HISTORY AND SCENIC VIEWS
Travel along the Danube from Belgrade to Iron Gates to see the area’s most famous sights. With live, professional guidance and in an air-conditioned vehicle, you will visit the famous Golubac Fortress and Lepenski Vir Museum, which has the oldest Mesolithic sculptures in Europe. You will also see the stunning beauty of the longest composite valley in Europe. You will have the chance to feel the unique atmosphere of Eastern Serbia and taste the area’s traditional products.
What’s included:
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Transport by air-conditioned van/minibus
- Services of a professional, certified English-speaking guide
Exclusions:
- Full traditional Serbian lunch (optional) = 1,700rsd (15€) per person (payable only in cash)
- Entrance fee for Golubac Fortress = 750rsd (6,5€) per person
- Entrance fee for Lepenski Vir museum = 550rsd (4,5€) per person
- Gratuities (optional)
Price
Shared tour (small group)
Our shared tour is still small enough to ensure a personalized experience. Although the maximum is 18 passengers (we don’t use vehicles larger than that on this tour), there’s a pretty big chance that there will be no more than 5-7 fellow travelers with you on tour.
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| 75€ |
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| 40€ |
DURATION: 10-11 hours
DEPARTURE TIME: 08:30 (pick-up from the hotel 15-30 minutes before the tour)
DEPARTURE LOCATION: from your accommodation
LANGUAGE: English
Private Tour
Aside from offering the comfort of having a vehicle and a guide just for yourself, a private tour will give you more flexibility in choosing your itinerary. This option will also allow you to choose the departure time, length of the trip, and language in which you want the tour to be conducted.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. The restaurant doesn’t accept credit cards, so payment is possible only with cash.
2. We kindly ask you to bring passports (just in case) because the fortress is very close to the Romanian border, and the border police in that area sometimes ask tourists for documents.
3. Please wear comfortable shoes.
4. On a shared tour, you can only buy entrance tickets for “Zone 1” (the green zone) of Golubac Fortress. The other zones are available only on a private tour, moderate to extremely challenging, and require visitors to be in excellent physical condition. Also, appropriate clothing and footwear are mandatory (tracksuit, trousers, capris, trainers, hiking shoes).
Availability
April 1st – October 31st.
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DETAILED TOUR DESCRIPTION:
Our tour starts from your accommodation, and we will head toward Eastern Serbia. Two hours of the ride we’ll spend enjoying the beautiful landscapes and listening to interesting stories about this part of the country.
Golubac Fortress
Our first stop is the Golubac fortress, a defensive complex used to defend many kingdoms through the centuries. Golubac is the perfect fairy-tale castle, wonderfully set off by its location in the rugged landscape at the head of Đerdap Gorge. There are nine towers in all, each between 20 and 25m high, combined with the interesting position of the fortress leaning over the Danube; they make Golubac undoubtedly one of the most beautiful castles along the 2850km Danube odyssey from source to the Black Sea.
Lepenski Vir Museum
After around 30 minutes of driving, we will reach our next stop – Lepenski Vir. The early settlement of Lepenski Vir was first uncovered in 1965. The works brought to light sacred architecture and monumental sculptures from one of the oldest Danube cultures, dating back to 7,000-6,000 BC, also marking the beginning of civilization in Europe. Here we will see more than 100 items (utensils, tools, and instruments, jewelry, altars, sculptures, Neolithic ceramics) illustrating the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in Lepenski Vir. The setting also involves the reconstruction of burial methods in Lepenski Vir and a holographic reconstruction of houses in Lepenski Vir.
Lunch break
After the museum, we will stop at a unique, authentic restaurant with a fantastic view overlooking the Danube to enjoy a traditional lunch made of specialties of Eastern Serbian cuisine (not included).
We believe that you will have a completely different aspect as we return to Belgrade in the evening hours.
PICK-UP DETAILS:
- Pick-up will be 15-30 minutes before departure. We’ll email or WhatsApp you all the pick-up details one day before the trip, not before 6 pm.
- Pick-up from any hotel, Airbnb, a pension that is up to 5 km from Republic Square, or from Belgrade port is free of charge.
- For pick-up locations further than 5 km from Republic Square, please get in touch with us directly.
- Important note: Depending on the traffic conditions, location of your hotel/Airbnb, the number and the positions of the pick-up locations on the day of your trip, we may ask you to walk to the closest pick-up point (never more than 7-8 minutes of walking from the place where you’re staying).
ITINERARY:
08:00 – 08:30 Hotel pick-ups
08:30 – 09:45 Tour start & travel through Central & Eastern Serbia
09:45 – 10:15 Optional coffee break (at own expense)
11:00 – 12:30 Golubac Fortress sightseing
13:00 – 14:00 Lepenski Vir Museum tour
14:15 – 15:45 Lunch at the „Kapetan Mišin breg“ restaurant (at own expense)
15:45 – 18:30 Driving through Eastern & Central Serbia, towards Belgrade, with a short stop
18:30 – 19:00 Arrival in Belgrade and hotel drop-offs (approximate time, depending on the traffic conditions)
GENERAL NOTES:
- Confirmation will be received at the time of booking.
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level.
- The minimum number of guests required to operate a shared tour is three.
- At least 16 hours before the trip, we will inform you in case there are not enough guests on tour, and we will offer a choice between:
1) canceling the tour with no fees applied;
2) changing the tour date;
3) moving to another available tour.
CANCELLING YOUR TOUR:
We apply very simple rules. If you cancel the tour up to 24 hours before, you’ll get a 100% refund. If you cancel the tour less than 24 hours before the trip, you will not receive any refund.
