Belgrade, Serbia Travel Blogs

The train adventure continues
Jun 29, 2008 (7 photos)

... and now is living in Istanbul but was on a visa run.  Talk about an interesting guy... We see all sorts of sights, not all pleasant to the eye, and then hop back on a train for an overnight trip to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

Serbia?
Aug 17, 2006 (13 photos)

... the sack. During the night the carriage was jostled and bumped repeatedly and in the morning we awoke to find ourselves in Belgrade station with no engine or other carriages attached. During the night we'd been de-coupled from the train and left on a ...

Randomly rock up in Serbia
Aug 28, 2005 (1 photos)

Well, Here we go again! ..I wont say much as i havn't had the best day. Here we are in Belgrade (actually Beograd) and we arrive straight out of the train station to attempt to get something to eat as we are so worn out. The food is very different ...

A day trip to Belgrade
Dec 6, 2007

... was to get from Istanbul to Sarajevo. There are no cheap direct flights so we flew with JAT, the Serbian airline, via Belgrade. This involved a seven hour wait between flights. First things first. We needed to return the car, which meant finding a ...

Hot chicks... apparently
Aug 9, 2006 (24 photos)

... final place of rest. Both of the above were replaced by near identical items on 12 August 2006. Perhaps I should mention Belgrade. Well, there really aren't many sights in Belgrade. Kalamegden, the ancient citadel is cool but, as far as ancient ...

Night train from hell!
Aug 27, 2005

... we ran up with our packs on to find that we had to get on the first 2 carrages as they were the only ones going to Belgrade, however our reservations were for one of the other carrages for the sleeper, but the lady which i could barely make out what she's ...

Change of Plans
Aug 13, 2006 (11 photos)

... back out. That night I got a glimpse of the Belgradian nightlife, which I had heard particularly a lot about from Lloyd. Belgrade's main nightlife is centered on the river, with all the best clubs on barges docked on the side. Shortly after arriving I ...

Exlporing the city
Aug 29, 2005 (4 photos)

... to head to Athens. Even if it has cost me way over budget, i dont have to put up with another night train for a while :o) Serbia has been a good and bad time for me. Bad because of the terms i was arriving on and some of the service i recieved, ...

Belgrad
Jul 26, 2007

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Beograd
Nov 4, 2009 (24 photos)

... our hostel employee friends that the buildings had been bombed in 1999 by who else- us- the United States acting with NATO. Belgrade was a good city to experience. Even though it was really cold and windy (winter was looming) the city itself was different ...

A dark city
Aug 16, 2003

Although we slept on a park bench for quite a while. Some view from the citadel (see issue 23 for more)

Beer Festival!
Aug 20, 2006 (2 photos)

... above the town and gets drunk on cheap beer. there is music and dancing and random stuff for sale, and it is totally cool belgrade is very different to what i expected. there is hardly any evidence of war at all. most of the buildings have been rebuilt ...

karte, pasos i pare
Dec 28, 2006 (1 photos)

karte su tu, pare su tu, pasos i vize su tu, paraglajder je tu...u pozadini UMABARAUMA UMABARAUMA na radiju tatomir toroman pusta muziku a na TVu vesti cetvrti dan strajka oruzara koji su danas usli u zgradu skupstine opstine ...kratke majce 20 komada, ...

Carry Me Back to Old Belgrade
Apr 24, 2008 (18 photos)

... Atlanta?  There is no refuge in hypocrisy.  But that said, the Serbian Government deserves no empathy here, unfortunately. Belgrade is a nice place though.  A little odd, but no stranger than Prague, in my book.  The Kalemegdan ...

Bunny Water and Sketchy Cab Drivers
Apr 15, 2008 (6 photos)

... the office and is speaking Serbian to the rental car guy. Nice. We realize there is a real Avis office at the swanky Hyatt Hotel Belgrade - let's go there. Then we load up and Mr. Cabbie Friend still wants to take us to the airport. After a ...

Serbian Slog
Aug 2, 2009 (1 photos)

Not much to report here, long hot ride across into Serbia, Border crossings now a doddle, roads suprisingly good with some beautiful countryside along the way.

Novi Sad to Belgrade, Serbia
Nov 28, 2006 (3 photos)

... quickly backed up and the inevitable horns were blaring within seconds. This would be a common theme for Serbia. After the climb I had mostly flat road to Belgrade. I was 10km from Belgrade when the rear tyre slowly started to deflate. I cycled for as ...

Belgrade, the adventure begins.
May 10, 2008 (121 photos)

... So I wander the streets somewhat aimlessly, seeing as I have no map and no money. Well, half by luck I stumble onto the Belgrade Fortress; which I thought was actually on the other side of the river; awesome. I wander through the parks, fortress, and ...

Belgrade
Aug 19, 2008

DRove through Belgrade. Looked for Bracho!!

Oops, Wrong City. I'm Sorry
Oct 9, 2005 (2 photos)

... file on the desk and shouted loudly, "It is not possible. What do you want me to tell you?" From downtown Belgrade there's a very busy pedestrian mall, probably two to three kilometres in length. It leads to a beautiful park that overlooks the Danube. ...

Belgrade
Dec 28, 2005 (2 photos)

... 28th Sites: Kalenegdan, Orthodox Churches Dinner: Sesir Moj Wine: Vravnac 2004, Plantaze The sign outside Sesir Moj says old Belgrade ambiance, traditional food and gypsy music. We received all three, but not in equal measure. We were seated next to ...

Belgrade
Jan 25, 2008 (9 photos)

... with serendipitous discovery. After several wrong turns I finally found myself in Republic Square, the focal point of Belgrade's pedestrianised city centre. As with much of the city, it seemed bereft of attractive architecture, the bland uniformity of the ...

Belgrade
Aug 19, 2006 (15 photos)

... never planned on going to Macedonia and Ohrid was one of my favorite places so far. I never NEVER thought I would visit Serbia but Belgrade seems like a really nice town so far. I just hope that Ljublana lives up to its reputation as well because we are ...

Serbia
Oct 5, 2008

... piece of paper and we were off again in the gloom of a damp Serbian twilight. The rough plan was to find a hotel in Belgrade. For financial reasons we lowered our expectations and pulled in to a Serbian truck stop. Why pay for beds if we have beds on ...

CONTIKI - BELGRADE
Jun 11, 2009

... . This was then followed by a 2.5 hour wait at the boarder. It was a very long day! When we eventually came into Belgrade, we drove past actual slums with little shacks surrounded by filth and rubbish. If you have seen Slum Dog Millionaire, it was very ...

Pronadji Posao u Beogradu
Oct 23, 2009

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Aug 26, 2007 (14 photos)

... with the same bald guy in them. Very interesting. Is he famous? He's not ugly, but not fantastic either. Why him? So Serbia is in the part of Europe that experienced a very hot summer. I can see the effects. All the corn fields are dried up and ...

Chapter 7: The Forgotten Lands
Aug 8, 2006 (64 photos)

... a long promenade along the beach filled with restaurants and bars. This town is VERY touristy. A lot of people from Belgrade (and other parts of Serbia) come here for their beach holiday. Hung out at the hostel with other travelers, and a group of us went ...

Belgrade Pt. 1
Dec 18, 2008

... 200 dinar. From Bratislava I had to go to Milan to collect my luggage that was a friends houes, then 18hrs on the train to Belgrade. Was ok, shared a cabin with a crazy old german guy. We got free sandwiches, the Italian guy didn't want his so I ate it.

SERBIA!
Sep 17, 2005 (10 photos)

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