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BELGRADE TOURS Tower Of Avala Kalemegdan & City Center Four Faiths In One God Millenia Tower On Danube Royal Belgrade River Cruise Skadarlija - Bohemian Quarter Museum Tours EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE Novi Sad & Sremski Karlovci Novi Sad, Sremski Karlovci & Ethno House Maradik The Castles Of Vojvodina Subotica & Palic Lake Trails Of Serbian Kings Old Roman Empire & Zasavica Ethno Village Stanisici Viminacium & Silver Lake Homolje Caves & Waters Miracleous Monastery And Tradition

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BELGRADE TOURS Tower Of Avala

Pick up from the hotel.

Journey to the Monument of the Unknown Hero - the greatest symbol of Masonic presence in Belgrade. The whole medieval for tress was demolished so that Masons could show their power, and they built what many consider one of the greatest monuments in the world of Masonry. In this place, the Germans buried one of the soldiers in the grave and placed a cross with the inscription "The unknown Serbian soldier" in 1915. The construction of the Monument of the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala was initiated by King Aleksandar I, whom many experts argue to have belonged to Masonic order. The monument was officially the memorial to the victims of World War II. Visit to the "Known hero", Avala Tower, and tour of the lookout at 180 meters above the top where the tower is placed, where you can see all of Belgrade and its surroundings. During favourable weather conditions, you can see almost half of Serbia from the lookout...

Optional visit of the Museum of Mining on Avala, and the first mine from the Roman Empire. This is one of the oldest mines in Europe. During the tour, shaft that is designed for visitors is entered.

Visit of the unique restaurant �Stari majdan� (Old mine), carved into the old village quarry in ethno style.

Return to the hotel.

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BELGRADE TOURS Kalemegdan & City Center

Pick up from the hotel.

Tour of the centre of Belgrade and its oldest squares: Slavija, Square of Nikola Pasic, where there are The National Assembly and the Belgrade City Assembly, some of the most beautiful buildings in Belgrade. Visit of the square Terazije and Terazijska cesma (fountain), walk in Knez Mihailova street, one of the oldest in Belgrade, where once a road to Constantinople went.

Visit of the Kalemegdan fortress and rest at Belgrade Victor Monument. - Belgrade Fortress is a city fortress around which the present Belgrade spread and grew. It was built at the beginning of the 1st century and developed over the centuries in the Roman castrum,the Byzantine castle, medieval fortified capital of the Serbian Despotate and finally the Austrian-Ottoman artillery fortification. Today it is a museum of the past of Belgrade, and with Kalemegdan field it makes a unique cultural and historical site within the Kalemegdan park.

Visit of the Church of St. Petka at Kalemegdan. Church of St. Petka is located in the Lower Town of the Belgrade fortress and it was built on the site of the miraculous spring. Ruzica Church still guards one part of the relics of St. Petka.

Visit of the museum in the tower Nebojsa. At the end of north eastern bastion in the Lower Town is the best preserved and the largest medieval tower of Belgrade fortress. The Greek national hero Riga od Fere was executed there in 1798. The tower was built on the banks of the river around 1460 to protect the entrance to the medieval port.

Return to the hotel.

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BELGRADE TOURS Four Faiths In One God Tour of Belgrade's most important temples

Pick up from the hotel.

Tour starts at the largest active Orthodox temple in the world - the Temple of Saint Sava. It is the largest Orthodox temple in the Balkans and on the basis of surface and volume the largest Orthodox church in the world. It was built on the site which is thought to be the place where Sinan Pasa burned the remains of St. Sava, the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in 1595.

Walk to the Catholic Church of Christ the King nearby, where we will hear the history of the Catholic presence in Belgrade.

Walk to the Church of St. Marko, one of the most beautiful monuments of Byzantine-Serbian architecture, and the second largest church in Belgrade. In the temple, there is a sarcophagus with the remains of the largest and most powerful European rulers in the first half of the 14th century, Serbian Emperor Dusan Silni (the Mighty).

For Russian tourists, but the others as well, there is the opportunity to visit a very significant Russian church of the Holy Trinity.

Visit of the Belgrade Synagogue Sukat Shalom. The construction of the synagogue was completed in 1925. It got its name, Sukat Shalom in 2002 and today it is the only functioning synagogue in Belgrade and in Serbia.

Tour of the Saborna Crkva (Orthodox Cathedral), which has one of the best choirs in Serbia and frescoes of mosaics of exquisite beauty.

Tour of the Bajrakli Mosque, the only mosque in Belgrade remained after the departure of the Turks in the 19th century.

