Our private English speaking driver guide will meet clients at their Belgrade hotel at 09.00AM. Enjoy this morning a city tour of Belgrade, capital of Serbia since 1403, when Despot Stefan, son of Tsar Lazar, moved his palace here.
We will start our day by cruising the streets of Belgrade. First we'll be heading to New Belgrade, on the left bank of the Sava River, to see some Communist-style apartment blocks. We pass by the Sava Congress Center before continuing to Zemun. Then we will return to the old part of the town to pass through the luxurious residential area of Dedinje. We will stop to pay a visit to the Memorial Complex of Josip Broz Tito. En route way to the old center of the city we will see the new church of St. Sava. This is the third largest Orthodox Church in Europe, being built at the place where in 1594 Sinnan Pasha had the holy relics of St. Sava burned at the stake. We then see the Federal Assembly building of former Yugoslavia and palaces from Serbian dynasties until WWII.
Our tour of Belgrade will continue driving through the old part of the town. We will see elegant Republic Square, where monuments such as the National Theatre and the National Museum and Student’s Square. Then we will drive around Fortress of Kalemegdan which is the symbol of Belgrade, and is situated at the mouth of River Sava flowing into the Danube. We will finish our tour by a visit to the oldest quarters of the 19th century with the 'Question mark sign' Inn, Princess Ljubica's Residence (now housing a permanent exhibition of original furniture), the Patriarchy |
