Leušići combines rural scenery with monastery traditions and several places of remembrance. For accommodation, Rajski Konaci is a specific point of reference: the ethnovillage established in Leušići includes former farm buildings that have been converted into holiday apartments for guests. Visitors choosing this destination can therefore explore the landscape, rural accommodation and the village’s history together.
Landscape and Getting There
Leušići lies along ridges and on slopes below the Bijele Ploče and Kremana mountains. The Konjska Rijeka flows through the southern part of the area. The landscape therefore includes both ridges and slopes, as well as a river running through the southern part of the village.
Rajski Konaci is 18 km from the Takovo motorway exit. From the exit, head towards Pranjani and Koštunići. Check the current route and road conditions before travelling.
Cold springs rise on the grounds of Rajski Konaci. The property also offers guests walks through the woodlands and meadows of the surrounding Šumadija landscape. These are two distinct natural features: springs directly on the grounds and walks in the wider area, which are part of the property’s offerings.
Rural Stays and Local Cuisine
Rajski Konaci is an ethnovillage in Leušići. Its former farm buildings included a fruit storehouse, a dairy, a drying room and barns; they have been converted into holiday apartments for guests. The different types of buildings reflect the farm’s former functions, while their present use allows guests to stay in these spaces.
Dishes at Rajski Konaci are prepared with vegetables and fruit from its own garden and the surrounding clearings, as well as ingredients from neighbours. The garden, clearings and neighbourhood give the cuisine a direct connection to its rural setting. This is a useful complement to the walks and landscape features of the property when choosing where to stay.
The Jevtović family’s farmstead in Leušići is also more than two centuries old. It offers a different perspective on the village’s history from Rajski Konaci’s converted farm buildings: here, the focus is on the long history of a family farmstead, while there, it is on the former functions of individual buildings that are now holiday apartments.
Monastery and Places of Remembrance
The Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord is located in Leušići, 25 km from Gornji Milanovac and Čačak, on the slopes of Suvobor. Its location and the local religious traditions add a distinct cultural focus to the village’s rural character.
Since 2011, a religious and folk festival has been held at the monastery on Petrovdan. If you wish to travel to Leušići specifically for this event, check the dates for the relevant year.
A memorial service at the monastery on Petrovdan commemorates 27 people from Leušići and the surrounding area who were killed by Germans in Banjica on Petrovdan in 1943. They are locally known as “Petrovsko roblje.” Thus, the Petrovdan tradition at the monastery includes not only the festival but also the commemoration of people from the area.
The grave of Red Army soldier Slavko Paramenkov from Kaluga is in the village cemetery in Leušići; a small memorial plaque marks it. The monastery focuses on the remembrance of a group of 27 people, while the cemetery is the site of an individual soldier’s grave. These two places of remembrance offer different ways to explore the history of Leušići.
Discover more destinations: Guča, Riđage, Kušići, Rudnik, Koštunići, Gornja Trepča, Trudelj, Konjevići.
For the broader travel overview: Moravica District.
