13-28. May 2023. Serbia. UNESCO-listed Đerdap National Park (Serbian: Национални парк Ђердап / Nacionalni park Đerdap) stretches along the right bank of the Danube River from the Golubac Fortress to the dam near Novi Sip, Serbia. It was established in 1974 and spreads on 63,786.5 ha (157,620 acres).

On this short trip, we enter the park from Romania and take a couple days to drive home to Vršac, stopping to admire any Yugoslav-era spomeniks (monuments) I see along the way. "Spomenik" is the word used for abstract memorials built in Yugoslavia related to the National Liberation War (WWII).

But I don't only stop for spomeniks! I stop for near everything: a grave in Kisiljevo of the world's first known vampire, Lepenski Vir (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепенски Вир) (an important archaeological site of the Mesolithic Iron Gates culture of the Balkans), and a fortress or two.

As an extra special bonus, I join forces with major influencer @TravelingAndBadDecisions to see a bit of Alibunar, a town close to our home, and enjoy a special show by Vršac megastars Kamene Face!

The Spomenik Series:
Part 1 - Autumn in Slovenia: [ Ссылка ]
Part 2 - Autumn in Croatia: [ Ссылка ]
Part 3-A - Winter in Serbia: [ Ссылка ]
Part 3-B - Winter in Serbia: [ Ссылка ]
Part 3-C - Winter in Serbia: [ Ссылка ]
Part 3-D - Christmas in Serbia: [ Ссылка ]
Part 4-A - Serbia's Most Beautiful Towns & Villages: [ Ссылка ]
Part 4-B - Serbia's Most Beautiful Town's & Villages: [ Ссылка ]
Part 5 - Owl Capital of the World - Kikinda, Serbia: [ Ссылка ]
Part 6 - Đerdap National Park, Serbia: [ Ссылка ]
Part 7-A - Bosnia Beach Crawl - Bosnian Seaside: [ Ссылка ]
Part 7-B - Sarajevo: [ Ссылка ]
Part 7-C - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Road Trip: [ Ссылка ]
Part 7-D - Republika Srpska Road Trip: [ Ссылка ]
Part 7-E - Europe's Only Free City: [ Ссылка ]
Part 7-F - Europe's Salt Lakes City: [ Ссылка ]
Part 7-G - Goodbye, Bosnia!: [ Ссылка ]
Part 8 - Fruška Gora ("The Jewel of Serbia"): [ Ссылка ]
Part 9-A - Brutalist Skopje: [ Ссылка ]
Part 9-B - Macedonia's Great Lakes: [ Ссылка ]
Part 9-C - Macedonia's Pelagonia Region: [ Ссылка ]
Part 9-D - Macedonia's Wine Country: [ Ссылка ]
Part 9-E - Macedonia's 2nd Largest City: [ Ссылка ]

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