Zlatibor

Zlatibor, Mokra Gora, Shargan Eight train Day Trip from Belgrade - Mercedes car

Western Serbia is the new Switzerland! First you will visit Stopica cave and then Terzica avlije village, whicih is open air museum of traditional way of life in this region. Stopica cave ranks among the most beautiful caves in Serbia and features the deepest rimstone pool in Serbia and is designated the Monument of Nature of the first category. Terzica Avlije offers a variety of interesting activities including summer school for learning traditional crafts such as pottery, knitting, mosaic-making, and graphic skills. In the village there is also an open air museum, or "ethno-village" known as the Old Village Museum, covering nearly 5 hectares with authentic elements of ordinary life collected from all over the Zlatibor region from the 19th century. The ethno-village displays a set of traditional wooden buildings, including a bakery, a dairy, and an inn, all in authentic form. Follows trip to famous old rustic Sargan eight train ride. It is a narrow-gauge railway that passes through numerous tunnels, over 5 bridges, and overcome the altitude difference of 300 meters, on a total distance of 15 kilometers.After ride you will visit ethno village Drvengrad (wooden city), built by famous Serbian film director Emir Kusturica, who won twice Palm d’Or on Cannes film festival. Optional lunch at ethno restaurant, with diverse Serbian national specialties typical for Western Serbia and rakia drink of course.

The spirit of Serbia

DAY 1 BELGRADE AIRPORT-SREMSKI KARLOVCI-NOVI SAD Meet and assist at Belgrade Airport. Transfer to Sremski Karlovci. Visit one of the most famous wine cellars, tasting 3 sorts of the famous Fruska Gora wines. Transfer to Novi Sad. Check in. Overnight.DAY 2 –NOVI SAD –PETROVARADIN –JAGODINA Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Novi Sad- city hall, the cathedral, Liberty Square, the historic center and Petrovaradin Fortress. Transfer to Jagodina. Check in.Overnight.DAY 3 – RAVANICA MONASTERY – RESAVSKA CAVE - VRNJACKA BANJA Breakfast. Visit of Monastery Manasija.Short transfer to the Ravanica Monastery. Visit to Resavska cave, the most famous speleological object of Serbia. Drive to Vrnjacka Banja to the Queen of all Serbia's spa towns. Overnight.DAY 4 – IBAR RIVER GORGE - STUDENICA MONASTERY - ZLATIBOR MOUNTAIN Departure to Kraljevo, monastery of Zica in which seven Serbian kings were crowned. We will drive along the Ibar River Gorge and visit the Studenica Monastery, a UNESCO Heritage site. Transfer through Zlatibor.Check in. Overnight.DAY 5 – UVAC SPECIAL NATURE RESERVE - ZLATIBOR MOUNTAIN Breakfast. Transfer to the Uvac Special Nature Reserve.Boat ride and observation of white-headed vultures. Visit to the Ice cave.Driving back to Zlatibor. Overnight.DAY 6 - MOKRA GORA - SARGAN 8 TRAIN RIDE - SIROGOJNO OPEN AIR MUSEUM - ZLATIBOR Breakfast. Sargan 8 train ride through the well-preserved environment of the Mokra Gora Nature Park.Departure for Mecavnik, wooden ethno complex of famous director Emir Kusturica.Drive to visit the Old Village Sirogojno open air museum.Returning to our hotel in Zlatibor. Free time. Overnight.DAY 7 – KOSJERIC – WEDDING DAY  - BELGRADE Breakfast. Driving toward Kosjeric where you will be part of Serbian Traditional wedding with interactive participation.There you will see folk customs, traditional costumes and with music, food and drink, you will be part of customs.Transfer to Belgrade. Check in. Free time. Overnight.DAY 8 - BELGRADE – ZEMUN - CITY TOUR Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Belgrade: Avala with Tower, the House of Flowers, Dedinje the wealthiest part of Belgrade, panoramic tour of The White palace, Karadjordje’s park and St. Sava’s Temple,National Theatre, Parliament, Republic Square & Kalemegdan Fortress. Departure to Zemun tour: tour begins in front of the Post Office where you will discover the history of this city: Magistar’s Square, Gospodska Street and Masarik’s Square, passing by Karamata’s house and Nikolajevska Church you will get to well-known ’’White Bear’’- the oldest house in Zemun, Madlenianum, Franciscan Monastery and St. John Church, to the Town park, Zemun gymnasium and the House of Aviation. Rich up to Gardoš, one of three hills on which the historical core of Zemun was built. Lunch/ dinner (optional). Back to hotel.Optional-Night clubs. Overnight.DAY 9 – BELGRADE AIRPORT Breakfast. Transfer to airport. End of services.

