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Go back to the time that our parents call “the good old days” - see and understand what it meant to live in the capital of a great country. On your fully private tour, learn about how common people have made cities rise from the swamplands and ashes of wars and what the name Tito meant to the world. Belgrade is a city of ancient gates and fortresses, a sprawling capital built over Roman ruins and with a history that dates back to the 3rd century BC. But across the river meanwhile, opposite the Old Town, Yugoslav architects created its mirror image: a dazzling, hyper-modern metropolis. We will show you the two faces of Belgrade - entirely different and very distant in their architecture styles and ways of life.  Join us on a journey trough the narrow streets from the age of kings and across the bridge into the 6-lane boulevards and city blocks of the new republic people called Yugoslavia.

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YOU WILL VISIT:

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1. SIV

The largest and most spectacular masterpiece of modernist architecture in Belgrade, and one of the first buildings to be constructed in the Novi Beograd district. The construction of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia was started in 1947, just after the end of WWII, symbolizing the birth of a new socialist futurist nation with its own symbols and landmarks.
 

2. Hotel Jugoslavija

When Hotel Jugoslavija opened in 1969., it became the premier VIP accommodation in New Belgrade: Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Tina Turner, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Queen Elizabeth II have all stayed here.
Today, it is still haunting Belgrade landscape, as a reflection of a Serbian society in search of new milestones.

 

3. Genex tower

The ultimate icon of Yugoslav economic progress.
One of the truest, most unapologetically Brutalist buildings, perhaps the most fantastic example of Brutalist high-rise anywhere in the world.
Intrigued? Come and see!

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4. Museum of Yugoslavia / House of Flowers  *

Apart from its name, the Museum of Yugoslavia is not a typical historical museum.
The very core of the Museum of Yugoslavia in Belgrade is founded to collect the gifts given to Tito, not only by his compatriots, but also by many world leaders. After the death of Tito, The Museum was merged with the “House of Flowers”, the Residence, The Pool House, The Hunting Lodge, The Old Museum, together with the tomb of Josip Broz.
Over 200.000 items and objects were categorized into 20 collections of the Museum of the Yugoslavia, enabling the visitors to grasp the essence of the material and spiritual culture of the republics of former Yugoslavia.


* In the cases where the museum is closed on the day of the tour, or you have already visited the museum, we have a plan B for you!
You will visit:

The Park of Friendship

It is the most nobly conceived park in Belgrade, and as such, a living monument to naivety and tragedy of times past.
Its conception is tied to the First Summit of The Non Aligned, held in 1961.
The trees were planted by none other than the presidents, kings and queens of the countries that attended the summit, as their symbol of dedication to world peace. 
Find out which great names have left their trace in this beautiful park and walk down the alley which they created!