Return to the hotel.

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Tour of Belgrade's most important temples

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Millenia Tower On Danube

Pick up from the hotel.

Visit of the Gardos tower - one of the four millennium towers of the Hungarian kingdom. Zemun's millennium building was built on the most prominent part of the Gardos hill, on the ruins of a medieval fortress. From the place where the tower is, one can see almost the entire Belgrade and this is perhaps the most beautiful lookout in the city.

Climbing the stairs to the tower, between Gardos houses.

Visit of the gallery and the lookout.

Descent from Gardos to the Danube through cobbled Sindjelic Street, where there are various cafes and shops with products of handicrafts, and architecture of the houses preserved the memory of the 18th and 19th century.

Tour of St. Nikola Church, the most famous church in Zemun, and a tour of icon painting workshops.

Walk on the Danube quay and lunch in one of the inn on the banks of the Danube.

Recommendation is fresh fish which fishermen remove from the nets every morning, filled by the Danube.

Return to the hotel.

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BELGRADE TOURS Royal Belgrade

Pick up from the hotel.

Coach tour to the Royal Palace - The White Palace is a royal palace and a part of the complex and park on over 100 acres in the exclusive area of Belgrade. It was built between the two world wars, and the royal family Karadjordjevic lived there. The palace was decorated in the EnglishGregorian style with Russian antiques. It is the work of the French decorator firm Jansen, which later decorated the White House in Washington as well.

Tour of Milos Residence - Residence of Prince Milos in Topcider is the residence which was built for Milos Obrenovic in 1831, after Serbia gained autonomous status within the Ottoman Empire, and Prince Milos hereditary princely dignity. In front of this building is one of the oldest and most beautiful plane trees in Europe, protected as a natural rarity (it is over 160 years old). The building was built in the style typical of the representative Ottoman residences.

Return to the hotel.

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BELGRADE TOURS River Cruise

Arrival at the place of departure of the ship in the afternoon or evening hours.

Belgrade is especially beautiful at night, when both bridges are lit up, and when the river looks like you've landed at the bosom of the city.

Boarding the ship. Ride to Ada Ciganlija MakiS, by the small raft houses on the water. From the river you can see all the important buildings of Belgrade.

Passing through the confluence of the Sava and Danube below Belgrade Fortress and Belgrade bridges.

Return to the hotel.

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Skadarlija – Bohemian Quarter

Every ancient city in the world has a place that was created by ordinary people, built by ordinary craftsmen, and a legend of it lives on, although there nor the king or tsars used to gather. But poets and all those to whom the deviance of the world was the inspiration to create beautiful works of literature, and a night of revelry a valve to the burdened souls, did. Serbian poets and writers have left a deep mark in their tavern "offices.“ That is how the bohemian legend of Skadarlija or Skadarska Street in Belgrade appeared, the legend which still preser ves the architecture of the 19th century and the city's oldest pubs and restaurants, such as the Tri Sesira (Three Hats), Dva Bela Goluba (Two White Doves), but also the more modern ones which follow the tradition, such as Putujuci Glumac (Travelling Actor).

Evening walk through the center of Belgrade, from the Belgrade Fortress, through Knez Mihailova Street, across the Republic Square to the streets of Skadarlija. Walk through Skadarlija which is still paved with cobblestones.

Visit to one of the restaurants for dinner and a night full of music and emotion.

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BELGRADE TOURS Museum Tour

Pick up from the hotel at the appointed time.

Tour of the most important museums in the city center.

Military museum - a permanent exhibition of military items of Serbian and other armies which fought wars in this region.

Residence of Princess Ljubica (wife of the leader of the Second Serbian Uprising) - The authentic building from 1831. The permanent exhibition at the Residence consists of original furniture, made in Oriental-Balkan style, as well as other styles of that time (Classicism, Biedermeier, neo-baroque). It is possible to arrange the program “A coffee at Princess Ljubica's” - performance by the curator of the Museum of Belgrade, service – coffee and Turkish delight, tour of the Residence.

Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church - History of Serbian Orthodox Church, with several priceless exhibits.

Return to the hotel.

Museum of Nikola Tesla Visit to the Museum of Nikola Tesla, one of the most renowned scientists worldwide.

Museum's rich holdings of the life and work of the famous Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla arrived upon the judicial decision of the American government, which declared a cousin of Nikola Tesla, Sava Kosanovi , the sole heir. According to Tesla's desire Kosanovi transferred all personal property and documentation of Nikola Tesla to Belgrade in 1951.

