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Travel to Serbia


Serbia is situated in 2 geographic and cultural parts of Europe: Central Europe- Pannonian plain, and Southeastern Europe- Balkan peninsula. This boundary splits Serbia roughly in ratio 1:3 alongside Danube and Sava rivers. The northern part of the Republic are Central-European lowlands while the southern parts are hilly and mountainous. There are more than 15 mountain peaks rising to over 2,000 metres above sea level. The navigable rivers are the Danube, Sava and Tisa. A moderate continental climate predominates, with more Mediterranean climate in the south.

  

The great variety of beautiful scenery and cultural and historical monuments, curative spas, hunting grounds and fishing areas give the basis for Serbia's tourism. International roads and railway lines link Western/Central Europe with Greece, Turkey, the Near East, Asia and Africa. The main air transport routes between West and East and North and South cross this country, too.

  

were the crossroads of various civilizations in the past, with different spiritual, architectural, artistic and cultural influences. Serbian culture and its historical heritage is diverse because of mixture of various influences. Numerous prehistoric and classical monuments represent some unique examples of the changing times (Vinca culture, Starcevo culture, Lepenski Vir, etc). Serbia is a land of natural, historic, cultural and ethnic contrasts.

  

Northern lowlands, or Vojvodina province, is the Central European part of the country and differs from the south by its sophisticated style, pure European culture and different mentality of its people. Fruska Gora hills are the only mountains in that part of Central Europe. The Central Serbia is rolling region hills with fields, hedges, orchards and meadows. Southern Serbia has big mountain ranges with wide river valleys and hollows. The altitude of some of the mountains is over 2,500 m, highest peak being in Kosovo province- Djeravica with 2,656 m above sea level.

  

Eastern Serbia is covered with mountains which belong to the Carpathian mountains but also to the Balkan mountain system. Here the Danube river cuts the Kazan, the longest and narrowest part of the Djerdap Gorge. Western Serbia is another mountainous region, with many picturesque canyons, forests and great natural and climatic advantages. Waters in Serbia - rivers, lakes, artificial lakes and mineral springs, represent an important natural resource for tourism. The Danube, the largest and the most important waterway in Europe flows through Serbia, covering some 591 km inside its borders. River Sava used to be the largest national river of Yugoslavia, connecting Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia in length of about 900 km; the river's mouth are located north of Ljubljana and the river's end is in Belgrade, where it flows into the Danube under a spectacular ancient fortress of Kalemegdan.

  

Flora and fauna are especially attractive. Throughout Serbia there are numerous animal species and game stock, which is a very favourable precondition for the hunting tourism. Many tourist resorts have sprung up with accommodation facilities, ideal for rest and recreation, situated in this diverse combination of natural and human mightiness. As a tourist area, Serbia has a very long tradition. For more than 150 years, guests have been coming to Serbian spas- Palic and Vrnjacka Banja being the best-known among tourists. The current receptive basis of tourism and catering industry consists of 125,000 beds in basic and supplementary accommodation facilities. There are nearly 40,000 hotel beds in various classes.

  

Ensure you visit these cities Beograd (Belgrade), Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac, Priština, Prizren, Subotica, Leskovac, Zrenjanin, Kruševac, Pancevo, Smederevo.