th and 18th century as pillar of defence against the invasion of the Turks. They call it the “Gibraltar of Danube”, because of its position. Today the fortress is famous for the most prestigious European music festival “Exit”.

Sremski Karlovci, positioned on the slopes of Fruška gora, representing the true gem stone of Serbian culture and spirituality. With its baroque town lake, Patriarchy Palace, Congregational church of Saint Nikola and Catholic church of Trinity, first Serbian gymnasium form 1881 and the library of the gymnasium of Karlovci, this is the town that earned its name “museum town”. Also worth mentioning, the manifestation that celebrates wine and grapes “Grožđenbal”..

Western Serbia, so called Serbian highlands, and Zlatibor mountain as its pearl is 200 kilometers away from Belgrade. Intact nature, hospitality and a lot of food is the things that you can find here. Zlatibor (literally “golden pine”) is one of the top tourist destination in Serbia after Belgrade and it is also Serbia’s most visited mountain, with a wide range of opportunities for active holiday pursuits such as walking, riding bike, horseback riding, quad safari or taking part in the special slimming and healthy life programs. A mountain of exceptional beauty with a mild climate, woodland valleys, grasslands, brooks and pines.

On the way to Zlatibor first place that we are passing is Divcibare mountain. After short coffee break we are continuing to ethno house so called Terzica avlija, place known for its handmade pottery. We will have a lunch in village Potpec in restaurant next to the river. Our trip will continue to Stopica cave, it is river cave which consists of three speleological and hydro horizons: the occasionally flooded, the river horizon and the youngest one, the horizon of cracks. Without its youngest system Stopica Cave is 1.691,5 m long, it covers the area of 7.911,5 m2 and has the volume of more than 120.000 m3 .

Next stop is going to be center of Zlatibor mountain where we will have 2 hours break and free time for walking or activities such as horseback riding, adventure park, driving quads or just a walking. We are returning to Belgrade in late evening hours.