Slovenia, Kosovo, Montenegro & Serbia 2016

Here is the main page covering our visit to these four countries, plus a slide show of pictures at the end.

For journal postings from Slovenia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia, CLICK HERE.

We had already visited other parts of the former Yugoslavia (Croatia and Bosnia & Herzogovina). To see pictures and posts from there, click here. This time we returned to see the other countries. Our itinerary:

  • Slovenia:
    • Ljubljana including Skocjan Caves, Predjama Castle and Cave, Postojna Cave
    • Lakes Bled and Bohinj, including Soca River rafting, Vrsic Pass, Vintgar Gorge and Voje Gorge
  • Montenegro:
    • Budva (Przen)
    • Kotor including Bay of Kotor, Cetinje, Lovcen National Park
    • Podgorica and Ostrog Monastery
    • Durmitor National Park and Tara Canyon
    • Moraca Monastery/Moraca Canyon
    • Kolasin and Biogradska Gora
  • Kosovo:
    • Peja (Pech) including Visoki Decani Monastery, Patriarchate of Pech,
      Rugova Canyon
    • Prizren
    • Prishtina
    • Gracanica Monastery/Gadime Cave
  • Serbia:
    • Novi Pazar including Sopocani Monastery/Stari Ras,
    • Studenica Monastery, Uvac River
    • Belgrade
    • Deliblato Sands, Smederova, Vrsac, Danube Valley, Vinca neolithic site
    • Manasija Monastery/Despotovac, Palace of Galerius (Felix Romiliana), Zajecar, Resavska Cave
    • Subotica and Novi Sad

You can also browse the map below for where we’ve been in these four countries. Click a pushpin to find posted articles from the marked locations.

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SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.

