Villages & places on Tara
Tara is not a single place but a scatter of villages, hamlets and small resorts across a plateau at 900–1,200 m.
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01 · ↑ 1050 m
Kaluđerske Bare
Tara’s main resort at about 1,050 m — two large hotels, dozens of cottages and apartments, a beginners’ ski slope and the trailhead for the Crnjeskovo viewpoint and Rača monastery.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 1.050 m
- Od Bajine Bašte
- 17 km
- Od Beograda
- oko 180 km / 3 h
- Prodavnica
- da, cele godine
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02 · ↑ 1080 m
Mitrovac
The quieter, wilder side of Tara at about 1,080 m — a children’s resort, private log cabins and the closest base for Banjska stena, Zaovine and Predov krst.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 1.080 m
- Od Kaluđerskih bara
- oko 20 km
- Od Perućca
- oko 18 km serpentinama
- Prodavnica
- sezonski
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03 · ↑ 1100 m
Predov krst
A crossroads in the oldest forest on Tara — the core of the protected area, base for bear-watching hides and the Sjenič viewpoint.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 1.100 m
- Od Mitrovca
- oko 10 km
- Režim zaštite
- deo područja I stepen
- Prodavnica
- ne
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04 · ↑ 900 m
Zaovine
A village on the shores of Lake Zaovine, where Josif Pančić discovered the Serbian spruce in 1875. Emerald water, scattered hamlets and Tara’s best sunsets.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 900 m (jezero 880 m)
- Od Mitrovca
- oko 7 km do brane Lazići
- Jezero
- oko 7 km dužine
- Prodavnica
- jedna, u selu
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05 · ↑ 300 m
Perućac
Tara’s summer capital: a lake with floating cafés and beaches, the 365-metre Vrelo river, the start of the Drina canyon and the July Drina Regatta.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 300 m
- Od Bajine Bašte
- 10 km
- Jezero
- dužine oko 50 km, do 60 m dubine
- Sezona kupanja
- jun – septembar
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06 · ↑ 250 m
Bajina Bašta
The riverside town that serves as Tara’s gateway — fuel, banks, a market, the National Park visitor centre and the famous house on a rock in the Drina.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 250 m
- Od Beograda
- oko 160 km
- Od Užica
- oko 35 km
- Do Kaluđerskih bara
- 17 km
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07 · ↑ 750 m
Rastište
Tara’s most remote village above the Derventa canyon — medieval tombstones, watermills, a few farm stays and real silence.
- Nadmorska visina
- 600 – 900 m
- Od Perućca
- oko 7 km
- Stećci
- 68, na dve lokacije
- Mobilni signal
- slab
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08 · ↑ 1000 m
Sokolina
A hamlet on the edge of the Rača canyon facing Crnjeskovo — the Sokolarica viewpoint, nesting eagles and a few cottages looking straight into the gorge.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 1.000 m
- Od Kaluđerskih bara
- oko 8 km
- Vidikovac
- Sokolarica
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09 · ↑ 1000 m
Jagoštica
A village on Tara’s southern slopes between Zaovine and Mokra Gora — meadows, orchards, farm stays and the shortest route to the Šargan Eight railway.
- Nadmorska visina
- 900 – 1.100 m
- Do Mokre Gore
- oko 20 km
- Do Zaovina
- oko 12 km
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10 · ↑ 1000 m
Solotnik
A hamlet in central Tara with the remains of a medieval fort that guarded the old caravan road across the mountain.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 1.000 m
- Znamenitost
- ostaci tvrđave
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11 · ↑ 800 m
Kremna
The village of the Tarabić prophecies at Tara’s south-eastern entrance — one of three roads up the mountain starts here.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 800 m
- Od Užica
- oko 30 km
- Do Kaluđerskih bara
- oko 25 km
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12 · ↑ 950 m
Konjska reka
A hamlet between Kaluđerske Bare and Mitrovac — new cottages, wide meadows and an ideal central base for exploring the whole of Tara.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 950 m
- Do Kaluđerskih bara
- oko 12 km
- Do Mitrovca
- oko 12 km
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13 · ↑ 1000 m
Beserovina
A border village on Tara’s far west above the Drina — farm stays, pastures and views over Bosnia.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 1.000 m
- Od Mitrovca
- oko 15 km
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14 · ↑ 900 m
Šljivovica
A village of plum orchards on Tara’s south-eastern slopes, on the road to Kremna — quiet, cheaper stays twenty minutes from Kaluđerske Bare.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 900 m
- Do Kaluđerskih bara
- oko 10 km
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15 · ↑ 700 m
Mokra Gora
The neighbouring valley between Tara and Zlatibor — the Šargan Eight railway and Kusturica’s Drvengrad village, half an hour away.
- Nadmorska visina
- oko 700 m
- Do Kaluđerskih bara
- oko 40 km
- Do Zaovina
- oko 30 km