Milesevo Monastery
A 13th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery best known for its frescoes, including the celebrated White Angel. The church is set in a quiet valley and draws pilgrims and art lovers.
Zlatibor
Rolling hills, fresh air and a long gondola ride define this green mountain resort, with traditional villages close by.
Attractive locations
Uvac Special Nature Reserve
A river canyon with dramatic, tightly winding bends, where griffon vultures nest on the cliffs. Visitors take boat trips and walk to viewpoints above the loops.
Tara National Park
A forested mountain park above the Drina River, with deep gorges, lookouts and rare spruce forest. Hiking trails and viewpoints make it a favourite for nature lovers.
Perucac Lake
A long reservoir on the Drina River below Tara, with green hills reflected in the water. Boating, swimming and lakeside walks are popular here in summer.
Drvengrad (Kustendorf)
A village of wooden houses built by film director Emir Kusturica, set in the Mokra Gora hills. It holds a cinema, galleries, shops and cafes, and hosts an annual film and music festival.
Sargan Eight
A restored narrow-gauge heritage railway that zigzags up a steep mountainside through tunnels and over bridges, with a loop shaped like a figure eight. Tourist trains run on a scenic stretch.
Stopica Cave
A cave near Zlatibor with a walkway through rock chambers, a waterfall and calcite formations. It is a cool, easy stop on a day in the mountains.
Airports
Morava Airport KVO
It is about 75 km in a straight line from Zlatibor.
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport BEG
It is about 139 km in a straight line from Zlatibor.
Scams and safe taxis
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan-2.5 °C72 mm
- Feb-1.4 °C71 mm
- Mar2.5 °C78 mm
- Apr7.5 °C71 mm
- May12.1 °C94 mm
- Jun16.1 °C107 mm
- Jul18.5 °C76 mm
- Aug18.8 °C62 mm
- Sep13.8 °C78 mm
- Oct9.2 °C80 mm
- Nov4.3 °C89 mm
- Dec-1.0 °C81 mm
Driest months: Feb, Apr, Aug. Wettest months: May, Jun, Nov.
Costs
Prices here are about 45% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Who can help
Emergency
112. Police 192. Fire 193. Ambulance 194.
local government
Serbian Police (Ministry of Interior)
Helps with: Serbia's national police emergency number, listed by the Ministry of Interior on its contacts page. The same page gives 193 for the fire service. No separate tourist police unit is shown on it.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Serbia who needs the police urgently.
Phone: 192
Email: infomup@mup.gov.rs
local government
Tourism Organisation of Serbia
Helps with: Serbia's national tourism body. Its contact page gives a head office address and phone, and a form for sending a message to the organisation or its Belgrade tourist information centre.
Who qualifies: Anyone travelling in Serbia or planning a trip there.
Phone: +381 (0)11 6557100
Address: Čika Ljubina 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
ngo
Red Cross of Serbia
Helps with: Serbia's national Red Cross society. Its website lists first aid, health, disaster preparedness and response, blood donation, water rescue and a tracing service among its areas of work.
Who qualifies: People in Serbia who need its first aid, disaster relief or other humanitarian services.
Phone: +381 11 30 32 125
Address: Simina 19, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
un agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Serbia
Helps with: The UN migration agency, present in Serbia since 1992. Its office in Belgrade can be reached by phone or through the contact form on its website.
Who qualifies: Migrants in Serbia. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists who have lost a wallet or passport.
Phone: +381 11 455-1066
Address: Žorža Klemansoa 19, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia
embassy
Foreign embassies in Serbia (official diplomatic list)
Helps with: For a lost passport or serious trouble, contact your own country's embassy. The Serbian foreign ministry's diplomatic list page links to a PDF of foreign missions in Serbia.
Who qualifies: Citizens of each country, through their own embassy or consulate.