Serbia Explained: Belgrade Cultural Walking Tour

This tour is a comprehensive insight into Belgrade's destiny and spirit shared with its inhabitants for thousands of years. It brings this exciting and turbulent, often confusing and puzzling strategic spot closer to visitors making its history and turmoils easier to understand. There is time allocated for Q&A and discussion on intriguing topics of Serbian and Balkan history and Yugoslavia. It is a true art of guiding program delivered by some of the best professionals on the market!

This cultural walk will start at Kalemegdan, park that surrounds Belgrade Fortress. It is the place to see the most distant past, and where Belgrade started as a human settlement thousands of years ago.

It is the most logical spot to begin unfolding unusual and exciting story about the the city known as 'The Crossroads of the Worlds'.

Walk through 'Stambol' and 'Clock' gates and enjoy open air exhibition of the Military Museum. Then you proceed to the 'King's Tower' and 'Zindan Gate' and visit The Rose Church of Our Lady. View of the 'Lower town' and its monuments. Enjoying superb views of the confluence of Sava and Danube rivers, New Belgrade, Zemun and 'Victor Monument", one of the symbols of the city. Continuing through 'King's Gate' and rest of the Kalemegdan park with number of monuments.

After leaving the park and passing by beautiful Art-Deco French embassy, you'll reach the Patriarchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Orthodox Cathedral. Around the corner, you'll see famous "?" Inn (Question mark Inn) and Princess Ljubica's Residence. 

Refreshment break in Question Mark with discussion about recent history and conflicts; time for Q&A.

Walking up to Knez Mihajlova pedestrian street, by far the oldest street in the city as scholars say that it follows the central grid layout of the Roman city of Singidunum which existed almost 2000 years ago. It has a large number of impressive buildings and mansions built at the end of the 1870's, and is protected by law as one of the most valuable landmarks of the city.

Finally, end the tour at the Republic Square, real heart of Belgrade, with buildings of the National Theater, and National Museum and well known equestrian statue of Prince Michael (Knez Mihajlo).