Can you imagine that in the middle of autumn or winter, you take off your clothes and dive into the water without getting cold, having the most beautiful feeling instead? This is exactly what we experienced! But also in the middle of summer, we also anjoyed the same place where we hid ourselves from the heat, cooled down, and raised our adrenaline levels. This is “Thermal Riviera” – a tourist[…]
July, Serbia is burning. It burns everywhere and the mercury in the thermometer was getting close to 40 degrees. People of Mali Zvornik are more fortunate than many, they have the Drina river and Lake Zvornik! Great places for cooling off, enjoyment, socializing and fun. How much this means to them is shown by the fact that they called their manifestation of sports, recreational and cultural tourism “Drina is the[…]
It is said that a caravan was passing by what is now known as Banja Koviljaca, a healing resort in the west of Serbia near the town of Loznica. Wanting to rest, traders stopped by the sulfur water well. One of the horses was very ill, and they left him to die there, in the hot water. The caravan went on, and the horse remained, awaiting death. When they returned[…]
The Celije Monastery in the vicinity of Valjevo is one of the most sacred and most important holy places in Serbia. A traveller can feel the peace of this sanctuary as he descends into the valley where this building is located. Nobody knows exactly when the monastery was erected, but it is clear that it was during a period between 1282 and 1316, when King Dragutin Nemanjić ruled these parts,[…]
For Serbs, it is generally said that they are people who like guests, are great hosts and like to leave a good impression, whether strangers come to Serbia, or we are visiting a different country. Traveling through Serbia, we often meet kind people and always return with nice impressions, the arrival in Mali Zvornik is something special, different. Here, people are more than kind, more than welcoming. They live peacefully,[…]
If you were to search the “Church of the Assembly of all the serb saints” on the Internet, you would think that this object does not exist, as there is almost no information about it. Inexplicably looked over, this little church has its own specifics, and the significance of the people living here is incomprehensible. This is a spiritual oasis and a refuge for all believers from this place. At[…]
One of the main symbols of Mali Zvornik is the water wealth that this place possesses: the Drina River and the Mali Zvornik lake. For decades the Drina bears the name of the most beautiful rivers in the Balkans. Zvornik Lake is the reservoir on the Drina and forms the natural border of Serbia and Republika Srpska. It lies at 140 meters above sea level. It was created when a[…]
Secret Underground City “Stone Maiden” in Mali Zvornik was hiding from visitors and the eyes of the public for decades. Written data on this mystical object almost does not exist. The military leaders of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were to stay there in case of war. We take you through these hallways of secrets. The underground city was built from 1930 to 1934, and for its existence and construction, only[…]
To the west of Serbia, there is a magical area – Radjevina, and in its center – Krupanj, a beautiful town in which history comes face to face with raw nature, creating an unforgettable experience for anyone who travels to these parts. Everywhere, all over this magical area, there are incredible landscapes, historical monuments and reminders of everything that people living here survived… All the locals know that the whole[…]
Just 11 kilometers from Valjevo, a city in Western Serbia, lies Monastery Lelić, probably the most important of the new monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Monestery Lelić is in the village of Lelić, and it is the endowment of the bishop Nikolaj Velimirović, probably the most influential bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and his father, Dragomir Velimirović. The idea that the church in Lelić should be transformed into[…]