Gornji Milanovac is a frequent host for many visitors, due to its hospitality and Šumadija charm. This municipality is visited by a solid number of tourists, with more than 2,000 overnight stays per year, and here are just some of the reasons:
Tourist reasons - Gornji Milanovac offers very active content, both for younger and older tourists.
In the city: you can visit sports and recreational centers, and the Cultural Center has a cinema and a theater. There are also various manifestations throughout the year, such as the Serbian Festival of World Music, the Natural Mystic Festival, the International Biennale of Miniature Art and Days of Princess Ljubica.
In the countryside - In addition, Gornji Milanovac is surrounded by many unique excursion spots such as:
Koštunići and Ravna gora - on the slopes of Suvobor mountain;
Savinac - a village only 4 km from Takovo, which is associated with a legend that once upon a time Saint Sava passed through it and that even today you can see the hoof prints of his horse in the stone.
Rudnik planina - For those tourists who like hiking, there is Rudnik, the highest mountain in Šumadija (Cvijićev peak, 1.132 m).
Cultural and historical reasons - Tourists here have the opportunity to visit:
Museums - we single out two of the most famous museums: the Museum of Rudnik and Takovo Region, the Museum of the Second Serbian Uprising;
Monuments - It is certainly worth visiting two monuments: The memorial complex in the center of the city; memorial park Brdo mira;
Takovo - The first reason for visiting among tourists, especially school-age children, is Takovo, a settlement in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, in the Moravički district, the place where Miloš Obrenović started the Second Serbian Uprising in 1815.
Spiritual reasons - The surroundings of Gornji Milanovac are exceptionally proud of a large number of churches and monasteries, so Orthodox tourists are guaranteed a pleasant visit here. Some of the most visited churches are:
The Church of the Holy Trinity in the very center of the city, the last endowment of Prince Miloš Obrenović;
Church of St. George on Rudnik;
Church of Saint Sava in Savinac;
The Log Church in Takovo, one of the oldest buildings of this type of church architecture in Serbia;
Regarding monasteries, the Vraćevšnica monastery, on the southern slopes of Rudnik, and the Vujan monastery on the wooded slope under the top of the mountain of the same name, stand out;