Mobissimo

So, if you missed being part of the in crowd when Dubrovnik was hot, now's your chance to be able to say, "Belgrade? I loved it. It's like Prague in 1990." The New York Times must have read our blog about Dubrovnik yesterday and scrambled to name a new top Eastern European destination, and Belgrade is the new "it" city.

Along the banks of the Danube and Sava Rivers, serpentine chains of music-blasting splavovi - floating raft clubs - snake into the inky Balkan night. Fortified by huge meat-kebab dinners and Turkish coffees from Belgrade's myriad cafes, crowds of night owls line up to partake variously of Gypsy bands, electronic mixes, rock 'n' roll and a distinctly Serbian hybrid known as Turbofolk.

"The most fun places to play are here, South America and Japan!" [the dj] shouts over rapid-fire industrial beats, praising the energy of the night life in the capital of Serbia and Montenegro, the name for what is left of Yugoslavia after its unraveling in the early 90's. "They're interested in new music and in building a scene!"

If you're flying from New York, a MobiSearch finds tickets in November starting at $595 from American Airlines vs. $708 on Expedia.