ADVENTURE ON A BUDGET | TRAVEL BLOG
In Summary... On our 2019 first visit to Serbia, we only got a small taste of the country in the cities of Belgrade, Niš and Novi Sad. To be frank, we weren’t enamored, which is not surprising given our affinity for smaller towns, villages and more off-the-beaten path locations. However, we did fall for Subotica, which we discovered on a…
Getting to and Exploring Valjevo En route from our one month in Subotica to our next five weeks in Sarajevo, we wanted to check out some other parts of the Balkans, so we settled on Valjevo in Western, Central Serbia. It was convenient to access by train and offered hiking in a beautiful gorge, which we were desperately hungering for…
The Handsome Resort Town of Palic Just down the road from Subotica about 8 kilometers lies yet another gem of Vojvodina, the handsome resort town of Palic. You can access it easily from Subotica, either by train, local bus (#6) or bike, and it’s a idyllic place to spend a leisurely day exploring more ravishing architecture while enjoying the beautiful natural…
From Zurich, Switzerland to Subotica, Serbia Let’s face it. Switzerland and Liechtenstein were a little too…uh…refined for Greg and Mandy, so it was time to head somewhere we’re a little more comfortable…back to the Balkans, making this our third Balkan summer in eight years of #hashtag, nomad life. This time we’ve returned to Serbia…a country we visited only about 12 days…
We breathed a sigh of relief when we got to Serbia. No tour buses, no fanny packs, no tourist scams. Instead we found creative hipster vibes and nightlife in Belgrade, colorful Austro-Hungarian architecture in the northern Vojvodina province on the banks of the Danube, and a simply quaint city in the birthplace of Constantine the Great. Indeed, landlocked Serbia is…