Serbia

Cruising the Balkans: history, art and culture in Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia

A Balkans tour offers castles, cobblestones and opulent art all steeped in ancient and modern history.

• by Sue Williams

Village stakes claim to its own vampire

The leering visage of a gap-toothed man with blood dripping down his stubbly chin is an unusual lure for tourists, but in the tiny Serbian hamlet of Zarozje, locals are hoping a resurrected vampire legend will let them bleed a little cash from passing visitors.

Snap-happy in Serbia

It was great to be able to get off the ship and spend a day in the countryside without having to pack and unpack.

As bold as brass

The horns are blaring, the pigs roasting. Vanessa Murray joins half a million Balkan music fans at Guca's famous festival.

Kosovo ... for cold feet and warm hospitality

Kosovo's capital Pristina does not have tourist attractions so much as curiosities, and few of them are made for happy snaps.

• by Jenna Hand

Down the Danube

Margaret Turton takes a river cruise laced with spies, revolution and royalty.

Today, the greenback, tomorrow the world

How's your Egyptian? Your Cantonese? Hungarian? The strong Aussie dollar makes many destinations more affordable, beyond the usual haunts in America and Europe.

• by Jane E. Fraser