Ritam Srbije / Rhythm of Serbia
The World Tourism Organization has decided There’s no better
village than Mokra Gora
You’ll find many ethno-villages on Serbia’s rich map, nestled between mountains with meadows and forests, but one of them is also officially the best and most beautiful in the world: Mokra Gora Mokra Gora is the
best tourist village in the world! It was at the se- ssion of the General Assembly of the UN World Tourism Organizati- on in Madrid that Mokra Gora was chosen from among more than 170 competing villages from 75 coun- tries. Under the scope of the sele- ction process, each member state was allowed to nominate three vi- llages, and it was decided following a session of the national commis- sion of the Ministry of Trade and Tourism that Serbia would be re- presented by Mokra Gora, Gostilje and Tršić. And Mokra Gora won! This tourist village that nurtures culture, celebrates tradition, offers possibilities to develop sustaina- ble tourism and preserves biodi- versity, and which lies between the mountains of Tara and Zlatibor. Thanks to the unique Šargan Eight and Drvengrad, it represents a tourist attraction in Western Ser- bia that is visited annually by a large number of tourists. Now it’s also offi- cially that which has long been clear to its visitors - Mokra Gora is magical. It is interesting to note that it’s not mountains, spas or lakes that are the most popular tourist desti- nations in Serbia, but ethno-villages, which transport us back to some oth- er times and familiarise us with the way our ancestors lived, while main- taining all the comfort and benefits of the modern age. Drvengrad is just such an eth-
no-village, which was built by re- nowned film director Emir Kusturi- ca. Raised on Mećavnik hill, it has everything a city needs, though it’s built entirely of wood, as its name suggests [wooden town]. There are over 50 log cabins, the majority of which are authentic, having been
transferred from surrounding Zlat- ibor villages in order to testify to the traditional way of life and architecture of this area. Kusturica came up with the idea of constructing Drvengrad while shooting the film Life is a Mir- acle. Fascinated by the beauty of the snow-covered Mećavnik, he decided
Mokra Gora je od centra Zlatibora udaljena oko 45 kilometara Mokra Gora is located around 45 kilometres from the centre of Zlatibor
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