Serbia Tour

Meeting Belgrade

We meet at the Turkish Airlines counter in the international terminal of Istanbul Airport, 3 hours before the flight. After check-in and passport control we board Turkish Airlines scheduled flight TK 1081, departing at 08:20 for Belgrade. We land at 08.10 local time and drive into the city centre in our waiting vehicle.

A panoramic city tour shows us daily life in Belgrade, its main buildings and the former Interior Ministry building, bombed by NATO and deliberately left standing in the middle of the city. We then continue on foot to see the Bayrakli Mosque, Belgrade Fortress, the Tomb of Damat Ali Pasha, the Clock Tower, the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Fountain, the Military Museum, the Istanbul Gate, the Dungeon Gate, Leopold's Gate, the Stefan Lazarevic Monument, Nebojsa Tower, the fortress square, Saborna Church, Republic Square, Terazije Square and Stone Square.

We finish on Knez Mihajlova Street, the heart of the city, with free time until the meeting time announced by our guide for shopping or a coffee along the street. At the time set by our guide we transfer to our hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Novi Sad and Karlovci

After breakfast we set out on the Novi Sad and Sremski Karlovci tour. Our first stop is Novi Sad, capital of the province of Vojvodina, where we see Petrovaradin Fortress, Freedom Square, the Svetozar Miletic statue, the Catholic Cathedral, the Orthodox Cathedral and St. Nicholas Church.

We continue to the town of Sremski Karlovci, known for the Treaty of Karlowitz, signed here in 1699 between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League. On our town tour we see the town hall, the Catholic Church, the Four Lions Fountain and the Chapel of Peace. After the tour we transfer to our hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Tesla and Tito's legacy

After breakfast we set out on our tour of the Nikola Tesla Museum, Tito's Mausoleum and Museum, and Zemun. First is the museum of Nikola Tesla, inventor of alternating current. Founded in 1952, it holds more than 160,000 original documents on Tesla's life, thousands of books and magazines, many photographs, his personal belongings and models of his inventions.

Next we visit the House of Flowers, the mausoleum of Tito, former leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The tomb lies at the centre of a single-storey building, alongside exhibits on his life and personal belongings.

Our last stop is Zemun, on the bank of the Danube opposite Belgrade Fortress, where we see the Usce Fortress and Gardos Hill and Tower. The cobbled lanes of this Austrian-influenced quarter are a pleasant place to spend some time. After the tour we transfer to our hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Free time and departure

After breakfast at the hotel, free time. At the time set by our guide we transfer to the airport. After check-in and passport control we board Turkish Airlines flight TK 1080, departing at 15.15 for Istanbul. We arrive at 19.05 local time, and our tour ends.