Serbia Multi-Day Routes: West, Danube, South
Serbia’s best sights are spread out, and several of them are three to four hours from Belgrade, so the useful way to see them is in circuits of two to five days. Prices are in dinars (RSD), at about 117 RSD to the euro. Roads outside the motorways can be poor after rain, and the Ibar road (Ibarska Magistrala) between Belgrade and Montenegro is rated dangerous by the UK Foreign Office, so allow extra time. The US rates Serbia Level 2 for crime, and demonstrations can turn violent at short notice, so avoid them and check local news.
Western Serbia circuit
This loop links Zlatibor, Mokra Gora, Tara National Park and Uvac. Start on Zlatibor, where the Gold Gondola climbs 9 km to Tornik at 1,496 m for 2,000 RSD return, with shortened hours in October and November. Mokra Gora is next: the Šargan Eight heritage train is 1,500 RSD for adults and 750 RSD for children aged 6 to 14, and the village of Drvengrad is a timber film-set village that charged roughly 250 to 300 RSD in secondary sources, so check locally.
Tara National Park is the forested plateau above the Drina river and Lake Perućac. The Mitrovac visitor centre is the base for walks, and Banjska Stena is a cliff viewpoint over the lake. The House on the Drina is a tiny cabin on a rock, best seen from the shore, and visitors should not count on getting inside. Bears live in the park, so keep to marked trails. Ask the park (office@nptara.rs , +381 31 863 644) or an authorised operator about ranger-accompanied bear tours, which one operator runs from June to October without any guarantee of a sighting. Rafting on the Tara River canyon happens across the border in Montenegro and Bosnia, not in the Serbian national park.
Finish at Uvac, where the reserve boat tour must be booked, leaves from the dam and lasts about 4 hours 30 minutes, with a stop at the Ice Cave. Griffon vultures may be seen. See the operator’s site and Tara National Park . For beds, compare Zlatibor stays .
Danube and Iron Gate
Golubac Fortress and Lepenski Vir are 130 to 163 km from Belgrade, so sleep at Donji Milanovac. Golubac is closed Mondays and open 10:00 to 16:00 in October, with the Green Zone at 950 RSD. Lepenski Vir costs 600 RSD, closes all of February and holds replicas of its carved sculptures, while the originals are in Belgrade. A boat cruise of about 90 minutes leaves Donji Milanovac for the Kazan gorge, the Decebalus sculpture and the Tabula Traiana. See the fortress site and the Lepenski Vir page .
Rail triangle
Belgrade, Novi Sad and Subotica are linked by the Soko train, 34 to 36 minutes to Novi Sad and 79 minutes to Subotica. Fares since 15 July 2026 start at 549 RSD one way to Petrovaradin; check srbijavoz.rs . Add Sremski Karlovci, with its Bermet wine cellars, and the Fruška Gora monasteries near Novi Sad, then finish at Palić near Subotica.
South Serbia
Niš has the Constantine-era Mediana villa and baths, which is nationally protected but not a UNESCO site, plus the fortress and a cafe street, Kazandžijsko sokače. Mediana is 500 RSD, with 400 reduced, and the Niš museums are closed Mondays; see narodnimuzejnis.rs . The Skull Tower, Ćele Kula, built after the 1809 Battle of Čegar, is a solemn stop that deserves a quiet visit. From Niš, Đavolja Varoš is a long drive south west to the Kuršumlija area. It costs 350 RSD and closes from December to March, and its two springs are very acidic, so keep well back from the water.
Read more: Serbia in five days and day trips in Serbia .