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Here’s a short report from our trip to Belgrade and our skiing holiday in Kopaonik 🎿⛷️
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Belgrade during the Christmas–New Year season is wonderful — delicious, lively, and noisy in the best way. Serbs are friendly and open. Brass bands and drums are everywhere in the streets. It really feels like you’re inside a Kusturica film (which, by the way, we actually watched there with the kids — Life is a Miracle 🙂).
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It’s about 3.5 hours by car from Belgrade to Kopaonik: half of the journey is on a beautiful toll highway, and the other half on… something that feels almost like a country road 🙂
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We really liked the resort itself. The highest point is 2,017 meters. Even though this winter in Serbia hasn’t been very snowy so far, there are an incredible number of snow cannons and a thick snow cover on the slopes — not a single stone in sight during five days of skiing.
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We hired a 22-year-old instructor, Ognjen, for the kids for a couple of days, and they quickly remembered how to ski. They even wanted to keep skiing with the instructor instead of with us 🤔 Later, however, the reason became clear — he was treating them to sweets and huge donuts from a secret café on the slopes 🙂
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There are blue and red runs; the black ones are still closed. The easy slopes are quite busy, while the more challenging ones are calm and comfortable.
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What really impressed us was the huge number of places to eat — at the top, on the slopes, and at the base. We realised that Serbia is all about great food 😋 An excellent spa hotel with a hot outdoor pool, kids’ entertainment, and various saunas — everything just as it should be. And after the eurozone, prices in dinars are a real pleasure.
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In short, I can definitely recommend Kopaonik for skiing and a fantastic holiday. If you have any questions, feel free to message me — happy to share more details!
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Have a great 2026!
I feel loved.
