Valjevo

Worth seeing in and around Valjevo

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Ćelije Monastery

   The Ćelije Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to St. Archangel Michael.

   3.7 km · Serbian Orthodox monastery in Lelić, Serbia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Petnica Cave

   Petnica Cave is located in the village of Petnica, near the city of Valjevo, Serbia. The cave has been popular for tourism since at least the 19th century, when it was one of the three most popular caving destinations in Serbia along with Prekonoska and Lazareva Pecina.

   4.8 km · Serbian cave popular with tourists · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Monument to Stjepan Filipović

   The Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution, also known as the Monument to Stevan Filipović or simply the Valjevo Monument, is a memorial located in Valjevo, Serbia. It is dedicated to the National Hero of Yugoslavia Stevan Filipović and to the Partisan fighters from the Valjevo region who fought in the National Liberation War during World War II. The monument was inspired by a famous photograph capturing Filipović’s final moments, in which he defiantly raised his fists and addressed the gathered crowd before his execution on 22 May 1942.

   2.1 km · monument in Valjevo, Serbia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Degurić Cave

   The Degurić cave is, according to the latest research, the longest cavern in the region of Valjevo karst. Through the main channel stream flows passing through six siphons.

   3.2 km · cave in Serbia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Memorial cemetery on Krušik

   The Partisan Memorial Cemetery on Krušik in Valjevo, Serbia, is a memorial cemetery in the northwestern part of the city, on Krušik Hill, where 313 fighters and participants of the Partisan National Liberation Movement who were born, fought, or fell in the Valjevo area during World War II in Yugoslavia are buried. Most of those interred, 261 of them, were participants in the Partisan resistance who were shot by the Germans on 27 November 1941 after being captured and handed over by Ravna Gora Chetniks.

   3.1 km · a memorial cemetery in the northwestern part of the city and an immovable cultural asset of Serbia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Valjevo Sports Hall

   Valjevo Sports Hall is an indoor arena in Valjevo, built in 1972. It has a capacity of 2500 people.

   600 m · indoor arena in Valjevo, Serbia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Valjevo

Airports

Belgrade Nikola Tesla (BEG), 70 km · Tuzla (TZL), 95 km · Sarajevo (SJJ), 133 km

• Belgrade → Valjevo

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · din480–640
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• Niš → Valjevo

  189 km · quickest by road, 4h 14m · din1,330–1,770
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• Dubrave Gornje → Valjevo

  380 km · quickest by road, 7h 31m · €55–80
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