Salaš 137, Međunarodni put 137;

Closed on Mondays.
Advance booking recommended.
www.salas137.rs

Here, in the kingdom of silence, cosy and relaxed atmosphere, you will enjoy in horse riding and fiacre ride, rich offer of Vojvodina specialities and relax after that in one of authentic rooms in the “Alt Deutsch” style.

Pajin salaš, Međunarodni put 325;

www.pajinsalas-restorannovisad.com

Pajin salaš is the oasis of peace, and an excellent choice for organising of family and business lunches, family and business celebrations. It is known after good food (Mangulitsa ham hock, chicken pillows, etc.). Booking recommended.

Equestrian Centre for Rehabilitation, Recreation, Relaxation and Education “U sedlu” Salaš 341,

www.usedlu.org.rs

The Equestrian Centre “U sedlu” is a unique concept that includes the activities and therapies for children and adults with special needs with the assistance of horses, as well as team building and leadership programmes with the assistance of horses (certified EAHAE member). It is possible to rent the entire estate with full service and organisation of events, or opt for a tailor made concept without any intrusion. Therapies are booked according to a certain procedure and the estate itself is of a closed type so that arrangements in advance are mandatory.

Kamp “Farma 47” Camp, Međunarodni put bb,

www.agrotourism-novisad.com

Farma 47, a camp, overnight lodging and “salaš” farmstead is located at about ten kilometres from the centre of Novi Sad, within Čenej district. Farma 47 Auto Camp disposes with 20 auto-homes, electricity and water connections and possibility of waste water discharge. There are also 4 comfortable rooms and one suite. All that is settled within an excepted “salaš” farmstead landscape with domestic animals, orchard with 1,300 quince trees, relaxed time without any rush, noise and garnish that includes (as desired) eggs of domestic grown chicken, ham, bacon, compote, jam and homemade fruit brandy.

Brkin salaš, Međunarodni put 312

Make sure to book in advance
www.brkinsalas.rs

Brkin salaš is a household of the family Matić where you can feel the charms of salaš way of life, in a peaceful atmosphere, with no hurry; here you can also organise the celebrations of important events events with traditional Vojvodina cuisine and music of tamburica players.

Mitin salaš, Vuka Karadžića 53

Make sure to book in advance.

www.salasvojvodina.co.rs

Mitin salaš has got the main house where you can find accommodation in a rural tourist household categorised as 2* facility. Beside it, there is a small house with a cane roof – museum of items used at “salaš” farmsteads from the oldest times. The following services are available to tourists: playroom, room for birthday celebrations, horse riding classes, visit to the museum, and overnight stay.

Edukativni kamp Čenej ŠOSO “Milan Petrović”, Međunarodni put 238

Make sure to book in advance.

www.smp.edu.rs.

The beneficiaries and pupils of ŠOSO “Milan Petrović” from Novi Sad grow flowers, spice herbs and mushrooms in this Camp and they adopt diverse daily skills – primarily in the fields of gardening and vegetable growing – through work and spending time together.

Restaurant with overnight lodging “Bulać”, Međunarodni put 80;

www.pansionbulac.com

The Restaurant “Bulać” with overnight lodging and local and international cuisine is located at about six kilometres from Novi Sad, in a typical Vojvodina ambience, surrounded with “salaš” farmsteads. The restaurant disposes with the capacity of 200 seats and it is suitable for larger gatherings. There is also a beautiful open air seating area within it. Accommodation is possible in three bungalows and five rooms.

Kać is at the distance of 8 km from Novi Sad. Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas is in the centre of the settlement. It was built in the period from 1840 to 1844. This is where you can also see the Monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church dedicated to Christ’s Resurrection.

The Black Whirlpool resort was designed specifically for those who love fishing. Budisava is one of Novi Sad’s suburban settlements. The Roman Catholic Church of Holly Mother is in its centre, and near it there is the Ethno House in Cara Dušana Street 107; Make sure to book in advance: E-mail: budiszava.petefi@gmail.com +381 (0)21 719 235 (9-14h); Rajšli Laslo.

