Serbia Tours
Serbia Gastro Tour 2012
Highlights: 5 day tour
This lip-smacking 5 day tour introduces the truly wonderful cuisine of Serbia through an enlightening variety of cooking classes, workshops and tasting sessions.
Price from: £799 pp
This new Serbia tour includes the up-and-coming capital city of Belgrade, the historic Novi Sad, a traditional farm and a nature reserve, allowing you to experience a delicious fusion of urban and rural Serbian delicacies, from Rakia brandy, burek meat pastries and fish soup to local wines, pies and sweets.
| Departure dates 2012: | Price per person twin-share |
Single room supplement |
| 26 Apr |
£799 | Please contact us |
| 31 May |
£799 | Please contact us |
| 21 Jun | £799 | Please contact us |
| 13 Sep | £799 | Please contact us |
Price Includes:
Return flights in economy class with JAT Airways, All airport taxes, Accommodation in good standard hotels, Full board (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner), Cooking lessons, All transfers and transportation, Sightseeing and entry fees as specified
Price Excludes:
Travel insurance
Tips and gratuities
5 Day Itinerary
Arrive Belgrade and transfer to hotel for 1 night. Meet at 20:00 for a tour of the Rakia Brandy Workshop where you will learn all about Serbia’s national drink, such as how it is prepared and how best to serve it. Of course, you will also have the opportunity to taste a selection of varieties. Dinner at a traditional Serbian restaurant with live national music and food from the grill. (D)
Enjoy a delicious ‘burek’ meat pastry for breakfast before embarking on a sightseeing tour of Belgrade including a visit to the bustling Zeleni Venac vegetable market. Leave Belgrade for Novi Sad and check into the Salas 137 hotel for 2 nights. In the afternoon, enjoy a rural cooking class at a small farm using the vegetables bought earlier in the day. Learn the art of making North Serbian pies and sweets before preparing ‘breakfast cheese’ for the next morning. Evening entertainment of live national music and a tasting of regional wines. (B,L,D)
Sit down to a farmhouse breakfast of fresh pies and cheese prepared the previous night before taking a sightseeing tour of Novi Sad. Stop for some traditional cake at the Petrovaradin fortress and continue to a typical Serbian home in Sremski Karlovci for lunch. Continue sightseeing in Sremski Karlovci with a visit to the Honey Museum. Transfer to Kovacevic Wine Cellar in Irig and check in for 1 night. Afterwards, enjoy a workshop of wine tasting, dinner and bread baking lessons. (B,L,D)
After breakfast, depart for Zasavica – a unique nature reserve containing a diverse range of wildlife including many rare and endangered species. Spend the morning fishing on a lake in the reserve before preparing your ‘catch of the day’ at a morning fish soup cookery class. In the afternoon, enjoy a further workshop introducing recipes using freshwater fish. Overnight at Zasavica. (B,L,D)
Enjoy an early breakfast of homemade jam with pancakes or pastry before transferring to the airport for your flight back to the UK. (B)
