Belgrade-Paraćin-Ravanica-Resavska cave-Lysine-Gamzigrad-Zlot-Rtanj-Manasija-Krupaja-Belgrade

Day one

- Departure by bus to Paraćin and arrival at the hotel "Petrus" ***.

- Hotel accommodation. Leisure time.

- After the break, departure for Ravanica Monastery - Ravanica was founded by Prince Lazar, who died in battle of Kosovo on St.Vitus Day, June 28, 1389. The church was dedicated to the Lord and surrounded by a solid defensive wall with seven towers. Ravanica was built between 1375 and 1377 and the frescoes were painted several years before the Battle of Kosovo. Founders' composition is changed with added paintings of the death of Lazarus. On frescoes, beside Prince Lazar and Princess Milica, stand their sons, Stefan and Vuk. For its architectural and artistic features Ravanica Church represents the beginning of the Moravian school.

- Passing through the complex of Senjski mines

-Visiting Resavska cave

- One of the oldest surveyed caves in the country is about 80 million years old, while the old jewelry in the cave is estimated to as much as 45 million years old. The temperature is a constant 7 °C, while humidity varies from 80-100%. The interior of the cave has numerous halls, canals, galleries, pillars, stalactites, stalagmites, draperies and petrified waterfalls. Stunning jewelry can be seen from the very entrance to the cave, located at 485 m above sea level. It is created by dissolution of calcium carbonate and the colour depends on the minerals in the water. Jewelry appears in three colors - red, yellow and white. Red is the dominant one and comes from iron oxide; white is produced from calcium crystals and red clay from the impurities.

- Going to Waterfall Lisine – Spring Veliko vrelo and waterfall Veliki buk are protected by the Serbian Government as a natural monument Lisine, which is a part of exceptional monument and a geo heritage of Serbia. Height of the waterfall is over 20 meters and only the bravest can swim in its lagoon.

- Late lunch at the restaurant at the waterfall (trout)

- Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day two

- Breakfast.

- Departure for Gamzigrad, Roman imperial city under UNESCO protection - Felix Romuliana - Gamzigrad was the residence of the Roman Emperor Gaius Valerius Maximian Gallery (Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximianus, 293-311. G.), Diocletian’s son-in-law. The site is called Romuliana after his mother. It seems that the castle was never completed and the emperors of the fourth century left the magnificent estate to the Christian church. During the fifth century the palace was destroyed by barbarians and in the sixth century Romuliana was restored as a border fortress by Justinian. After the invasion of the Slavs in the late sixth century, the former imperial residence was abandoned. It was a powerful city, at 6.5 ha, with about 20 established towers. Inside the opulent palaces there are two pagan temples, three Christian churches and other buildings. Floor mosaics are considered to be among the best works of late antique times in Europe.

- Following the road to the village of Zlot and visit to Lazarus cave - the entrance to the cave is at an altitude of 291 m, on the left side of the river Lazarus. The first exploration of Lazarus cave was carried out by Felix Hoffmann in 1882. The cave was carved by an underground river that still runs through it. Total length of surveyed channels in Lazarus cave is 9407 m, and estimated length of the cave channels is over 10 km. The total area of the cave is 9907 meters. It is estimated that the volume of cave rooms exceeds 52,000 m³.

- Continueing the journey towards ethno restaurant Balasević in Boljevac and lunch in the ambient of Brigand's house with music

- Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day three

- Breakfast and departure by bus to the Miniatures park near Despotovac – Modelling park showing medieval Serbian monasteries is built in the ratio of 1:17.. Models were made as a perfect replicas of most prominent cultural and religious heritage of the Serbian people.

- Visiting the Monastery of Manasija - Manasija Monastery (Resava) is one of the most important monuments of Serbian medieval culture and one of the most important buildings, which belongs to the so-called "Moravia school”. The monastery was built by Despot Stefan Lazarević, also known as the Tall Stefan, whose relics, according to some experts, are located in the southern part of the church, beneath a white marble slab. Construction lasted between 1407 and 1418. Immediately after its formation, Manasija became the cultural center of the despot’s state. Its "Resavska School" was a copying manufecturer and was a source of written works and translations even after the fall of the state, throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth century.

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- Visiting one of the deepest wells in Europe - Krupajsko spring - spring at the bottom of an amphitheater with steep, vertical sides. Spring creek has the total length of 435 m, goes first to the north, at a distance of 130 meters and then turns west and after about 300 meters empties into the river Krupajska. After constructing a dam on the spring, about 3m high fountain now looks like an elongated pond (length 40 and width 17 meters), which has an attractive waterfall overflowing it. Cave diving studies started in 1998, representing an extraordinary research project, revealed the existence of over 70 meters deep branch of the inverted siphon of cave spring, which is a part of a limestone massif of Beljanica.

- Swimming in the swimming pools with thermal water

(water temperature 26 °C)

- Lunch in the restaurant at the spring

- Return by bus to Belgrade                                                                                                   Price upon request