Royal Palace — Local services in City of Belgrade

The Royal Castle itself (especially one of its two building) is nice and has nice interior. However, some things disapointed us: Tours take place just on Saturday and Sunday, twice a day only, only in Serbian. Moreover, you have to come to the Tourist info center prior to the tour to buy tickets (!) (No chance to do it online) and provide them with passport numbers (!). The tour itself goes into detail, well...too much :-) Many times, single pieces of art were extensively commented what is nice, but it makes you tired as the tour lasts 2 hours (in 2 relatively small buildings). The most important info for Tourists, however, is that there are no...

Normally I think 4 stars for this National Trust style old palace with interesting paintings and fittings. However an extra star... It was 2 days after Mr Johnson became PM. The palace resident, who would be King if the country was not now a republic: HRH Crown Prince Alexander, heard that we were a group from the UK. He came to greet us and said that he knew Boris and had just written to him! We also discovered that HRH was born in Claridges and that he and his wife devote their time to educational and health charities. A splendid interlude and we also had a glass of wine. Most impressive...

I highly recommend visiting the Royal Palaces Complex in Dedinje to everyone coming to Belgrade. The visitors will be guided through the Royal Palace and the White Palace and have a glimpse of the life of the Karadjordjevic Royal Dynasty. The ticket is 5 euros and there are organized bus rides free of charge from and to the Royal Complex. Since the tour is two hours long and geared towards an adult audience, school kids and students, I would not recommend going there with toddlers...