Belgrade museum preserves the original personal inheritance of Nikola Tesla.

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EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE Novi Sad & Sremski Karlovci

Departure from Belgrade and drive to Sremski Karlovci .

Visit of the wine cellars in Karlovac and tasting of the famous Karlovac wine Bermet - BERMET is a traditional Karlovac's aromatic wine, which was once very popular. Viennese court was, during the Austro-Hungarian rule in this area, buying litres of this nectar in advance from the people of Karlovac for their needs. The favourite gift to the court in London was a gift from Vienna if there is Bermet in it. Also, several bottles of Bermet were found on the sunken Titanic.

Visit of the Patriarchal church in which there is an unusual picture of Moses with horns, and patriarchal home.

Visit of the Petrovaradin fortress, which is located in Novi Sad, on the Petrovaradin rock, on the right bank of the Danube. The present castle was built on the site of an earlier medieval building in the period from 1692 to 1780 by Austria due to the constant threat of the Turks and the proximity of the border with the Ottoman Empire. Because of its size and dominance is also called the Gibraltar of the Danube.

Tour of the centre of Novi Sad. Visit of the Monastery Hopovo and the adoration of 1,700-year-old relics of the holly warrior Teodor Tiron. Sv. Teodor Tiron is a Christian saint and Great Martyr. This saint was the first patron saint of the city Venice.

Visit to a wine tasting in the wine cellar Mackov podrum (Tomcat's cellar), which has nearly 300-year-old tradition of wine production. The trademark of the family was a "cat". Hence the name of the wine cellar Mackov podrum.

Return to Belgrade.

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Novi Sad, Sremski Karlovci & Ethno House Maradik

Departure from Belgrade Visit of the Petrovaradin fortress, which is located in Novi Sad, on the Petrovaradin rock, on the right bank of the Danube. The present castle was built on the site of an earlier medieval building in the period from 1692 to 1780 by Austria due to the constant threat of the Turks and the proximity of the border with the Ottoman Empire. Because of its size and dominance is also called the Gibraltar of the Danube.

Tour of the centre of Novi Sad. Departure to Fruska Gora and Monastery Krusedol Serbian Orthodox monastery on Fruska Gora in Vojvodina, the mountain which hides 16 Orthodox monasteries. Monastery was founded by the family of the last Serbian despot in Srem - Brankovic.

Family of Djordje Brankovic, two patriarchs of the Serbian Orthodox

Church and King Milan Obrenovic were buried in Krusedol.

Lunch in ethno house Maradik which is also a museum. - Ethno house in Maradik is an authentic building about 150 years old. It was adapted for tourist visits so that people could learn more about the tradition, culture, customs and way of life of the population of this area.

Visit of the wine cellars in Karlovac and tasting of the famous Karlovac wine Bermet BERMET is a traditional Karlovac's aromatic wine, which was once very popular.

Viennese court was, during the Austro-Hungarian rule in this area, buying litres of this nectar in advance from the people of Karlovac for their needs. The favourite gift to the court in London was a gift from Vienna if there is Bermet in it. Also, several bottles of Bermet were found on the sunken Titanic.

Visit of the Patriarchal church in which there is an unusual picture of Moses with horns, and patriarchal home. It is possible to go to a lookout point, to the Chapel of Peace, and the Museum of Karlovac, depending on the wishes of the group.

Return to Belgrade.

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EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE The Castles Of Vojvodina

Departure from Belgrade.

Drive to Kulpina and a tour of the castle Dundjerski. The castle was owned by several Serbian and Hungarian families before it was sold to Lazar Dundjerski in 1889.

Visit of the Fantast castle which was built in several stages and completed in 1925.

The tower and four corner towers were constructed in neo-Gothic style, and ceremonial hall and both of the inputs were made in the neoclassical style. In addition to the castle the church (chapel) in neo-Byzantine style was built, dedicated to St. George. The castle was named after the most famous horse of the property owner Bogdan Dundjerski.

Drive to Novi Becej to Sokolac castle, built by Lazar Dundjerski in the last decades of the 19th century.

The owner of the castle Lazar Dundjerski was a good gambler and there is an interesting story about how he lost and regained the castle at gamble.

Lunch in a restaurant in Novi Becej.

Tour of centre of Becej. Becej is a town more than 900 years old. It contains many cultural and historical monuments. At the hear t of its monumentality stands Serbian Orthodox Church. It was built in 1858, and constructed in the Byzantine style. The church also highlights the high iconostasis with classicist-romantic decorations and with 63 icons, done by a well-known painter Uros Predic.

