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District guide · Belgrade

Theme: History in Savski Venac, Belgrade

Savski Venac is a central Belgrade municipality on the right bank of the Sava river. The Museum of Yugoslavia, the Royal Court, and Topčiderski Park stand among...

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Plan Savski Venac

Editorial responsibility: Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

Savski Venac is a central Belgrade municipality on the right bank of the Sava river. The Museum of Yugoslavia, the Royal Court, and Topčiderski Park stand among its notable sites. The district contains museums, historical monuments, parks and a church, making it a focus for Belgrade's cultural heritage.

Checked 2026-09-04

Practical information

Language spoken
Serbian
Written in both Cyrillic and Latin; English is understood in tourist districts
Dialling code
+381 11
Belgrade landlines; drop the leading 0 of 011 when calling from abroad
Currency
Serbian dinar (RSD)
Euros are not accepted; cards are widely taken in Belgrade
Emergency number
112
One number across the country; 194 reaches an ambulance directly
Plug type
Type C and F · 230 V
Standard European two-pin
Tap water
Not recorded
No verified national source in the dataset

Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. Museum of African Art Museum of African Art
    02 1 hour

    Museum of African Art

    Музеј афричке уметности

    The Museum of African Art occupies a villa at Andre Nikolića 14 in Senjak, on Topčider Hill, and is devoted entirely to African cultures and arts.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  2. Royal Palace Royal Palace
    03 1 hr 30 min

    Royal Palace

    Краљевски двор

    The Royal Palace was built between 1912 and 1929 in Dedinje for King Alexander I Karađorđević, its construction interrupted by the Balkan Wars and the First World War and finished only after Alexander proclaimed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  3. House of Flowers House of Flowers
    04 1 hr 30 min

    House of Flowers

    Кућа цвећа

    The House of Flowers is Tito's grave, and it was built as a greenhouse.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  4. Beli dvor Beli dvor
    05 1 hr 30 min

    Beli dvor

    Бели двор

    Beli dvor, the White Palace, was built between 1934 and 1937 in Dedinje as the private residence of Prince Regent Paul of Yugoslavia, who ruled as regent for the young King Peter II from 1934 to 1941.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  5. Residence of Prince Miloš Residence of Prince Miloš
    06 45 min

    Residence of Prince Miloš

    Конак кнеза Милоша Обреновића

    The Residence of Prince Miloš was built between 1830 and 1834 for Miloš Obrenović, the prince who led Serbia's second uprising against Ottoman rule and secured its autonomy, and it is one of the few surviving buildings from that transitional…

    • Must see
    • Museum
  6. Railway Museum Railway Museum
    07 1 hour

    Railway Museum

    Железнички музеј

    The Railway Museum in Savski Venac is the national collection of Serbian and former Yugoslav railway history, founded on 1 February 1950. Its first exhibition, in 1953, was titled "Through the History of Yugoslav Railways".

    • Must see
    • Museum
  7. Hammam of Prince Miloš Hammam of Prince Miloš
    08 15 min

    Hammam of Prince Miloš

    Амам кнеза Милоша

    The Hammam of Prince Miloš is a Turkish-style bathhouse built in 1836-37, and it is currently a bath nobody can bathe in: OpenStreetMap's own record of the site, last checked 27 April 2026, lists its opening hours as switched off.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  8. Belgrade City Museum Belgrade City Museum
    09 2 hours

    Belgrade City Museum

    Музеј града Београда

    The Belgrade City Museum (Muzej grada Beograda) was founded in 1903, when the city assembly voted to build a collection documenting Belgrade itself rather than the wider Serbian state.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  9. Manak's House Manak's House
    10 45 min

    Manak's House

    Манакова кућа

    Manak House is a timber-framed merchant house in Savamala, Belgrade, that now holds an ethnographic collection inside the walls it was actually lived in.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  10. House of King Peter I of Serbia House of King Peter I of Serbia
    11 1 hr 30 min

    House of King Peter I of Serbia

    Кућа Краља Петра

    House of King Peter I of Serbia is a historic villa in Senjak with a specific royal history.

    • High
    • Museum
  11. Monument to Archibald Reiss Monument to Archibald Reiss
    12 45 min

    Monument to Archibald Reiss

    Споменик Арчибалду Рајсу

    The Monument to Archibald Reiss is a 1931 memorial in Belgrade’s Topčider Park, erected two years after the Swiss forensic scientist died.

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
  12. Vavedenje Monastery Vavedenje Monastery
    14 30 min

    Vavedenje Monastery

    Манастир Ваведења пресвете Богородице

    • High
    • Place of worship

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·