Zlatibor & Mokra Gora – Šargan Eight railway

Zlatibor opened to visitors in 1893, when King Aleksandar Obrenović came to stay, and it is described by the national tourism board as having the longest tradition of tourism in Serbia; it has been declared a climatic health resort. The village of Sirogojno preserves the region's rural past in an open-air museum of 19th-century houses and farmyards.

The Šargan line was part of the narrow-gauge (760 mm) railway linking Belgrade with Sarajevo. Work began during the First World War, resumed in 1921, and the first train reached Vardište in January 1925. To climb the steep Šargan pass in a short distance, engineers looped the track in the shape of a figure eight. After the line closed in the 1970s, enthusiasts and the state restored it, and tourist trains returned in 2003. Drvengrad, also known as Mećavnik, was built from 2004 and won the Philippe Rotthier European Prize for Architecture.

Zlatibor is famous across Serbia for its food: smoked and dried pršuta (cured meat), kajmak (a rich clotted dairy cream) and cheese, especially from Sirogojno and the surrounding villages. Note that cured meats here are traditionally pork or beef, so travellers seeking halal food should ask, and look for dairy, pastries, trout and vegetable dishes. Hand-knitted woollens from Sirogojno are a well-known craft. Mokra Gora and the villages around Kremna are also linked to the 19th-century Tarabić prophets, whose predictions remain part of local folklore.