Overview
Travel warning
Because of continuing tensions, visitors should avoid all but essential travel to Kosovo and travel within the Presevo and Bujanovac districts of Southern Serbia. Serbia & Montenegro, including Kosovo, which is under UN administration, shares with the rest of the world, including the UK, a risk of indiscriminate terrorist attacks (for more information on entry requirements into Kosovo, see note in the Passport/Visa section). Visitors should be particularly vigilant in public places, including tourist sites, and keep informed of the latest developments. The Serbia & Montenegro government does not recognise entry points from Kosovo and those on Kosovo's external borders with Albania or Macedonia. Despite the presence of the Kosovo Force (KFOR), there are still some residual mines and unexploded ordnance in some areas of Kosovo. However, the vast majority of travel to Serbia & Montenegro is trouble-free.
Serbia and Montenegro (formerly known as The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) borders Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. The southern half of Serbia is mountainous and thickly forested, whilst the north is dominated by flat, fertile farmland. Belgrade, the capital of both Serbia and the whole nation, lies on the Danube. Montenegro is a small mountainous region on the Adriatic coast north of Albania. Serbia is the largest of the former Yugoslav republics. Many of the buildings are post-World War II. Well worth a visit is the Palace of Princess Ljubica (1831) with a good collection of period furniture. Skadarlija is the 19th-century Bohemian quarter with cafes, street dancers, singers and open-air theatres. Montenegro is at the southern end of the coast, an area of spectacular mountain ranges with villages perched like eagles’ nests on high peaks. The port, Kotor, features a bustling, picturesque old city quarter. National dishes include pihtije (jellied pork or duck) and raznjici (skewered meat). There is a wide range of nightlife in all the main cities and resorts, including bars, nightclubs, cinemas and theatres.
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