Serbia Complete Guide 2026: Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Studenica Monasteries, Tara NP & Zlatibor
Browse more guides: Serbia travel | Europe destinations Serbia Complete Guide 2026: Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Studenica Monasteries, Tara NP & Zlatibor TL;DR Serbia gave me five very different countries inside one. Belgrade is a confluence city where the Sava meets the Danube under a fortress that has been Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Austrian. Novi Sad is calmer with Petrovaradin Fortress on the river. Niš in the south carries Constantine the Great's birthplace, an Ottoman skull tower from 1809 and the Roman villa complex at Mediana. The medieval monasteries at Studenica, Sopoćani and Žiča hold some of the finest Byzantine frescoes in Europe. The west, around Tara NP, Zlatibor and Drvengrad, is forests, narrow-gauge railways and Emir Kusturica's wooden village. Indian passport holders get 30 days visa-free, the dinar held around RSD 117 to EUR 1, and my daily costs ran lower than anywhere else I visited in Europe in 2026. Why Serbia in 2026 I went in 2026 for severa...