  • Danube River, Vinca
  • Fortress of Novi Sad, across the Danube
  • Fortress of Novi Sad
  • Manasija Monastery, with fortifications
  • Fall rains swell the mountain rivers
  • Confluence of Sava and Danube rivers, Belgrade
  • Deliblato Sands, dune area
  • One of the inland lakes, Bela Crkva
  • Mountain valley, Serbia
  • Resavska Cave near Belgrade, a compact jewel
  • Harvest by Milan Konjovic, from Pavle Beljanski collection, Novi Sad
  • Ljubljana Castle seen from Tivoli Park
  • Preseren Square as seen from the quirky Three Bridges
  • Ljubljanica River, gracing the city
  • View of Central town and Old Town from Ljubljana Castle
  • Along ancient Roman wall, this pyramid by famed architect Jose Plecnik used Roman stone remnants
  • The Castle from Novi Trg
  • Town hall square with Cathedral, Ljubljana
  • Savoring Old Town Ljubljana
  • Neanderthal flute, National Museum
  • Predjama Castle, Impregnable since 13th c.
  • Medical instruments from tomb of female Roman doctor
  • Postojna Cave, Slovenia
  • Postojna Cave
  • Reka River flow at Skocjan Caves, Slovenia
  • Postojna Cave
  • Dragon Bridge, Ljubljana
  • Old Town Ljubljana
  • University building, Ljubljana Central City
  • Wooden storefronts of Stari Trg
  • Jazz at the Zoo Bar
  • View from the apartment deck toward Lake Bohinj
  • Lake Bled, island church and castle
  • Arriving at Stare Fuzina near Lake Bohinj
  • Running the rapids, Soca River
  • On the road to Vrsic Pass, Triglav National Park
  • View from Vrsic Pass, Triglav National Park
  • Vintgar Gorge near Lake Bled
  • Hiking above Lake Bohinj
  • Lake Bohinj
  • The narrows, Voje Gorge
  • Rafting the Soca River
  • Another time of day out the window
  • Panorama from Vrsic Pass, Triglav
  • View from Vrsic Pass
  • Approaching Vrsic Pass
  • Castle, Lake Bled
  • Lake Bled
  • St. Martin, Lake Bled
  • Interior, St. Martin
  • Vintgar Gorge
  • Vintgar Gorge
  • Approaching Lake Bohinj
  • Bohinjska village
  • Church, Stare Fuzina
  • Fresco of St. Christopher, Stare Fuzina
  • Savica Waterfall above Lake Bohinj
  • Lake Bohinj
  • Bohinjska village
  • Sredjna Vas village and church
  • St. John the Baptist church, Ribcev Laz, Lake Bohinj
  • Medieval frescoes, St. John the Baptist church
  • Voje Gorge
  • View with fog
  • Hiking above Lake Bled
  • Castle, Lake Bled
  • Dancer in the bay at Budva, Montenegro
  • Podostrog Monastery above Budva
  • Podostrog Monastery above Budva
  • Montenegro seashore
  • Two thousand year old olive tree, at Ivanovici above Budva
  • Rooftop view, old town of Budva
  • Budva from across the bay
  • Budva harbor
  • Old Town, Budva
  • Old and new Budva
  • Medieval church, Budva
  • Old fortress of Budva
  • St. Stefan peninsula, exclusive haven at Przen
  • Church, Old Town Kotor
  • Old Town of Kotor under St. John fort and walls
  • Peaks and valleys near Cetinje
  • View from Njegos Memorial to Kotor Bay
  • Panorama, Kotor Bay from the high pass
  • Perast, on the Bay of Kotor
  • Roman mosaics, Risan
  • Old fort, Herceg Novi
  • Old churches of Savina Monastery, Herceg Novi, Bay of Kotor
  • Church of Lady of Health, above Kotor
  • Frozen grasses on the Durmitor Loop
  • Icy pass, Durmitor Loop
  • Gorge along Durmitor Loop
  • Peaks over Moraca Canyon
  • Hiking above Biogradska Gora lake
  • Rafting the Tara River Canyon
  • Massif along the Durmitor Loop
  • Tara River Canyon
  • Lunch spot above Kolashin
  • Visiting sheep, Zabljak in Durmitor NP
  • Snow dusting, Durmitor Loop
  • Gorge on Durmitor Loop
  • Tara River canyon
  • Crno Jezero, or Black Lake, Zabljak
  • Snow dusting, Durmitor Loop
  • Mountain pass, Durmitor Loop
  • Savin Kuk ski mountain, Zabljak
  • Fall color on the peaks
  • Biogradska Gora NP
  • Traditional Montenegrin garb for mountain men and women
  • Njegos memorial
  • Memorial to Vladika Njegos
  • King Nikola 1 palace, Cetinje
  • Visoko Decani fresco
  • Our Lady of Ljevis, Prizren
  • Gracanica monastery, Kosovo
  • Patriarchate of Pech, Kosovo
  • Visoko Decani frescoes
  • Hiking the Rugova Mountains
  • Sculpture about emerging Kosovo, central Prishtina
  • Peja/Pech homemade cheese market
  • Enjoying cafes at the Prizren riverside
  • National Library, Prishtina
  • Prizren
  • The old amid the new, Prizren
  • Pedestrian street, central Prishtina
  • Ethnographic museum of Ottoman-era lifestyle, Prishtina
  • Canyon, Rugova Mts.
  • Mini-waterfall, Rugova Mts
  • 16th c Ottoman bazaar, Novi Pazar
  • 20th c Communist era kitsch, the Vrbak
  • 13th c. Peter and Paul Church, Novi Pazar
  • 4th c Roman palace of Galerius
  • Neolithic period figures, 5000BC wood house dwellers, Vinca, Serbia
  • Turn of century Art Nouveau, Subotica
  • Late 19th c Austro-Hungarian, Town Hall, Novi Sad
  • 18th c street, Novi Sad
  • Mosaic labyrinth from Palace of Galerius
  • Mosaic jaguar from Palace of Galerius
  • 18th c hotel, Novi Sad
  • Main square, Novi Sad
  • Leila record shop and bar, Belgrade
  • Ruins, medieval fort of Stari Ras
  • Resavska Cave
  • Resavska Cave
  • Split fortress tower, Smederevo