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A holiday for the nature lovers

VISITING Zlatibor, Gostijle Waterfalls, Sirogojno, Ovcar, Kablar, Tara National Park, Spajici Lake, Perucac, Mokra Gora, Uvac Lake, Ice Cave, Uzice & Stopica Cave

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FRIDAY | We meet at 1.45pm for our Wizzair flight departing to Belgrade at 3.45pm. On arrival at 5.40pm, we are transferred to our 4-star Hotel Zlatibor Mona in Zlatibor, check in and overnight.

SATURDAY | We start off our stay with an optional full-day excursion taking us to Zlatibor Mountain, the most famous mountain resort in Serbia and then to Gostilje waterfalls. We will walk along the beautiful Zlatibor Lake and fragrant meadows with a short break on the local market where one can buy traditional products such as woodcarvings, handwork crafts and souvenirs, smoked ham, and kaymak, a traditional creamy dairy product. We will then drive to Sirogojno and visit the “Staro Selo Sirogojno”, an open-air museum or “ethno village” known as the Old Village Museum. The ethno village displays a set of traditional wooden buildings, including a bakery, a dairy, and an inn, all in authentic form. The village of Sirogojno was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1983, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia. We will procced to the beautiful waterfalls Gostilje.

SUNDAY | Our optional full-day excursion today will take us towards a location situated in central Serbia, where the Zapadna Morava river has carved a gorge, impressive in scale, between the mountains of Ovcar and Kablar. Here, we will have time for a boat ride before heading towards a medieval monastery, unique for its location and the era in which it cames into being. In terms of it’s cultural and spiritual significance, as well as its artistic value, this monastery is second only to the monasteries of Fruka Gora.

MONDAY | Today, we will go for a very pleasant full-day optional excursion, taking us to the Tara National Park. The Park is especially famous for its fascinating nature. We will enjoy a tour of Lazici Dam while observing Spajici Lake and the area where the famous Pancic’s Spruce was discovered in 1875. We will then drive back to Perucac and enjoy lunch (extra) at one of the Restaurants looking to the turquoise green river Drina and the small wooden house in the middle of the river.

TUESDAY | Another beautiful half-day optional excursion awaits us today! We will drive towards Mokra Gora and enjoy an Archaic Sargan Eight train ride by narrowgauge railway passing gorgeous Tara Mountain landscape. We will visit the Wooden Town located on the top of Mecavnik Hill, a traditional settlement founded by famous film director Emir Kusturica. We later return back to Zlatibor and enjoy the afternoon for personal sightseeing.

WEDNESDAY | Today we can enjoy a day surrounded by nature! Our full-day optional excursion today will take us to visit Uvac Lake, consisting of a compound of unreal meanders that nature carved in a miraculous way, showing off the most beautiful color of crystal-clear waters. Our day will help us forget about civilization for a short while and we can relax whilst hearing the sounds of nature and enjoying the unspoiled natural wealth. We will also go on a 3-hour boat ride through the canyon where we will find also one of the caves of the Uvac system – the Ice Cave, showing of its halls with big white pillars, crossed with red and blue shades.

THURSDAY | Our last full-day optional excursion will take us first to Stopica Cave (extra), famous for its 10 meters high subterranean waterfall but also its climate: it is warm during summertime but cold in winter. The Stopica cave, on the left bank of the Pritavica River, is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Western Serbia, near the city of Uzice. We will then make our way to Uzice, stopping at Kadinjaca Memorial Complex. This spomenik complex commemorates the brave actions of the soldiers at the Worker’s Battalion who died protection the Republic of Uzice at Kadinjaca Mountain. We then proceed to the city of Uzice. Set in the valley of Detinja River, surrounded by magnificent beauties of mountains Tara and Zlatibor, there is a center of the former Republic of Uice and one of the eight Tito’s cities – the city of Uzice. Many people pass by this city which holds a long and wild history.

FRIDAY | After checking out of our rooms, we will start our drive back to Belgrade airport for our Wizzair flight departing at 1.05pm and arriving in Malta at 3.00pm.

PRICE PER PERSON PRICE INCLUDES

* SPECIAL PRICE

Adult in Triple Adult in Twin

¢639 ¢539 ¢659 ¢559 Adult in Single ¢859 ¢759 Child sharing with 2 adults ¢419 ¢319 Half Board (7 buffet dinners) ¢99

* Special price applies when half board & all excursions are taken Wizzair return flights to Belgrade airport 7 nights in 4-star Hotel Zlatibor Mona in Zlatibor or similar Rooms with private facilities, TV & WiFi 7 buffet breakfasts Usage of Wellness Centre in Hotel Zlatibor Mona Return airport transfers Services of tour leader Airport taxes and service charge Insolvency Fund EXCURSIONS

ADULT CHILD

= Zlatibor Mountain/Gostilje Waterfalls ¢39 ¢20 Ovcar-Kablar Gorge ¢52 ¢32 Tara National Park ¢46 ¢30 Mokra Gora (incl. train ride) ¢49 ¢30 Uvac Lake/Ice Cave (incl. boat ride, sandwich & drink) ¢55 ¢35 Uzice/Stopica Cave ¢41 ¢20 NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE City tax of ¢1.30 per person per night (from 12 years upwards) is to be paid directly at hotel. Children between the ages of 6 and 12 pay 50% (¢0.65 per night) Stopica Cave - ¢3 Adult/¢2 Child

* All above prices are subject to change

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