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The Danube

 
 

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The Danube

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The Danube The Serbian banks of the Danube An ideal setting to explore the rich natural and cultural wealth of Serbia. © OT Serbie

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  • The Serbian banks of the Danube
  • The Iron Gates

From the Pannonian plain to the Iron Gate, the Danube flows from the west to the east over 350 miles in the direction of the Black Sea: ideal scenery for the discovery of the numerous natural and cultural riches of Serbia, as well as its towns, such as Belgrade or Novi Sad. Alongside the river, various types of landscapes succeed one another to the Iron Gate, the largest narrow European gorge on the border with Romania. The river disappears in the breach across the end of the Carpathian Mountains in the south and the river bed narrows, overlooked by walls reaching up to1,970 ft high. It is theoretically possible to cruise on the Danube, from Belgrade to the Iron Gate. There are still numerous remains in Serbia of a bygone era: a portion of a road, carved by the Romans at the time of Emperor Trajan can still be seen; there is also the Ram Fortress, a 15th century Turkish fortress and, at the gates of the gorge stands the dreadful Golubac Fortress, a fortified town dating back to the Middle Ages and the stage for many famous battles.

Landscapes

Other reasons to go

  1.   Towns

  2.   Religious architecture

  3.   The fauna and flora

  4.   Museums