Fruška Gora

A few kilometres away from Novi Sad on the right Danube bank there is the massive of Fruska Gora historically known by its monasteries and by its national park today. In front of Novi Sad cross Sremska Kamenica, then direct yourself to Iriski Venac. Around this village and in the circle of 20 km there are 16 orthodox monasteries. More to the West there is a park and a natural reservation of reputation.

The National Park of Fruska Gora

The National Park of Fruska Gora on the border of Novi Sad has been offering myriad of activities in a mountain massive of the very beauty. It has been spread over a length of 80 km between Sremski Karlovci and Sid. The landscape has been made of little forested hills and the waving valleys with the average height of 440 m over the sea surface.

The Park has mainly been made by the evergreen and deciduous forests where it has been good for cycling cross. The Park has also been offering a chance of admiring the fauna and flora in a natural reservation. More than 200 bird kinds with its black eagle of reputation, but also 60 feline types and 23 types of reptiles have been visible in a reservation of more than 25,000 hectares. Deer, foxes, wild cats, pheasants, ducks, partridges, but also the imperial eagle and the hawks have been among the best preserved in the reservation. One may also benefit from the presence of 1500 vegetal species.
But the Park has also been interesting for fishing in the full nature, especially on three artificial lakes around the village of Erdevik in the East. Finally, if you want to repose in a hotel complex with the swimming pools and the sport fields rendezvous in the complex of “Testera” near the village of Cerevic on the Danube or on Strazilovo near Sremski Karlovci.

Monasteries of Fruska Gora

Sixteen orthodox monasteries have been united in a space 40 km long, so to say, there has been an impressive cultural offer. This mixture of the Byzantine style and the baroque architecture of the monastery ensemble well known in Serbia, would at the same time be the place of the riches of the churches, the peaceful and the greenish place and the reception by the priests. There has been here the tradition of the reception of the foreigners with the greatest respect, so that the priest would not hesitate to invite you to the table after a short discussion, to taste a glass of dry sljivovica.

All monasteries had been constructed between XV and XVI centuries in a mountain massive, and the monks had found a protection from the Turkish violence. The best known have been Grgeteg, Hopovo, Jazak, Krusedol and Velika Remeta. In this period Srem belonged to the kings of Hungary who had ceded to Stefan Lazarevic, then to Djurdje Brankovic the fortified places. About the middle of XV century the despot Brankovic had received the authorisation by the pope Nicholas V to be the founder of nine monasteries in the province of Srem. This designated the beginning of the development of monasteries of Fruska Gora.

Guides and excursions

Agency MARKET TOURS in Novi Sad has been organising the guided visits to monasteries. Reckon 350 Dinars an afternoon (the bus and the guide).

Agency MAGELAN, has also been organising the visits to three monasteries plus a typical meal at 790 Dinars.

“The National Park of Fruska Gora” Sremska Kamenica, Phone: (021) 436 666. E-mail: office@natpflg.co.yu. Web: www.fruskagora-natl-park.co.yu.