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SerbiaThe Inside StoryVisit Serbia and bask in a warm welcome at every turn asyou discover a country reinventing itself. Those in the knowappreciate Belgrade’s great architecture, museums, galleries,outstanding restaurants and pulsating nightlife. Away fromthe capital, fast-flowing rivers, mountain peaks, woodlandtrails and Orthodox monasteries hidden in wooded valleysawait the arrival of visitors to this relatively undiscovereddestination.Elegant Novi Sad sits on the banks of the Danube with thepicturesque Petrovaradinski Fort overlooking the river, Nisboasts an imposing Ottoman fort and Subotica is home toattractive Hungarian-style Art Nouveau architecture. Thefertile plains of Vojvodina sweep across the country, while themountainous region to the south is home to rugged villages,ski resorts and hiking trails. For jaw-dropping scenery, don’tmiss the Djerdap Canyon, where the once tranquil Danube istransformed into a thundering torrent as it squeezes throughthe narrow gorge.Storyto tell -AndreaGodfreyWhy I loveSerbiaThe Roman site ofViminacium never fails toimpress me. This grandcapital of the ancientRoman province Moesia islocated 12 kilometres fromPožarevac. They haverecently built a smallhotel here and for thetime team enthusiastsout there youcan even workalongside thearchaeologists.There is alwayssomethingnew to see onevery visit as theexcavation is anongoing process.700-800Slav tribes settle into presentdayBalkan territories andassimilate the Illyrians15-18th CSerbia part ofOttoman Empire1918End of WWI; Kingdom of Serbs,Croats & Slovenes – laterrenamed Yugoslavia – is formed1989Slobodan Milosevicbecomes Presidentof Serbia1389Invading Ottoman forcesdecimate the Serbs in theBattle of Kosovo1817Serbia becomes anautonomous principality1945Serbia becomes part of SocialistFederal Republic of Yugoslaviaunder President Tito