Sveta Petka Samardzhiiska Church
Sofia
This tiny church, located in the centre of the Serdika metro complex, was built during the early years of Ottoman rule (late 14th century), which explains…
Must-see attractions in Eastern Europe
Dubrovnik
Luža Sq once served as a marketplace, and this stone column – carved in 1417 and featuring the image of a medieval knight – used to be the spot where…
Belgrade
The daring can peek down this mysterious 60m-deep hole (actually more a cistern than a well). Of dubious origin and shrouded in horrifying legends, the…
St Petersburg
This fascinating museum charts the history of the St Petersburg region from medieval times to 1918. What starts as a fairly standard-issue plod through…
Lviv
Darkly mysterious and wonderfully aromatic, this is possibly Lviv's finest church away from the tourist action. It dates back to at least 1292 and is now…
Belgrade
Goggle at the astounding baroque iconostasis at this church in the Zemun neighbourhood, believed to be the oldest in Belgrade. It's thought to have been…
Budva
The citadel at the Old Town’s seaward end offers striking views, a restaurant and a library full of model ships, rare tomes and maps displayed safely…
Belgrade
This huge five-domed church, based on the design of Kosovo's Gračanica Monastery, houses priceless Serbian icons and the tomb of Emperor Dušan 'The Mighty…
St Petersburg
In the centre of Palace Sq, this 47.5m column, topped by a statue of an angel holding a cross, was designed in 1834 by Montferrand. Named after Alexander…
Belgrade
A former dungeon, the tower (1460) – the largest and best preserved in the fortress – now serves as a museum, with some excellent exhibits on the Ottoman…
Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection
Novi Sad
This collection of works by the most important Serbian artists from the first half of the 20th century is housed in a building that's also been declared a…
Cavtat
Built from 1920 to 1921, this octagonal white-stone tomb is the handiwork of preeminent Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović. Inside, a heavenly host of…
Museum on Water – Bay of Bones
Lake Ohrid
In prehistoric times Lake Ohrid was home to a settlement of pile dwellers who lived literally on top of the water, on a platform supported by up to 10,000…
Zagorje
Nestled in the Sutla River valley near the Slovenian border, the village of Kumrovec has been transformed into an open-air ethnographic museum. A re…
St Petersburg
The two great wings of the General Staff Building are joined by a triumphal arch over Bolshaya Morskaya ul, topped by the Chariot of Glory by sculptors…
Moscow
From the Kutafya Tower, walk up the ramp and pass through the Kremlin walls beneath the 1495 Trinity Gate Tower. At 80m it's the tallest of the fortress…
Bucharest
Hardly a 'national' museum of history, given the rather small collection of maps, statues and jewels on display. The museum is strong, however, on the…
Lviv
An enormous statue of Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine's greatest nationalist writer, rises up in the middle of pr Svobody. It was a gift to the people of Lviv…
St Petersburg
This enormous statue of Catherine the Great (1873) stands amid the chess, backgammon and mah-jong players who crowd the benches in Ostrovsky Sq. At the…
Belgrade
Belgrade's beautiful botanic gardens are a peaceful oasis in the hectic city; it's an exceedingly pleasant place to picnic, stroll or just loiter under…
Our-Lady-of-the-Snow Monastery
Cavtat
The church attached to this Franciscan Monastery (founded in 1484) is worth a look for some notable early Renaissance paintings and a wonderful Bukovac…
Bucharest
The Choral Temple, built in 1857, is the city's main working synagogue and is visually stunning inside. You'll need your passport to enter. A memorial to…
Bucharest
A few blocks south of Piaţa Victoriei is this museum dedicated to national composer George Enescu (1881–1955). The real lure is the chance to peek inside…
Bucharest
The Theodor Pallady Museum is housed inside the exquisite early-18th-century Casa Melik, a former merchant's house. It contains the private art collection…
Belgrade
In summertime, join the hordes of sea-starved locals (up to 250,000 a day) for sun and fun at this artificial island on the Sava. Cool down with a swim,…
Northern Dalmatia
Telašćica Bay, south of Sali at the very end of Dugi Otok, is a beautiful natural harbour with islands floating invitingly just offshore. The area is…
St Petersburg
Inside the Peter & Paul Fortress, a separate ticket gives you access to both a walkway that goes along the walls and leads to the Naryshkin Bastion. The…
Dubrovnik
Spread over three floors of a significant modernist building east of the old town, this excellent gallery showcases Croatian artists, particularly painter…
Monument to the Victims of Soviet Crimes
Lviv
This grim but striking monument depicts a brutalist, angular figure breaking out from iron prison bars, with cobbles radiating out to benches around where…
St Petersburg
Named after its engineer Mikhail Anichkov and featuring rearing horses and attendants at all four corners, the striking ornamentation of this bridge over…
National Museum of Natural History
Sofia
You can almost sense the ghosts of generations of school parties dutifully trooping through the musty halls of Bulgaria's oldest museum, founded in 1889…
Novi Sad
This baroque-style Orthodox church adjacent to the Bishop's Palace dates from 1734; pop inside to check out its stained-glass interior and the iconostasis…
Belgrade
The last remaining – and functioning – mosque (džamija) in Belgrade was built around 1575. It's small and fascinating, and you're on your own here; leave…
Western European Russia
Making a circuit of the restored city walls, long sections of which boast fine towers reminiscent of the Moscow Kremlin, is a pleasant way to pass a warm…
Chişinău
Occupying one end of the Centre of Culture and Military History, this once-musty museum now hosts a moving exhibit on Soviet-era repression. Stories of…
Sveti Stefan
Just off the highway in the hills slightly north of Sveti Stefan, this humble 600-year-old monastery, named after the peach-scented water of a brook that…
Rosenshtein Apartment Building
St Petersburg
Petrogradsky Island is packed with architectural treasures, including this building, which plays with medieval themes in its stuccoed walls, lancet…
Kyiv
This 15th-century women's convent remained open during the communist era. Pass through the bell tower to the peaceful grounds, which contain several…
Belarus
A must for military buffs is this impressive collection of tanks, missiles, helicopters and all other manner of Soviet war paraphernalia in an open field…
Western Estonia & the Islands
Dating from 1874, this 43m lighthouse watches over Tahkuna Peninsula’s northwest tip. Beyond the lighthouse stands an eerie memorial to the victims of the…
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