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District guide · Belgrade

Up to 1 hour in Stari Grad, Belgrade

Stari Grad is one of three central municipalities of Belgrade, encompassing some of the city's oldest urban sections. The Beograđska Tvrđava fortress, Narodni m...

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Editorial responsibility: Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

Stari Grad is one of three central municipalities of Belgrade, encompassing some of the city's oldest urban sections. The Beograđska Tvrđava fortress, Narodni muzej Srbije and Vojni muzej stand among its catalogued places. The district contains significant historical monuments, religious sites and cultural institutions that reflect Belgrade's layered past.

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. National Theatre in Belgrade National Theatre in Belgrade
    02 45 min

    National Theatre in Belgrade

    Народно позориште у Београду

    The National Theatre opened on Republic Square in 1868, modelled by the architect Aleksandar Bugarski on Milan's La Scala and Moscow's Bolshoi rather than on a local precedent, at a time when Serbia was asserting itself as a modern European…

    • Must see
    • Art and culture venue
  2. Jevremovac botanic garden Jevremovac botanic garden
    03 1 hour

    Jevremovac botanic garden

    Ботаничка башта Јевремовац

    Jevremovac is a university botanic garden in the Stari Grad municipality of Belgrade, run by the University of Belgrade's School of Biology.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  3. Ruins of the National Library of Serbia
    04 15 min

    Ruins of the National Library of Serbia

    Рушевине Народне библиотеке из нацистичког бомбардовања 1941.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  4. Singidunum Singidunum
    05 30 min

    Singidunum

    Антички Сингидунум

    Singidunum is the Roman name for the fortified settlement that stood on the ridge now occupied by Belgrade Fortress, at the point where the Sava River meets the Danube.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  5. Kalemegdan Park Kalemegdan Park
    06 1 hour

    Kalemegdan Park

    Калемегдан

    Kalemegdan Park is the 53-hectare public park that wraps around Belgrade Fortress on a 125-metre-high cliff at the junction of the Sava and Danube rivers.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  6. Prince Mihailo Monument Prince Mihailo Monument
    07 15 min

    Prince Mihailo Monument

    Споменик кнезу Михаилу

    The Monument to Prince Mihailo is a bronze equestrian statue standing at the centre of Republic Square, Belgrade's main square.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  7. Museum of Vuk and Dositej Museum of Vuk and Dositej
    08 45 min

    Museum of Vuk and Dositej

    Музеј Вука и Доситеја

    The Museum of Vuk and Dositej is a single-house museum in the Stari Grad district of Belgrade dedicated to two figures of the Serbian Enlightenment: Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), writer and Serbia's first Minister of Education, and Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864)…

    • Must see
    • Museum
  8. St. Michael's Cathedral St. Michael's Cathedral
    09 20 min

    St. Michael's Cathedral

    Саборни храм Светог архангела Михаила

    St. Michael's Cathedral is the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Belgrade, built between 1837 and 1845 on the site of an earlier church destroyed in the Ottoman era.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  9. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
    10 20 min

    Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

    Храм Светог Александра Невског

    The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky is a Serbian Orthodox parish church in Belgrade's Dorćol neighborhood, standing on Cara Dušana Street in the Stari Grad municipality.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  10. Monument of Gratitude to France Monument of Gratitude to France
    11 10 min

    Monument of Gratitude to France

    Споменик захвалности Француској

    Twenty thousand people filled Kalemegdan Park on 11 November 1930 to watch King Alexander I, Queen Maria, Prince Paul and Princess Olga unveil a bronze woman striding forward with one arm raised — Belgrade's Monument of Gratitude to France, dedicated…

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  11. Tomb of national heroes on Kalemegdan Tomb of national heroes on Kalemegdan
    12 10 min

    Tomb of national heroes on Kalemegdan

    Гробница народних хероја

    The Tomb of National Heroes is a memorial in Kalemegdan Park at Belgrade Fortress. The public enterprise that manages the fortress dates the tomb to 1948.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  12. Jevrem Grujić's House Jevrem Grujić's House
    13 10 min

    Jevrem Grujić's House

    Дом Јеврема Грујића

    The house known today as Jevrem Grujic's House is one of the oldest preserved civic houses in Belgrade's old town, built in the early decades of the nineteenth century, in the years after the Serbian uprisings when the town's Ottoman-era…

    • Must see
    • Museum
  13. Historical Museum of Serbia Historical Museum of Serbia
    14 1 hour

    Historical Museum of Serbia

    Историјски музеј Србије

    The Historical Museum of Serbia (Istorijski muzej Srbije) was established in 1963 as the national institution charged with collecting material on Serbian history from the medieval state through the twentieth century, distinct from the archaeology-focused National Museum next to Republic…

    • Must see
    • Museum
  14. Jewish Historical Museum Jewish Historical Museum
    15 1 hour

    Jewish Historical Museum

    Јеврејски историјски музеј

    The Jewish Historical Museum (Jevrejski istorijski muzej) opened in 1948, founded by the historian Lavoslav Kadelburg and colleagues under the Federation of Jewish Communities of Yugoslavia, and it remains housed inside the federation's own building on Kralja Petra street in…

    • Must see
    • Museum
  15. Mehmed Paša Sokolović's Fountain Mehmed Paša Sokolović's Fountain
    16 45 min

    Mehmed Paša Sokolović's Fountain

    Чесма Мехмед-паше Соколовића

    Mehmed Paša Sokolović's Fountain is a sixteenth-century Ottoman drinking fountain in the Upper Town of Belgrade Fortress. Erected between 1576 and 1577, it is the only endowment of Ottoman vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović in Belgrade.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  16. Zindan Gate Zindan Gate
    17 45 min

    Zindan Gate

    Зиндан капија

    Zindan Gate is a mid-15th-century barbican at Belgrade Fortress, built as a small forward defence for the Eastern Gate.

    • High
    • Historic monument
  17. Čukur Fountain Čukur Fountain
    18 5 min

    Čukur Fountain

    Чукур чесма

    The Čukur Fountain is a monument in Dobračina Street, Dorćol, marking the spot where a killing in 1862 set off a night of street fighting and, two days later, an Ottoman bombardment of Belgrade.

    • High
    • Historic monument
  18. Pioneers Park Pioneers Park
    19 1 hour

    Pioneers Park

    Пионирски парк

    Pioneers Park is a compact green space in central Belgrade between the Old Palace and New Palace. Its importance comes from this civic setting: lawns, planted areas and paths sit beside two prominent palace buildings in the capital’s administrative centre.

    • High
    • Nature site
  19. Keys Handover Memorial Keys Handover Memorial
    20 45 min

    Keys Handover Memorial

    Место предаје кључева Београда 1867.

    The Keys Handover Memorial is a compact outdoor monument at the entrance to Kalemegdan Park from Knez Mihailova Street.

    • High
    • Historic monument
  20. Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh
    21 45 min

    Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh

    Дамад Али-пашино турбе

    Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh is a compact hexagonal Ottoman mausoleum in the Upper Town of Belgrade Fortress, near the remains of the former Sultan Suleiman Mosque.

    • High
    • Historic monument
  21. Mika Alas's House Mika Alas's House
    22 45 min

    Mika Alas's House

    Дом Мике Аласа

    Mika Alas's House is a protected historic residence at 22 Kosančićev Venac in Belgrade’s Stari Grad municipality. Built in 1910, it was designed by architect Petar Bajalović for Mihailo Petrović, the mathematician and scientist known as Mika Alas.

    • High
    • Historic monument
  22. Belgrade Planetarium Belgrade Planetarium
    23 45 min

    Belgrade Planetarium

    Београдски планетаријум

    Belgrade Planetarium is a compact astronomy venue inside the Lower Town of Belgrade Fortress, near the Eastern Gate complex. Its defining feature is an 8-metre projection screen used for presentations about the sky and celestial objects.

    • High
    • Historic monument
  23. Monument to Dositej Obradović Monument to Dositej Obradović
    24 45 min

    Monument to Dositej Obradović

    Споменик Доситеју Обрадовићу

    The Monument to Dositej Obradović is a bronze memorial in Academic Park, also called Studentski Park, at Studentski trg in central Belgrade. It honours Dositej Obradović, the Serbian Enlightenment writer and educator whose work shaped literary and educational culture.

    • High
    • Historic monument
  24. Academy Park Academy Park
    25 1 hour

    Academy Park

    Академски парк

    Academy Park, also called Akademski Park, Studentski Park and Univerzitetski Park, is a compact historic green space on Studentski trg in Belgrade’s old city centre.

    • Notable
    • Nature site

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