Things To Do In Pirot When You're Bored
Written: Jan 02 '02
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Pros: Great food, low prices, friendly people, honest cabbies
Cons: Hotels, mosquitoes
The Bottom Line: I'd recommend Pirot for great food and low prices.
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| angel011's Full Review: Serbia and Montenegro |
Pirot is a small town located at the south part of inner Serbia (meaning, not Kosovo). It’s closer to Bulgarian border than to Kosovo, so it’s quite safe. You can walk its streets at 4 AM and nothing will happen to you. Nothing ever happens in Pirot.
I traveled there several times, not because I wanted to, but because my boyfriend was serving the Army in Pirot. So if you ever happen to go there or have to stay there for some odd reasons, here are a few things that might be useful.
People are very friendly. I’m not sure how many of them speak English (heck, half of them speak something that more resembles Bulgarian than Serbian), but they sure are always willing to help and give you directions or a good advice where to get decent inexpensive food.
Food: there’s plenty of it, and it’s inexpensive. Southern Serbia is somewhat famous for its grill. A restaurant called "Srbija" (it means Serbia), which is located at the center of Pirot, is a good place to try it. A meal for two would cost you about 5$. "Pljeskavica" (something close to hamburger) can be found almost everywhere in Pirot, and it tastes great. It won’t make you any thinner, though; there are a lot of spices and a lot of fat in it, but if you’re not on a diet, you’ll eat it until your stomach hurts.
If you’re in mood for pizza, there’s a place called "Verdi" near the center of Pirot (everything in Pirot is near the center). A meal for two is about 5$. The beer they serve there, "Pils Plus", is also excellent. Just keep in mind that beer in Serbia is stronger than somewhere else; two bottles can get you drunk.
If you would like something sweet, there are two cake-shops (actually, something between a cake-shop and a coffee house) at the very center of Pirot. Again, enough cakes for two that you can hardly breath afterwards, plus something to drink with it, would cost you about 5$.
Another Serbian specialty, preferred as breakfast, is called "burek". There are several variations, "burek" with cheese, with meat, with mushrooms, with apples. Avoid the one with meat – the quality of the meat is usually very low. Most people like best "burek" with cheese. It resembles a cheese pie. Yogurt goes well with it; you can buy "burek" in every bakery, and there are several of them in Pirot.
Hotels : there are two hotels in Pirot, "Stadion" and "Pirot". I’ve heard that they accept to rent rooms per hour in "Stadion", so I didn’t ask any further. As for "Pirot"... Well, it will cost you 15$ per day. The breakfast is great. That much for the good stuff. But the rooms... They are quite small, two beds, one table with a mirror, a couch, a bathroom. No TV. A lot of dust. If you decide to sit on the couch, do it slowly, or a dust cloud will arise and you’ll be coughing for the next hour. Don’t let the blankets get in a direct contact with your skin, just in case – I’m not sure when was the last time they cleaned them, but it wasn’t in this millennium. Also, if you stay there during weekend, you won’t be able to sleep before 2 AM – whenever I was there, there were weddings, and it seems everyone in Pirot gets wed in hotel "Pirot". And they’re quite noisy. Most of the hotel’s income comes through these weddings, so complaining about the noise won’t help you.
So, while I can’t exactly recommend hotel "Pirot", I don’t think you have much choice, except if you have some cousins there.
Interesting Places : there is an interesting monument in the center of the town. It represents a mosquito (actually, it’s a fountain with a giant mosquito in it). Visiting Pirot in November and December, I wondered about its people weird sense of humor. But now I know: don’t go there in summer, or the mosquitoes will eat you alive. I’m not kidding. It’s some mutated kind of mosquito, much bigger than God intended it to be. So... Take care.
Other interesting places: well... There is a rubber factory called "Tigar" (they produce tires and other stuff made of rubber) and a factory of knitted goods called "Prvi maj". Of course, they’re only interesting if you intend to do business with them.
There is one night club in Pirot, but I can’t remember its name, and I’ve never been in there, so I don’t know what kind of music they play. You won’t have problems finding it, it’s in the center. The only thing I know for sure is that it’s inexpensive.
Speaking of inexpensive, there’s a flea market at the outskirts of Pirot. The goods are mostly from smuggled from Bulgaria and Turkey, of very low quality, and unbelievably inexpensive. My boyfriend bought a pair of socks for 10 dinars (that’s about 15 cents).
Transport in Pirot : everything is close enough to walk. But if you’re tired, or carrying a lot of stuff, or not in mood for walk, there are taxis. They’re inexpensive too; a ride from the hotel to the railway station costs about 50 dinars (about 77 cents). And cabbies are very nice and honest. In Belgrade (my hometown), I’d be charged at least four times as much for the same distance, ant not because in Belgrade the prices are four times higher.
Well, that would be it. Things to do in Pirot when you’re bored? You can eat. You can look at the mosquito monument. And you can be bored.
Recommended:
Yes
Best Time to Travel Here: Mar - May
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