Kovilj-Petrovaradin Marsh is a special nature reservation that spreads across 4,840 hectares of space in the territories of municipalities of Novi Sad, Sremski Karlovci, Indjija and Titel. A spacious reservation was created on the old arms of the river Danube. It is the habitat of rare bird species, and it is registered as IBA Area. Arkanj site is a well-known fishing resort.

Kovilj is the old settlement in Bačka that is located in the outskirts of Kovilj-Petrovaradin Marsh. The records mention it for the first time in the 13th century. The settlement has two churches and a monastery.

According to the legend, the Serbian Orthodox Monastery Kovilj with the church dedicated to St. Archangels Michael and Gabriel was founded by St. Sava. Its name was mentioned in the records for the first time in the 17th century. The monastery has had its current outlook since the middle of the 18th century. The iconostasis was painted by Aksentije Marodić, while wood carved pieces were made by Jovan Kistner. Serbian Orthodox Church of Christ’s Ascension (Upper Kovilj Church) was built in 1829. Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Thomas the Apostle (Lower Kovilj Church) was built in 1845 at the site of the previous temple. The birthplace of Laza Kostić (1841-1910), a writer, poet, and translator, is located beside the Upper Kovilj Church.

Tourists can visit:

Agricultural holding of Sava Graorac (with previous announcement) Phone: +381 21 29 88 558.

Serbian Orthodox Church of Holly Mother’s Birth is a baroque building that was built in 1758 at the site of a previous temple. Iconostasis was painted by Stefan Gavrilović in 1802. Roman Catholic Church of Discovery of the Holly Cross at Zmaj’s Square was built in 1811. The following monuments and cultural institutions are accommodated in Sremska Kamenica:

Marczibányi-Karátsonyi Castle is located, in Kamenički Park. Its current outlook dates back to 1836. Kamenički Park is a spacious, well arranged park that was initially created around the castle. It is decorated with sculptures from the former castle park.

Monument of Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833-1904), a poet, medical doctor, and member of the Serbian Royal Academy reminds of the fact that he has been our most read, and most famous children’s poet for many generations. In his honour, Novi Sad has been hosting Zmaj’s Games for Children since 1958. The house in which the famous poet and medical doctor, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj lived in the period from 1875 to 1904 is currently the Zmaj’s Museum. It is located in Jovana Jovanovića Zmaja Street no. 1 www.museumns.rs

Accommodation is available at:

Lodging “Vila Evanđelina”, Branislava Bukurova 2; www.vilaevandjelina.com
Lodging “Zmajevo Gnezdo” / Dragon’s Nest/, Zmajev trg 15; www.zmajevognezdo.rs
“Ilidža”, Ledinački put 1,  Phone: 461-158 office@ilidza.rs.

Futog

You can start your excursion by taking a ferry in Futog. It is believed that since 1250, when it is first mentioned in written sources, Futog has been constantly populated. During the Austrian rule, the settlement was such a significant marketplace that the fairs that were taking place were more famous even than those in Leipzig. The merchandise brought by the Turks, Persians, and Armenians moved towards central and northern Europe exactly across Futog district. The stories say that camel caravans used to cross into Bačka just at Futog on their road to Vienna, and that the coffee cargoes seized after the siege of Vienna at the end of the 17^th century, embarked on their journey to conquering of European habits travelling along that same Futog road. Futog played an important role in defending the Habsburg Monarchy from the Turks because the Austrian army, under the command of Eugene de Savoy, crossed the Danube at that spot and went behind the Turkish lines, defeating them in the famous Petrovaradin battle in 1716.

