Belgrade Retreat
Hotel
Days 1, 2, 5
Serbia: Belgrade to the Drina - 5 Days (Kalemegdan, Novi Sad, Petrovaradin, Drvengrad & Sargan Eight)
Five days from the confluence to the Drina canyon. Five days with a private vehicle for the western leg, central Belgrade and Novi Sad hotels and a guide at Petrovaradin.
Cypress & Stone
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Walking / cultural tour
Five days from the confluence to the Drina canyon
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers
Top Highlights
Kalemegdan fortressBelgrade has been fought over about a hundred and fifteen times and destroyed more than forty. House of FlowersThe splavovi are floating bars and clubs moored along the Sava, and they are how the city goes out. Novi SadPetrovaradin has sixteen kilometres of tunnels under it and a clock tower whose hands are reversed so boatmen could read it from the river.
Itinerary
Belgrade has been fought over about a hundred and fifteen times and destroyed more than forty. The fortress at the confluence is why.
Belgrade, KalemegdanHow the day runs
- 1 hrsTransfer into the centre
- 5:00 PM — Kalemegdan at the confluence for the sunset
- MealsDinner
- AccommodationBelgrade Retreat
Included Activities
- Airport transfer
- Hotel night
- Fortress walk
LANDMARKS Kalemegdan fortress Sava and Danube confluence Knez Mihailova Start point Belgrade, Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), Serbia 00:00 - 23:59The splavovi are floating bars and clubs moored along the Sava, and they are how the city goes out.
BelgradeHow the day runs
- 9:30 AM — the House of Flowers and the Yugoslavia museum
- 3:00 PM — New Belgrade's brutalist blocks, then a splav
- MealsBreakfast
- AccommodationBelgrade Retreat
Included Activities
- Museum entries
- Guided walk
- Hotel night
LANDMARKS House of Flowers Museum of Yugoslavia New Belgrade Splavovi Petrovaradin has sixteen kilometres of tunnels under it and a clock tower whose hands are reversed so boatmen could read it from the river.
Belgrade, Novi Sad, PetrovaradinHow the day runs
- 1 hrs9:00 AM — the fast line north
- 2 hrs1:00 PM — up to the fortress and its tunnels
- MealsBreakfast
- AccommodationNovi Sad Residency
Included Activities
- Rail tickets
- Fortress and tunnel tour
- Hotel night in Novi Sad
LANDMARKS Novi Sad Petrovaradin fortress Danube Dunavska The line climbs three hundred metres in a figure of eight through twenty-two tunnels, built because the gradient could not be taken directly.
Novi Sad, Drvengrad, Sargan EightHow the day runs
- 5 hrs8:00 AM — south-west into the hills
- 3 hrs2:30 PM — the restored narrow-gauge loop
- MealsBreakfast, Dinner
- AccommodationSargan Eight House
Included Activities
- Railway ticket
- Drvengrad entry
- Guesthouse night at Mokra Gora
LANDMARKS Sargan Eight railway Drvengrad Mokra Gora Banjska Stena looks two hundred and fifty metres straight down into the Drina, with Bosnia on the far bank.
Sargan Eight, Tara, BelgradeHow the day runs
- 3 hrs8:00 AM — the Banjska Stena viewpoint over the Drina
- 4 hrs1:00 PM — back to the capital
- MealsBreakfast
- AccommodationBelgrade Retreat
Included Activities
- Park entry and guided walk
- Transfer to Belgrade airport
LANDMARKS Tara national park Banjska Stena Drina canyon Perucac
- Day 1Airport transfer
- Day 1Hotel night
- Day 1Fortress walk
- Day 2Museum entries
- Day 2Guided walk
- Day 3Rail tickets
- Day 3Fortress and tunnel tour
- Day 3Hotel night in Novi Sad
- Day 4Railway ticket
- Day 4Drvengrad entry
- Day 4Guesthouse night at Mokra Gora
- Day 5Park entry and guided walk
- Day 5Transfer to Belgrade airport
- Day 1 · 2 nightsBelgrade Retreat
- Day 3 · 1 nightNovi Sad Residency
- Day 4 · 1 nightSargan Eight House
- Day 5 · 1 nightBelgrade Retreat
- Day 1Belgrade to BelgradeTransfer into the centre
- Day 3Belgrade to Novi Sad9:00 AM — the fast line north
- Day 4Novi Sad to Drvengrad8:00 AM — south-west into the hills
- Day 4Drvengrad to Sargan Eight2:30 PM — the restored narrow-gauge loop
- Day 5Tara to Belgrade1:00 PM — back to the capital
Where you'll stay
All accommodations are subject to change
Novi Sad Residency
Hotel
Day 3
Sargan Eight House
Hotel
Day 4
What you'll eat
4 breakfasts and 2 dinners across 5 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 5.
- DinnerServed on days 1, 4
- BreakfastServed on days 2–5
6 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
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Customer reviews
Overall rating
4.5/5
Based on 20 reviews
Review summary
Food4.3/5
Guide4.1/5
Itinerary4.4/5
Transport4.6/5
Accommodation4.1/5
Tour operator4.1/5
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Meera Iyer – Delhi2025-09-07 · Verified booking
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it. Recommended.
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Arjun Pillai – Indore2025-09-07 · Verified booking
Belgrade & the west done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Simple food, well made, and enough of it. No hesitation recommending them.
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Meera Iyer – Indore2025-09-07 · Verified booking
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Crew were professional without being stiff about it. No hesitation recommending them.
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Karan Shah – Mumbai2025-09-07 · Verified booking
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. No hesitation recommending them.
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Owen Clarke – Auckland2025-08-07 · Verified booking
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Rooms were comfortable and the locations meant we could walk most evenings. Would book with them again.
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Ishita Ghosh – Chennai2025-08-07 · Verified booking
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested.
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Hannah Lindqvist – Auckland2025-08-07 · Verified booking
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Would book with them again.
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Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
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Nikhil Joshi – Jaipur2025-08-07 · Verified booking
Belgrade & the west done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down. Would book with them again.
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