Departure to Kastel Ecka - The opening ceremony of the kastel in 1820. was very spectacular and it was attended by 300 distinguished guests from Vienna and Budapest, including the famous Count Esterhazy, the richest and most famous nobleman in Ugarska. Kastel was a center for lovers of hunt, whose frequent guests were the Austro - Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the Serbian Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic.

Return to Belgrade.

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EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE Palic Lake & Open Museum City

Departure from Belgrade.

Journey to Subotica - Subotica city centre is like an open air museum of predominantly Art Nouveau but also of Baroque and Classical architecture: in churches (the Cathedral, Serbian Or thodox Church, Franciscan church and others), Theatre and Library buildings, blue and green fountains and numerous tenanment buildings. The Town Hall, the Synagogue, the Raichle Palace and dozens of other attractive buildings listed Subotica among the most interesting Art Nouveau towns in Europe.

Walk around Palic, the lake and the settlement of the same name is 8 kilometers north of Subotica.

Beautiful buildings from the start of the 20th century, lavish parks, the lake, an uncommon tranquility and peace make Palic an ideal resting place. Famous Palic ZOO is recognized not only by its rich collection of plants and animals, but also by the human approach to accommodating animals. Beaches, a thermal pool, a cycle route, promenades, facilities for culture, entertainment and sports, and a variety of excellent events complement the offer of Palic, the well-known tourist centre.

Lunch at complex “Majkin Salas” (Mothers farm) – which extends to the estate of 30 ha. It is 2500 meters from the shores of Lake Palic. Ethno park consists of two farms - Mothers and Flowery, ponds, small horse farm, farm yard and vast orchards.

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EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE Trails Of Serbian Kings

Departure from Belgrade in the morning.

Arrival at Topola and visit of the royal mausoleum - the Church of St. George at Oplenac, and the museum - home of Petar Church of Saint George was built as a temple and mausoleum of the royal family Karadjordjevic. It is known for White marble church with mosaic that makes 725 compositions, with 1500 figures painted in 3500 m2. Mosaic is made of over 40 million pieces of colored glass and gold. In the crypt there are 39 graves with tombstones of Decani onyx. The royal objects and the royal crown are in the museum.

Visit of the wine cellar Aleksandrovic for a wine tasting and vineyard tour. Family Aleksandrovic has been engaged in viticulture and enology for more than a hundred years. The family had 30,000 vines by the beginning of World War II, and has been working closely with growers and winemakers of the king's cellar from the beginning. Today, the family Aleksandrovic is the leading Serbian private winery with their wines.

Lunch at the restaurant Vozd in Topola, or in the restaurant Aleksandar in Arandjelovac.

Arrival in Arandjelovac and tour of the Cave Risovaca and mineral water Bukovicka Spa - Cave Risovaca has existed since the Old Stone Age and the prehistoric man - Neanderthal - lived there.

A skeleton of a cave bear was found in the cave. Knez Milos mineral water is produced when the water, runs through the granite from which it draws its specific combination of minerals on its way from 500 yards of depth.

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EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE Old Roman Empire & Zasavica

Departure from Belgrade.

Drive to Sremska Mitrovica – Sirmium. It was an ancient city and one of the four capitals of the Roman Empire. Sirmium has emerged at the confluence of the Sava and Bosut, at the southern slopes of Fruska Gora, in 1st century. It is assumed that it was founded by the Illyrians. Seven rulers of the Roman Empire were born in Sirmium and its surroundings. Sirmium became the capital of the Roman Empire in 3rd century during the reign of Gallery.

Visit of the nature reserve Zasavica - Zasavica is protected as a Special Nature Reserve in order to preserve the natural streams and wetlands with a wide variety of flora and fauna, natural rarities and endangered species. In addition to serious scientific research of amateur ornithologists and other nature lovers the reserve offers the possibility of Bird watching. Zasavica is also the reserve of the European beaver, Balkan and Banat donkey, Podolian cattle and old-breed pigs Mangalitza.

Program in Zasavica Visit of the Visitors Centre A brief walking tour with a guide at the reserve - optional Boat ride - optional Lunch: Mangalitza stew - optional Return to Belgrade.

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EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE Ethno Village StanisiciÂ

Departure from Belgrade.

Drive to the border crossing Badovinci Republic Srpska.

Arrival to ethno village Stanisici.

Visit of the village accompanied by a guide.

