Belgrade
Serbia · 117 m
Description
Belgrade (Beograd) stands on the ridge where the Sava runs into the Danube, which is why it has been fought over roughly forty times and rebuilt after most of them. Kalemegdan fortress occupies the point itself and is now the city park, with the confluence laid out below it. Nothing here is preserved the way Prague is preserved, and the city trades instead on being alive at three in the morning, in the floating clubs moored along both rivers and in the bars of Savamala and Cetinjska. Skadarlija, the old bohemian lane, is the one deliberately pretty street.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 2 to 5 days (optimal 3 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: May – June or September – October
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Highlights
- Kalemegdan fortress and the Sava-Danube confluence
- Skadarlija bohemian quarter
- Church of Saint Sava
- Splav floating river clubs
- Knez Mihailova pedestrian street
- Cetinjska and the Savamala bar quarters
- Zemun and the Gardos tower
- Cevapi, pljeskavica and the grill houses
- Ada Ciganlija river beach (June - August)
- Nikola Tesla Museum
- Museum of Yugoslavia and the House of Flowers
- Bajrakli Mosque and the Dorcol quarter
- Danube and Sava riverbank walks
- Rakija bars and the fruit brandy tastings
- Zeleni Venac and Kalenic markets
- Avala tower and the monument to the unknown hero(Day trip)
- Brutalist New Belgrade blocks
Getting there
- Airports:
- BEG
- Train stations:
- Beograd Centar
- Seaport:
- Reachable by ship or ferry