Private Day Tour to pure nature of Zlatibor Mountain

After you meet your guide at your hotel or other place of your stay in Belgradea you'll continue together towards West. There is a pretty long drive from Belgrade to the first stop, but it won’t be boring at all, since the road lies through very picturesque places and you will enjoy them and our stories about them. Our first destination is Stopica Cave, one of the biggest and most impressive in Serbia. For tourists is opened a 500 meters distance while the whole length of the cave is three times more. You will be amazed with an extensive entrance and dimension of the halls, as well as with the beauty of the cascades and waterfalls, about which a local guide will tell you some interesting things. After the cave we drive to the village Sirogojno, where the ethnological open-air museum “Old Village” is settled. The museum is unique because there are authentic households from the XIX and early XX century preserved in original state and for initial purposes. Here you will see how a typical household in old Zlatibor looked and what was the occupation and mode of life of Zlatibor peasants. The third attraction we are planning to visit is the Gostilje waterfall. It is located in a remote place in the forest surrounded with beautiful untouched nature. The stream is coming on a 20 meters rock here and falls down along mossy stones spraying cold water around. Further the stream continues its running down, but not so steep, and creates a lot of little waterfalls, cascades and rapids. It is an ideal location for those who are searching for peace and quiet. At the end of our journey we have a lunch in a great restaurant Pecinar which is managed by the Pećinar family for six generations already. And after a magnificent lunch it’s time to return back to Belgrade.

Private Multi-day Tour to Zlatibor Mountain and Sargan Eight Railroad

Day 1:Meet your driver/guide at your Belgrade hotel early in the morning and depart in a climate-controlled vehicle for your private 2-day exploration of the West Serbian countryside. Stop by the slopes of Zlatibor Mountain at Stopića Cave, where water cascades from limestone basins. Continue to the village of Sirogojno, which functions as an ethnological open-air museum. Admire the authentic historical buildings. Visit the idyllic Gostilje Waterfall, with its rushing rapids and cascades surrounded by lush nature. Pause for lunch at the Pećinar restaurant (price not included). Savor the local family-style cuisine. Continue to the center of Zlatibor for a stroll through its atmospheric streets, past vibrant cafes. Move on to Mokra Gora for your overnight stay. (Accommodation is not included in the price.)Day 2:Begin your second day in Mokra Gora with breakfast and coffee (price not included) before catching the nostalgic train at the Sargan Eight railway station. Over the course of the 2.5-hour ride, admire views of Mokra Gora mountain from the train as it rolls through the countryside.Disembark at Kustendorf, a town built by the filmmaker Emir Kusturica for his movie ‘Life Is A Miracle.’ Stroll through the town, with a museum, a church, a library, a hotel, and a restaurant, as well as streets named after Kusturica’s heroes like Nikola Tesla, Che Guevara, and Federico Fellini.Break for lunch (not included) at a restaurant called Lotika in Kustendorf. Afterward, return to Belgrade in your private vehicle.

