If you still don’t know where to celebrate May Day, we present to you some of the most beautiful and popular ethno-villages in Serbia.
If you have planned to spend the holidays away from the hustle and bustle of the city, in some beautiful place where time stands still and nature restores all the senses – you may not have to go far. In addition to top suggestions for vacations with children for May Day, challenging destinations for adventurers and ideas for excursions less than an hour from Belgrade, the perfect hit for an idyllic vacation could be fairy-tale ethnic villages tucked in the greenery.
Terzica courtyard
In a clearing not far from the village of Zlakusa, there is the ethno-village of Terzića avlija. This enchanting farm consists of two old picturesque Serbian houses with a farm, a shed, a well and a yard. Also, the rural tourist household Terzić avlija represents a kind of museum both outdoors and indoors, and its trademark is a Serbian soldier from the period of the Balkan wars, made in natural size from ash wood in the image of Gvozden Terzić.
Drvengrad
Between Mount Tara and Zlatibor is Drvengrad, an ethnic village built by Emir Kusturica for the filming of the film Life is a Miracle, and home to the world-famous Kustendorf Film Festival. This oasis near Mokra Gora offers you traditional Serbian cuisine and the possibility of staying in authentic log cabins. Drvengrad also has a picture gallery, a library, a cinema, a church, a pastry shop with homemade cakes, and a souvenir shop.
Cornish
If you’ve ever wondered what life was like in a mountain village in the 19th century, there is a place that perfectly captures the customs and spirit of Serbian village life at that time. Sirogojno was declared a museum in 1980 due to 47 wooden houses, moved from the surrounding Zlatibor villages, each of which has authentic furniture, a barn, a bread oven, a kachara with a cauldron for roasting brandy, as well as an inn, a wooden church and over 2,000 exhibits. outdoors under the name Staro selo.
Paradise lodgings
Ethno-household Rajski Konaci is located within the village of Leušići, below the mountain Suvobor and offers accommodation in picturesque wooden houses surrounded by 17 hectares of pastures, orchards and forests intersected by mountain streams. If you wish, you can take part in collecting mushrooms, medicinal herbs and get a lesson in cooking homemade jam and folding pumpkin pie.
Sunny river
On the right bank of the Drina, right between Mount Gučevo in Serbia and Mount Majevica in the Republic of Srpska, in Banja Koviljača there is a place that offers accommodation in attractive guesthouses made of wood and brick, fields for almost all sports. , music, pilates and wellness program, walking tours and tours, riding quad bikes and boats.
Moravian lodgings
In the very heart of Serbia, about a kilometer from Velika Plana and 90 kilometers from Belgrade, there is a hidden corner of paradise called Moravski Konaci. This ethno-village is proud of its authentic ambience characteristic of a Serbian village from the end of the 19th century. In it you can find autochthonous carvings that are over 200 years old, a log church, a water mill and all this on a lake with nine islands and 11 wooden bridges.
Vraneš
The ethno-eco village of Vraneša was built near Zlatarski jezera, in a coniferous forest. The view from it reaches straight to Zlatarski lake, so you will wake up with a view of the transparent green lake water. Radoinjsko lake, Zlatar mountain and Uvac will also be nearby. The whole village was built from authentic materials of the goldsmith’s region: black pine and stone. Here you will find a traditional Serbian fireplace, authentic taverns, traditional parts of old Serbian houses, a restaurant with a fireplace, ethno-shops. You will use clear and healthy drinking water from the own source of this ethno-village.
