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Miross d.o.o. Beograd, Svetogorska 4 Licenca A kategorije br OTP 299/2010 e-mail: [email protected] TRAVEL AGENCY Tel/fax: +381 11 30 33 225, 30 33 226 BELGRADE SIGHTSEEING 21.06.2018. Belgrade is situated in South-Eastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. It lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of the rivers Sava and Danube which surround it on three sides. Because of its position, it has rightly been called “Gateway to the Balkans” and the “Door to Central Europe”. 15.30 Departure in front of hotel Palace 15:30-16:30 Panoramic sightseeing of Belgrade (Branko’s Bridge, Park of Friendship, Palace of Serbia, Japanese Embassy, Belgrade Arena, Belville, New Bridge, Topchider, Hyde Park, Saint Sava Church) 16:30-17:30 Temple of St. Sava Orthodox city hallmark. It is an Orthodox church which is dedicated to Saint Sava, founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The church is being built at the place where in 1595 Sinnan Pasha had the holy relics of St. Sava burned at the stake, after he had them brought over from the Mileseva Monastery. Because of its dominant position in Belgrade’s cityscape, it represents the most monumental building in the city. 17:30-18:00 Panoramic sightseeing of Belgrade (Slavija, Nemanjina, Street Kneza Milosa, National Assembly, Terazije, Republic Square) 18:00-20:00 Belgrade fortress and Knez Mihailova Stone masterpiece above the city. The Belgrade Fortress changed and developed throughout the centuries, it saw many armies, was the field of many battles, it witnessed the brutality of the conquerors and the courage of the tireless defenders of the city. It was the place where Belgrade started to develop. The Fortress was built in stages, during the lengthy period between the 1st and 18th century, from a Roman castrum, through a Byzantine castle and the remains of the medieval capital of the Serb Despotate, all the way to an Austrian-Ottoman artillery fortification. Miross d.o.o. Beograd, Svetogorska 4 Licenca A kategorije br OTP 299/2010 e-mail: [email protected] TRAVEL AGENCY Tel/fax: +381 11 30 33 225, 30 33 226 Knez Mihailova is composed of multiple buildings and representative houses constructed at the end of the 1870s. It is thought that the center of the population of Singidunum was established here during Roman times and that it was full of streets with gardens, fountains and mosques during the Ottoman Empire. We will see St Michaels Cathedral, Princess Ljubica’s Residence Question Mark- the oldest traditional tavern in Belgrade 20:00 Return to hotel INCLUDED: - Transportation as per itinerary, 47 seats bus - English speaking guide - Tour guide system .