The monastery in the village of Gračanica, a short drive south of Pristina, is one of Kosovo's best religious monuments. Completed in 1321 and built by the legendary king of Serbia, Milutin Nemanjic, the Serbian Orthodox monastery church represents the height of Serbian Byzantine tradition. Its real beauty is hidden within, where several distinct periods of fresco painting are extremely well preserved, depicting the early life of Jesus as well as the representations of the ecclesiastical calendar and a terrifying Day of Judgement. The monastery is guarded by police who may require to see your ID. To get there from Pristina, take the bus to Gjilan, which passes through the town after 15 minutes. Note that Gračanica is a Serb enclave that sometimes is the focus of unrest, and some embassies warn against visiting.

Admission free.

Gračanica Monastery comments Add Yours

• B.Lynn - Prishtina, Kosovo 11 August 2010
  Earlier this year we got on the bus to Gjilan and had no trouble getting them to let us off at Gracanica.
• AEC - Canada 17 July 2010
  So if you do not have a car, how do you get there? What bus can you take?
  
  EDITOR: Any taxi, or the bus to Gracanica.
• Tomislav Spasic - Scotland 14 July 2010
  Hi Frank - I take it you got on the bus at Pristina Bus Station? You should have got of the bus before Gracanica and walked. No?
• Frank - Germany 13 July 2010
  I was refused by 2 different bus drivers of the Pristina-Giljan Bus to take me to Gracanica. So the only way to get there is probably a rented car.