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Belgrade, Serbia |
Check off the highlights of Belgrade and get your bearings in the city on this comprehensive 3-hour sightseeing tour. Explore the New Belgrade, Dedinje, and Upper Town on both sides of the Sava River; walk around Kalemegdan Park and the Belgrade Castle complex; and see landmarks including the Church of Saint Sava, the House of Flowers, and St. Mark’s Church.
Start the tour from your accommodation, and head towards New Belgrade, on the other side of the Sava River.
Built as a new part of the town, after WWII and during the socialist regime, it has many interesting buildings. Ex-Central Committee of the Communist Party, Federal Executive Council, also known as Palace of Federation, Genex Tower or Western Gate of Belgrade, Sava Center, one of the biggest congress halls in this part of Europe, etc.
Cross the Gazela Bridge and head for Dedinje – Belgrade’s most luxurious residential area, where you can see the Museum of History of Yugoslavia and House of Flowers – the resting place of Josip Broz Tito, a leader of the second Yugoslavia.
Continue to the Vračar area, where you can see one of Belgrade’s most prominent landmarks – The Church of St. Sava also known as St. Sava Temple ( entrance fee included), one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world. Shortstop for taking pictures.
By passing Slavija Square, you will enter Nemanjina Street.: Government Building, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Staff of Serbian Army, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Finance, the State Court, After that, Kralja Milana Street with Old and New Royal Palaces. Stop in front of the Parliament Building where there is a short break for taking pictures and a walk between the Old and New Royal Palaces where you can hear the stories about the two dynasties that ruled Serbia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Terazije Square, with its recognizable 19th-century white stone fountain and one of the most beautiful buildings in the city – the Moskva Hotel. Republic Square: the National Museum and the National Theater and Opera buildings/
Walk through Kalemegdan, the oldest and largest park in the city center. Starting from Leopold’s Gate, you will pass by the remains of the Roman castrum – Singidunum and the medieval walls built upon it – Zindan Gate, Despot’s Gate, Jakšića tower, Chapel of St Petka and Ružica Church (Virgin Mary Church).
Upper town (Gornji grad), the magnificent sight of the confluence of two rivers: the Sava and the Danube, Mehmed-pasha Sokolović fountain, the Victor monument by world-renowned sculptor Ivan Meshtrovic, one of Belgrade landmarks, Roman well, the King’s gate and Sava promenade, the Damat Ali Pasha Tomb, Clock Gate (Sahatkapija) Clock Tower (Sahatkula), Military Museum and Istanbul’s gate (Stambol gate), Monument of Gratitude to France.
Through the pedestrian street Knez Mihajlova, you will reach Republic Square once again passing by many interesting examples of civil architecture from the 19th and 20th century, such as the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts.