Serbia 2022

In June 2022 we did an 18 day Danube River cruise which started in Romania and ended in Germany. Our entrance into Serbia was in the morning as we went through the locks at the Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station which is the largest dam on the Danube. It is located at the lower end of the Iron Gate gorge, between Romania and Serbia. After navigating the locks we sailed through the Iron Gate gorge which forms part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania. Prior to the completion of the Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station the Iron Gate consisted of a series of rapids that made navigation very dangerous. The rapids are now submerged and the towering cliffs on either side of the river are dramatic as you sail through. Early in the afternoon we moored at the Serbian town of Donji Milanovac and took a bus to Lepenski Vir an important archaeological site of an ancient Mesolithic village overlooking the Danube and dating back to between 9500/7200–6000 BC. We then ended the day at Golubac Fortress which guards the upper entrance to the Iron Gate gorge.

Sunset over a very wide section of the Danube just before it enters the Iron Gate gorge, Serbia

Serbia 2022

Iron Gate Dam, Locks and Gorge

The Lepenski Vir Museum

Golubac Fortress

City of Belgrade

Belgrade Fortress

Belgrade Temple of Saint Sava

Novi Sad

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