WESTERN SERBIA: ZLATIBOR & TARA MOUNTAINS TWO DAY TRIP

Our tour starts from your accommodation, and we head toward Western Serbia, known for its wild and untouched nature, tasty cuisine and friendly and hospitable people. Two and a half hours ride we’ll spend enjoying the beautiful landscapes and listen to interesting stories about this part of the country. Our first stop is the Zlatibor mountain. The region of Zlatibor is famous for its folk architecture, native culture and traditions, wealthy and diverse ethnic heritage, its widely-renowned culinary specialties, healthy food and the balmy climate which have earned Zlatibor a reputation for its healthy air and the status of one of the most popular tourist destinations in Serbia. Here we will see Sirogojno "Old Village" open-air museum, Stopića Cave and Gostilje Waterfall. After that, we will have a traditional lunch made of specialties of Zlatibor region. (not included). After we have fed our eyes and souls with beauty and our stomachs with good food, we are heading back to Kraljeve Vode, the tourist center of Zlatibor mountain. Here you will have free time to explore the resort individually, or even go for a swim or a massage. Overnight. Tomorrow we will continue our tour by moving to the second pearl of Western Serbia - the Tara mountain. Our first stop is the famous Sargan Eight. Unique narrow-gauge railway nowadays serves only for the amusement. During our ride, we will pass and stop on several viewpoints from which one can see fabulous views over Mokra Gora. Authentic cars with wooden seats, wood burning stove and characteristic rattling sound will take us back in 1925 when this railway was put in operation and made a connection between Belgrade and the Adriatic Sea. After almost two and a half hour ride we are returning to the departing station from where we continue our journey to the nearby Mećavnik, or Drvengrad (Wooden City). The famous director Emir Kusturica (two times Palme D’Or in Cannes winner) decided to build it during the shooting of his film “Life is a miracle.” He chose to convey ruined wooden chalets from the slopes of the mountain, to restore them, equip them with luxurious facilities, and to form a new settlement. Our next stop is Bajina Bašta, a small town in the foothill of Mt. Tara. Here, we will see the world-famous attraction, “The House on the Drina,” an isolated house made of logs on a river stone We will have a traditional lunch made of specialties of the very famous cuisine of Western Serbia, irresistibly delicious and very piquant. (not included) After the meal, we will head back for Belgrade where we will arrive late in the afternoon.

Visegrad, Andricgrad and Drvengrad tour from Sarajevo

Visegrad is town on the Drina river in eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This small town is full of pretty streets but we will dedicate our visit to The Old Stone Bridge, the endowment of Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic. In the ascendant of his powers, he ordered that the most beautiful bridge must be built in Visegrad on the Drina river. The main architect of the bridge was Mimar Sinan, the greatest architect of the Otoman empire. The Bridge is one of the most important national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was entered in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2007. Ivo Andric, Winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote the famous novel "The Bridge on the Drina". The Bridge symbolizes strength, permanence and stability in spite of all disasters. Just nearby this famous bridge is another tourist attraction - Andricgrad, a project of a famous film director Emir Kusturica, inspired by works and characters of mentioned famous writer, nobel prize winner. It is a tourist, cultural, administrative and educational complex, situated on a peninsula between the rivers Drina and Rzav. It is actually a vision of how Visegrad would have looked like if the Renaissance and other historical periods had not gone by it. Before we cross the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia we will visit Dobrun monastery. It is dedicated to the Annunciation and was built in 1343 by Duke Pribil and his sons Stefan and Petar. It was entirely fresco decorated. We will finish the tour by visiting third place - Ethno Village Drvengrad. Drvengrad means wooden town and that’s exactly what you’ll find here. It is located in the Zlatibor region in a nature park Mokra Gora, in Serbia. It's a traditional village, built by mentioned film director Emir Kusturica. Drvengrad is also traditional village in its shape and structure. After received Philippe Rotthier European Architecture award in 2005 Drvengrad was pronounced the best architectural achievement in Europe in the previous 3 years. The village gained a status of a 4 star town hotel complex. Since 2008, every year the village hosts Kustendorf Film and Music Festival. Kusturica has built a cozy little piece of heaven where everyone can find some relaxing distractions from their everyday life. If You are interested in old architecture, or You are traveling across Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia You should definitely visit Visegrad, Andricgrad and Drvengrad at least for one day.