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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 4:00 am Post subject: SERBIA TOURISM GUIDE / TOURISM IN SERBIA |
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SERBIA TOURISM GUIDE
GENERAL
Blighted by years of war, Serbia is beginning to re-emerge as a tourist destination and is fast becoming one of Europe's hottest 'undiscovered' spots.
Visitors can explore Belgrade's museums and galleries, enjoy world-class opera and theatre productions or check out the city's burgeoning club scene. Or they may head to elegant Novi Sad, stretching along the banks of the Danube, and known as the 'Serbian Athens'. The city is host to Exit, southeast Europe's largest music festival.
Beyond the cities, Serbia encompasses vineyards, majestic gorges and vast national parks, and is home to 80 per cent of all bird species found in Europe.
Serbia borders Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, the Kosovo region and Albania to the south, Montenegro to the southwest, Bosnia & Herzegovina to the west and Croatia to the northwest. The province of Kosovo, now administered by the UN, is in the south, and shares borders with Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of) and Albania. Serbia is dominated by the flat, fertile farmland of the Danube and Tisza valleys. The scenery varies from rich Alpine valleys, vast fertile plains and rolling green hills to bare, rocky gorges as much as 1140m (3800ft) deep, thick forests and gaunt limestone mountain regions. Belgrade, the capital, lies on the Danube.
BELGRADE
With a population of 2 million, Belgrade, on the southern tier of the Carpathian Basin where the River Sava links up with the Danube, is your gateway to the country. The city has been "the capital of the Serbs" since 1403 when the Turks drove the Serbs northward. The train station lies on the south side of Belgrade. From the station, trams 1, 2, or 13 head for the Kalemegdan Citadel, on the north side of town and a major attraction. A Roman camp in the 1st century a.d., today, this is a complex of Orthodox churches, Turkish baths, Muslin tombs, and a big military museum presenting a warlike view of the country.
The art and culture of Serbia are showcased at the National Museum, Trg Republike 1A, which displays everything from ancient artifacts to Picasso. Serbian folkloric costumes are best seen at the Ethnographical Museum, Studentski Trg 13. A section of great charm is Skadarlija, originally settled by gypsies but later turned into a retreat for bohemians. Much of its 19th-century artistic flavour remains intact. |
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