Ethno village Stanisici was founded in 2003, thanks to the inspiration of Boris Stanisic. The village has two parts. One, composed of wood, is a secular life. It consists of wooden houses - chalets, with furniture and household items from the same era. Houses are linked with paved paths, and there are two lakes in the village centre. The second part represents the spiritual character, with the medieval architecture built in stone, which is actually a collection of replicas of historical and religious significance.

Free time for individual activities.

Visit of the town centre of Bijeljina, where a lady remained permanently in love with the biggest Serbian seducer and poet Jovan Ducic. The monastery of Sv. Vasilije Ostroski is in the center.

Drive to the Dvorovi Spa. It was established after the discovery of thermal water while drilling for oil exploration in 1957 in Semberija. According to its characteristics, the water is oligo-mineral, and temperature of thermal water on the surface is 75 ° C. In the summer months, it is possible to bathe in the thermal waters.

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EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE Viminacium & Silver Lake

Departure from Belgrade.

Journey to Smederevo, the capital of Serbia before its fall under the Turkish govern. Tour of Smederevo Fortress, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe. The fortress is a cultural and historical heritage of exceptional value, as well as an exclusive space for music and drama and other cultural events.

Journey to Viminacium. Visit to the archaeological site Viminacium where there are the remains of the capital of the Roman province of Upper Moesia and the legionary camp. Viminacium has a special significance as the leading Roman metropolis in this part of the Danube lines. A skeleton of a mammoth was recently discovered in the site.

Drive to Silver Lake which is located 110 km from Belgrade. This is one of the most beautiful lakes in Serbia and one of the favourite resorts of tourists and fishermen. It is located on an attractive location surrounded by historical and cultural sites. With extraordinary beauty, the lake was named the Serbian sea.

Lunch in one of the restaurants on Silver Lake.

Visit of the fortress Ram. On the right bank of the Danube, on a steep cliff with a beautiful view of the river, there are the walls of the medieval town of Ram and many nations throughout histor y ravished for it, such as

Hungarians,

Byzantines and Turks.

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EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE Homolje Caves & Waters

Departure from Belgrade.

Journey to Despotovac.

Visit of the Miniatures Park - Park of models with the setting - medieval Serbian monasteries, made in the ratio of 1:17 relative to objects in their actual size.

Models are made as a perfect copy of the churches in reality.

Visit of the monastery Manasija - Manasija Monastery (Resava) is one of the most significant monuments of medieval Serbian culture. The monastery was built by Despot Stefan Lazarevic, whose relics, according to some experts, are located in the southern part of the church. The monastery was the cultural center of the Despotate. Its "Resavska School" was a copying workshop and was a source of written works and translations even after the fall of the Despotate, throughout the entire 15th and 16th century.

Visit of Resava cave which is one of the oldest surveyed caves in the country, about 80 million years old, while the age of cave adornments is estimated to be 45 million years old. The temperature is constant at 7 ° C, while the humidity varies from 80100%. The interior of the cave has numerous and varied venues, canals, galleries, columns, stalactites, stalagmites, draperies and petrified waterfalls.

Lunch at the restaurant “Vodopad“ in Lisine.

Visit to the waterfall Veliki buk Lisina, which is a ten-minute drive from Resavska cave. It is over 20 meters high and considered one of the highest waterfalls in Serbia. And it is protected as a natural monument.

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EXCURSIONS FROM BELGRADE Miracleous Monastery & Tradition

Departure from Belgrade.

Ride to monastery Koporin.

Visit of the monastery. Monastery with the Church of St. Stephen, a cultural monument of great importance, is in the same village, 6 km from Velika Plana in an inaccessible ar ea. Ther e is no information about the founder and time of construction of the temple. It was in the ruins until 1880, when the first renewal started. Next to the church is a healing spring, which is said to cure vision.

The journey to the church Pokajnica. Pokajnica church was built of oak in 1818 by Duke Vujica Vulicevic under order of Prince Milos Obrenovic, and dedicated to St. Nikola. According to tradition, it was built for committed sins (murder of Karadjordje), and the people named it Pokajnica.

The journey to Radovanjski Grove - the oak forest that belongs to the category of cultural monuments of great importance, as a natural monument and a memorial.

The leader of the First Serbian Uprising , Karadjordje Petrovic was killed and initially burried here.

The journey to the ethno village "Moravski konaci“ and lunch. It is located in the very heart of Serbia, in Velika Plana and consists of native old houses (apartments), which were carefully dismantled in the abandoned Serbian villages and re-assembled in this location. The interior is adapted to modern lifestyles. A beautiful restaurant built of wood and glass will welcome you with friendly staff dressed in Serbian folk costumes and old Serbian specialties Time at leisure.

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