Marinada

Marinada

There’s something about dinner by the water that always feels like a little escape. Perhaps especially so when the city heat clings to your skin and the air is heavy with the scent of sun-warmed concrete. That’s why, on a golden Belgrade evening, we find ourselves heading southwest.… Read the rest

Church of Saint Sava

Church of Saint Sava

High on the Vračar plateau, the Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade, occupies one of the most symbolic sites in Serbian history. This is where, in 1595, Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha ordered the burning of Saint Sava’s relics.… Read the rest

Walking Belgrade

Walking Belgrade

Belgrade’s Old Town is quite contained and so walking Belgrade is an easy task. This beautiful city, crowned by its fortress and hugged by the Danube and Sava Rivers is a delight of old and new. A tapestry of styles, stories and scars that reflect the city’s long and complicated history.… Read the rest

Belgrade Fortress

Belgrade Fortress

At the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, high above the shifting currents and sprawling city below, stands Belgrade Fortress, a living manuscript of stone, war, resilience, and renewal. To walk its grounds is to step across millennia, from Roman ramparts to Ottoman fountains, from medieval towers to 20th-century monuments.… Read the rest