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"I guarantee that this is not an ordinary guide that you can come across in every online corner – this is a loving recommendation for the region where I spent my childhood and I still consider it the home I return to every time I get tired of the hustle and bustle of life imposed by big cities."

Certainly the biggest attraction of the Silver Star cruise on the Danube awaits you at the very entrance to the Djerdap Gorge (the Iron Gates). The Golubac Town or Golubac is a medieval fortress, a cultural monument of exceptional importance.

Located on the right bank of the Danube in the Djerdap Gorge, this site, named after the great whirlpool on the Danube, was the seat of one of the most important and complex cultures of prehistory. Widely known and recognizable stone figures of people with large eyes and fish-like lips are its landmark. /photo: Željko Vladić/