A medieval fortress with nine towers climbing the cliffs at the entrance to the Iron Gates, the dramatic gorge where the Danube cuts through the Carpathians between Serbia and Romania. The fortress has been restored, with a visitor centre.
Drive along the Danube through the Đerdap National Park, where the river narrows to 150 m. See Lepenski Vir, a Mesolithic settlement with stone sculptures from 7000 BC. It's about 2 hours from Belgrade.
A fortress on a ridge above the meeting of the Sava and Danube rivers, fought over by Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans and Austrians, now surrounded by t…
A huge 18th-century fortress on the Danube, called the 'Gibraltar of the Danube', with a clock tower whose hands are reversed, so that boatmen could …
One of the most important Serbian Orthodox monasteries, founded in the 12th century by Stefan Nemanja, founder of the medieval Serbian state.
A national park of forested mountains along the Drina River on the border with Bosnia.
More than 200 earth pyramids, 2 to 15 m high, each topped with a stone 'cap', formed by erosion on a hillside in southern Serbia.
A river that winds in tight meanders through a deep limestone canyon in south-western Serbia, a nature reserve famous for its large colony of griffon…
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