While waiting for the ferry to take the same road that the caravans, traders, armies and travellers used to travel along before, do not miss the opportunity to visit the sights of Futog. In the vicinity of the Danube, in the part of Old Futog there is the Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Cosmas and Damian. It was built in 1776 in the style of Baroque. Iconostasis was made in 1779 by Arsenije Teodorović, one of the most important Serbian painters of the 18^th and 19^th century. The wall paintings are the work of Janko Halkozović, a representative of early Baroque painting in Vojvodina. The church has a collection of icons painted by the Novi Sad painter Pavle Simić, whose painting expression is linked with the Nazarene painting. In the beautifully decorated and maintained churchyard, there is the grave of Smiljka Jovanović, the daughter of a poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj who died very young.
At the beginning of New Futog, there is a remarkable Roman Catholic Church of the Jesus Heart, built at the site where a Baroque Church of the Holy Trinity used to stand in 1776. The contemporary church was built by the Count family Chotek in the period from 1906 to 1908. Gothic towers of this church are visible from a distance. The church is richly decorated; it has a pseudo-gothic style mobiliar and powerful organ, which, along with the monumentality of the building, gives the church a unique and harmonious impression of grandiose pageantry of the past times. The parish castle that was built in 1776 adjacent to the original church still exists. The relic of St. Eugene, a martyr from the ancient Christian times, whose body rested in the Roman catacombs, is still kept in the contemporary Church of the Jesus Heart. In 1777, the Pope Pius VI gave the relic to the Futog Church of the Holy Trinity built by the Count Andreas Hadik, and now it is kept in a glass sarcophagus beneath the side altar of the contemporary church. The text on the memorial plaque inside the church says that certain stained glass decorations were donated by Count Rudolph, his wife Maria Raday, daughter Henriette, sister Gabriela Schönborn, pastor Josef Eigl and some prominent families from Futog.

Hadik Castle, which was built in 1777 by the Count Andreas Hadik, Austrian field Marshall and chairman of the Vienna Royal War Council, is located just opposite the Roman Catholic Church of the Jesus Heart. The castle was built as a residential building in the Baroque style. Until 1805, it was the property of the Hadik counts and after that, it became the property of the Chotek family. Its new owners rebuilt it, built green house gardens and a big terrace at the front side. There are data evidencing that the castle hosted Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Chotek just before the assassination in Sarajevo and that Johann Strauss II composed the Beautiful Blue Danube while staying in it. It currently accommodates the Secondary School of Agriculture.

Just as each place along the river Danube has its “čarda” restaurants, “Splav Dunavac” is well known after its good fish soup and good wines.

Čerević

Futog ferry is not difficult to find and embarking is simple since there is a person responsible for accommodating passengers and vehicles according to a certain schedule. The ferry reaches Beočin in around ten minutes of a slow and cosy drive. From there, following the Danube bank, the ferry reaches Čerević. It is an old settlement and judging by archaeological remains it is assumed that there was a Roman fort in Čerević area. It is known that there was a Catholic parish there in the 12^th century, while during the Turkish rule the census that was made proved the existence of mosques and Orthodox Church. The settlement was developing all until the arrival of the Austrians when it lots the significance it used to have as an important resting resort on the Belgrade-Budim road.

The centre of Čerević is dominated by the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Joseph today, which was built in 18^th century. The Church holds the icon of Johann Natinhofer from 1781 with the Holy Family, while the landscape of Čerević with both the Orthodox and Catholic churches is presented at the painting bottom. The icons for this church were also painted by two famous Serbian painters – Arsa Teodorović (1817) and Konstantin Pantelić (1835). The references talk about the data that one Roman tombstone was built in the Catholic church wall.
The Orthodox Church of Saint Sava is in the vicinity. It was built in the 18^th century in the Baroque style. The icons were made during the 18^th and 19^th century by unknown painters. The woodwork of the iconostasis was probably the work of Marko Vujatović during the first half of the 19^th century. The churchyard is nicely arranged and it holds several preserved tombstones, including those of the benefactors Atanasije Gereski and Petar Kostić.

Čerević has its homeland museum that keeps the legacy collections of Milenko Šerban and sculptor Jovan Soldatović. In one of the central streets there is a plague informing us about the site of the birth house of a poet Milenko Grčić who was buried in the churchyard of the monastery Beočin.

There are a lot of wine shops and wine cellars in the settlement where you can taste and buy excellent wines: Neoplanta, Chardonnay, Riesling, Frankovka, Probus, Bermet, etc. All wine cellars and wine shops are well marked – they are the wine shops Kuzmanović, Belo Brdo, Radojčić, and Žabić.

