Serbia Solo Female Travel Safety Tips and Advice

On this page you will find first-hand, unbiased, and real safety tips, advice and reviews from women traveling solo, submitted directly from their personal experiences in the country.

Their opinions are unfiltered and submitted independently as part of the Solo Female Travel Safety Index, a ranking of 210 countries and regions based on how safe they are for women traveling solo.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers.

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Serbia Country data

We have compiled a few data points below that can help you better understand Serbia and have more context when thinking about travel safety.

Official country name: Republic of Serbia.

Etymology: The origin of the name is uncertain, but seems to be related to the name of the West Slavic Sorbs who reside in the Lusatian region in present-day eastern Germany. By tradition, the Serbs migrated from that region to the Balkans in about the 6th century A.D.

Capital: Belgrade (Beograd).

Independence / foundation: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formed in 1918. Its name was changed to Yugoslavia in 1929.

In 2003, the FRY became the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, a loose federation of the two republics. Widespread violence predominantly targeting ethnic Serbs in Kosovo in March 2004 led to more intense calls to address Kosovo's status, and the UN began facilitating status talks in 2006.

In June 2006, Montenegro seceded from the federation and declared itself an independent nation. Serbia subsequently gave notice that it was the successor state to the union of Serbia and Montenegro. In February 2008, after nearly two years of inconclusive negotiations, Kosovo declared itself independent of Serbia - an action Serbia refuses to recognize.

Population: 7 million.

Currency: Serbian Dinar (RSD)
1 USD = 108 RSD
1 EUR = 117 RSD

Time zone: UTC+1

Languages spoken: Serbian (official) 88%, Hungarian 3%, Bosnian 2%, Romani 1%, other 3%, undeclared or unknown 2%. Note - Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Ruthenian (Rusyn) are official in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census.

Religions: Orthodox 85%, Catholic 5%, Muslim 3%, Protestant 1%, atheist 1%, other <1% (includes agnostics, other Christians, Eastern, Jewish), undeclared or unknown 4%.

Climate: In the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well-distributed rainfall). In other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns).

Real GDP (ppp – purchasing power parity): $139 billion.

Real GDP per capita (ppp): $20,900.

Main airports: Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.

World heritage sites in Serbia

There are over 1,100 world heritage sites spread across more than 165 countries. New ones are added every year, and some may be removed from the list for various reasons.

Number of UNESCO listed sites: 5.

Top world heritage sites:

- Gamzigrad-Romuliana.
- Palace of Galerius.
- Stari Ras and Sopoćani, Studenica Monastery.
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo.
- Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards.

Interesting facts about Serbia

- Serbia makes the most expensive cheese in the world. Pule cheese costs over 1,000 euro per kilogram.Serbian cheesemakers at Zasavica Special Nature Reserve exclusively make this rare cheese using the milk of Balkan donkeys mixed with goat’s milk.

- Serbia’s capital of Belgrade is recognized as one of Europe’s most ancient cities. Evidence sugggests its history dates back to 7,000 years ago.

- In south-east Serbia there's a village called Gostusa which is made up entirely of stone.

- Mihaijlo Pupin, the renowned scientist who won the Pulitzer prize and significantly improved the telephone technology, was Serbian.

Further reading: N/A.

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About the Solo Female Travel Safety Index

Safety matters to solo female travelers, you told us so in our annual Solo Female Travel Survey, where year after year, women prove that this is their most important concern when traveling solo.

We wanted to do something about it, so we built these country-specific pages where you can find reviews and scores for 7 key variables affecting the safety of women traveling solo.

How to use the Safety Index

On this page, you will find the country score and the personal opinions on safety of other women traveling solo.

You can sort the comments by:

• The level of experience traveling solo of the reviewer (beginner = <5 trips solo, Intermediate = 5 to 10 trips solo, Experienced = >10 trips solo).
• The age of the traveler.
• Whether they are a visitor or local.
• The date they were posted.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers. 

Thus, the lower the score, the safer the country.

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