Must-SeeDubrovnik
Croatia
Marble streets inside huge sea walls. Walk the ramparts early, ahead of the cruise crowds.
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Balkans
Adriatic coast, walled towns and mountain monasteries.
Countries
Albania
Europe's last undiscovered coast.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar's bridge and Sarajevo's layered history.
Bulgaria
Painted monasteries, roses and the Black Sea.
Croatia
Adriatic islands and walled Dalmatian cities.
Kosovo
Serbian monasteries and young, friendly cities.
Montenegro
Fjord-like bays and walled seaside towns.
North Macedonia
Lake Ohrid's ancient churches.
Romania
Transylvania's castles and painted monasteries.
Serbia
Belgrade's nightlife and old monasteries.
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Worth a DetourSarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Where World War I began. Mosques, cathedrals and a moving war history.
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Croatia
A city living inside a Roman palace, with island-hopping to party Hvar.
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Montenegro
A walled Venetian town at the head of a fjord-like bay. Climb 1,350 steps for the view.
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Serbia
A huge old fortress where two rivers meet, and famous floating nightclubs.
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Worth a DetourPainted Monasteries of Bucovina
Romania
Bright exterior frescoes on 16th-century churches.
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Romania
A Saxon medieval city under forested Carpathian slopes, with its Black Church.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
A rebuilt Ottoman bridge where divers plunge into the green river below.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
A big swimmable waterfall, and a dervish house by a spring.
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Croatia
An Italian-feeling harbor town, with truffles in the hills.
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Croatia
Canyons and Croatia's biggest mountain range, above the Adriatic.
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Kosovo
A frescoed 14th-century monastery, with a young capital nearby.
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Montenegro
The Balkans' largest lake, with pelicans and island monasteries.
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North Macedonia
A very old lake, and a town once said to have 365 churches.
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North Macedonia
A city of statues and an old Ottoman bazaar, by a gorge.
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North Macedonia
The Balkans' mountain park, with its drowned church and Bigorski Monastery.
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Serbia
The Danube's great gorge, with Lepenski Vir's prehistoric village.
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Bulgaria
An ancient town on a peninsula, near summer resorts.
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Bulgaria
A chain of glacial lakes, with Rila's Musala, the Balkans' highest peak, nearby.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria's seaside capital, with the world's oldest worked gold.
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Bulgaria
Thracian tombs among fields picked for perfume in late spring.
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Romania
Bran Castle, Peleș, and Saxon towns like Sibiu, Sighișoara and Brașov.
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Romania
A royal mountain resort with a fairy-tale palace, below the Bucegi peaks.
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Romania
One of Europe's largest medieval castles, entered by a high bridge.
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