Banoštor

Banoštor is an old settlement. In ancient times, there was a Roman fort Malata and Bononia there. The fortress had a harbour where, as it can be found in bibliography, two Roman emperors landed on their road to Sirmium: Julian in 361 and Grecian in 378. As Vera Milosavljević writes, the knowledge on the existence of the early Christian church from the 4^th century near the present-day St. George’s Church is also of a newer date. There are also data about the medieval monastery in Banoštor, which was built, according to Vera Milosavljević, by the Serbian and Hungarian nobleman Ban Belos. Later on, the monastery was the centre of the newly established Srem Bishopric, which soon moved to Sremska Mitrovica. The name Banoštor is connected with the term “Ban Monoštor”, which in translation means “Ban’s Monastery”. In one seal from the 18^th century, which is kept in the Archives of the Metropolitanate in Sremski Karlovci, the name of the place written in the old Cyrillic was “Banoštar Varoš”. In the Middle Ages and at the time of the Turkish rule, the fortress lost the significance it had in the Roman Empire time.

The rule of the Ottomans (1521-1718) erased many traces of the previous centuries, so that we can learn about earlier fortifications, the old Catholic parishes and monasteries, Orthodox Episcopes only from the written sources. One of such important documents is the list of Srem settlements, churches and monasteries made by the representative of the Prince Livio Odeschalci, the monk Giovanni Bonini in 1698 for the handover of that part of Srem, freed from the Turks and donated to the Italian noble family Odeschalci by the Austrian emperor Leopold I.

Today, the settlement is dominated by the walls of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Rudolph, built in 1913 by the Count Rudolph Chotek from Futog. The visitors may pay a visit to the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. George, built in 1682 in the time of the Great Migration of the Serbs under Arsenije Čarnojević. A great value is the iconostasis the woodcarving of which is the work of Maksim Lazarević from 1833. The icons on the iconostasis and a part of the wall paintings were made by Konstantin Pantelić in 1836, and the icon of the Holy Mother with Christ on the Holy Mother’s throne was made by Grigorije Davidović Opšić in 1781. The church bells are the gift of Mihajlo Pupin from 1925.

Banoštor is a village of winemakers and winegrowers. Here you will find excellent wines, and all wineries are well marked: Fruškogorski Vinogradi, Ačanski, Silbaški, Stojković, Urošević, Radošević, Šijački … There is also the Association of women involved in souvenir production called “Majkina Radionica” (“Granny’s Workshop”).

Begeč

The ferry that transports people and vehicles between Banoštar and Begeč is smaller than the one between Futog and Beočin, but equally safe. Crossing the river is even more interesting because the travellers are followed by a flock of cormorants and other birds in search of fish in the Danube shallow streams. The ferry stops at the bank in Begeč just next to “Čarda kod Braše”, which is a great place for a family lunch in summer. Begečka jama, a picnic area, a fishing terrain, bathing resort and a weekend settlement of the citizens of Novi Sad is only one kilometre away. Begečka jama is also a protected area – a nature park, significant for the survival of the nesting birds. Naturally, and to the joy of fish soup and other fish dishes lovers, there is another “čarda” restaurant that is “on duty” there in summer –  “Čarda na Jami”.

At the end of the third century, there was a Roman fort and a docking facility (Castellum Onagrinum) in the Begeč area, but these archaeological remains are currently not available for visits. In addition, we can only learn from the reference sources about the history of the settlement during the Middle Ages and the Turkish times, because there are no material remnants from those periods. What can be seen today in the centre of the village is the Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Luke the Apostle that was built in 1838. Somewhat further, on the main road to Novi Sad there is a “Cvejin Salaš”, an autochthonous rural household that is happy to receive visitors (with prior announcement). At this “salaš” farmstead you can be served with excellent homemade food, and you can also use the accommodation since this household is categorized with 3 *. Here, in a thick shade, with many domestic animals, with Vojvodina delicacies, you will find the easiest way to prepare for the return to the reality we live in.

Gordana Stojaković, September 2017