Getting around Niš
City and suburban transport in Niš has been free for everyone since 1 July 2025 — no ticket, no app, just get on.
- From the airport
- Bus 34A or 34B, free
- Around town
- Line 1 to the Skull Tower
- To the gorges
- 18 to Sićevo
Niš has no metro and no city transport tickets — since 1 July 2025 the whole city and suburban bus network has been free for everyone, so you just board. The airport has its own line into the centre, and the same network reaches the gorges and the spa.
From Niš airport to the centre
Niš Airport (INI) is four kilometres from the centre in a straight line, with its own circular lines 34A and 34B into town — every fifteen minutes on weekdays, every thirty at weekends. Both lines, like the whole city and suburban network, have been free for everyone since 1 July 2025; before that, it applied to only part of the network.
Line 1 — the backbone of the city
It runs from Trg kralja Milana, past the Skull Tower and Mediana, out to Niška Banja at the other end of town. For a visitor staying one day, this is the only line actually needed in the city — everything else is walking distance from the fortress and the old bazaar.
Suburban lines to the gorges
Line 18 runs to Sićevo, 20L to Ostrovica on the far side of the Sićevo gorge, and 21L to Jelašnica, near the Jelašnica gorge. A separate, direct coach line outside the city network runs to Sokobanja.
Taxi
It makes sense late at night, with more luggage, or when heading straight to one address without waiting for a bus: the start is €1.60, and each further kilometre €0.60. A ride from the airport is €4.30, the daytime tariff.
Before you go
Short answers to what people ask most before setting out.
Is city transport in Niš really free?
Yes, for everyone, since 1 July 2025 — no ticket, no app, you just board at the door.
How do you get from the airport to the centre?
On bus 34A or 34B, every fifteen minutes on weekdays and every thirty at weekends; the same free ride as the rest of city transport.
Do you need a car for the gorges or the spa?
No — lines 18, 20L, 21L and line 1 cover both gorges and the spa for free; a car is only needed for Felix Romuliana and Đavolja Varoš.
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Sokobanja · 36 km
→The spa town where Prince Miloš officially sent his first patient in 1837
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→Six questions: a score for this place and others like it.
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