Places to go
The slopes of Fruška Gora and Vršačke mountains are ideal for making excellent wines, historic and touristic tours and gorgeous nature. Visit Vojvodina and feel the generous spirit of its people.
Most of Vojvodina is a flat terrain, but there are several mountain areas such are Fruška Gora, Vršac Mountains, Titelski Breg, and Zagajička Brda, as well as sandy areas such are Deliblatska Peščara (nicknamed "the European Sahara"), and Subotička Peščara.
Hunting grounds in Vojvodina include agricultural lands and forests. Main agricultural hunting grounds in Vojvodina are located near Bečej, Senta, Kanjiža, Novi Kneževac, Ečka, Novo Miloševo, Padej, Kikinda, Ada, and Sombor.
FRUŠKA GORA — a gently sloping hill south of Novi Sad is the second closest thing that Vojvodina has to a mountain (the closest thing being Vršački Breg, which rises above Vršac). It possesses a dozen of monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church built between 15-19th centuries by Serbian settlers from the South. Combining the European Baroque with the Byzantine traditions of the Balkans, these churches had a cultural importance as a bridge between the Southern and the Northern Serbs. 
DUNĐERSKI CASTLE — Vojvodina has more than twenty castles belonging mostly to German, Magyar, and Serbian noble families in the past, and the Dunjerski Castle is the most visited one. 
PALIĆ LAKE — one of the oldest tourist attractions in the country, dating back to the 1840s, when it was not only a popular weekend escape, but also a spa for well-to-do middle class and nobility.
Tourist destinations in Vojvodina include well known Orthodox monasteries on Fruška Gora mountain, numerous hunting grounds, cultural-historical monuments, different folklores, interesting galleries and museums, plain landscapes with a lot of greenery, big rivers, canals and lakes, sandy terrain Deliblatska Peščara, etc. In the last few years, Exit has been very popular among the European summer music festivals.
HISTORY
CULTURAL HERITAGE
SERBIAN ORTHODOX MONASTERIES
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Kovilj 13th century |
Beočin first records in 1566 |
Bešenevo 13th century |
Velika Remeta 13th century |
Vrdnik Ravanica second half of 16th century |
Grgeteg 1471 |
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Divša late 15th century |
Jazak 1736 |
Krušedol 1509 - 1516 |
Kuveždin 1566 - 1569 |
Mala Remeta 16th century |
Novo Hopovo 1641 |
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Privina glava 12th century |
Petkovica 1566 - 1567 |
Rakovac 1545 - 1546 |
Staro Hopovo 1545 - 1546 |
Šišatovac 16th century |
Bođani 1478 |
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Mesić 15th century |
Vojlovica 1374 - 1427
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Holy Trinity 1885-1887 |
Bavanište 15th century |
Središte 15th century |
Other important sites:
BAČ FORTRESS is the medieval fortress in the Serbia, in Vojvodina. It is located near the town of Bač. Built at the time of Hungarian King Charles Robert I (1310–1342). Then there are eight towers, various chambers of the county manager, hodinke, arrest the guards, kitchen, well, barn, etc.. Bač Fortress then became an important military, political, cultural and ecclesiastical seat. When your existing between the Mohács battle 1529, the city and fort were under the Turkish rule. From this period dates the descriptions of the fortress in Bačka itineraries Evlia Ćelebia. According to traveler description the city was surrounded by a wide circle of trenches filled with water. From the time of Rákóczi Rebellion (1703–1711) fortress was burned, destroyed and abandoned. In addition Bač fort remained the best preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina. In Bač and today are the ruins of the former fortress whose base is in the form of an irregular pentagon. In the ruins there are four lateral and one central tower height of 18 metres, which was partially reconstructed.
VRŠAC TOWER - There are two theories about the origin of this fortress. According to the Turkish traveler, Evliya Çelebi, the fortress was built by the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. Historians consider that Branković built the fortress after the fall of Smederevo in 1439. In its construction the fortress had some architectural elements similar to those in the fortress of Smederevo and the fortress around the Manasija monastery. The other theory claims that Vršac Castle is a remnant of the medieval fortress known as Erdesumulu. However, the other sources do not identify Erdesumulu with Vršac, but claim that the location of this town and fortress was further to the east, on the Karaš River, in present-day Romanian Banat. A Town named Erdesumulu was first mentioned in 1227. A Dominican monastery with the relics of Saint Dominic was founded there between 1230 and 1240, while from 1255 it was the seat of the comes. The fortress of Erdesumulu was built in 1335 as a royal fortress. After the Ottoman conquest in 1552, the Vršac fortress was used by the Ottomans. In 1590/91 the Ottoman garrison there comprised one aga, two Ottoman officers and 20 Serbian mercenaries.
PETROVARADIN FORTRESS - Recent archeological discoveries have offered a new perspective not only on the history of Petrovaradin, but on the entire region. At the Upper Fortress, the remains of an earlier Paleolithic settlement dating from 19,000 to 15,000 BC has been discovered. With this new development it has been established that there has been a continuous settlement at this site from the Paleolithic age to the present. During the excavations carried out in 2005, archeologists also discovered another significant find. Examining remains from the early Bronze age (c. 3000 BC), ramparts were discovered which testify that already at that time a fortified settlement existed at the Petrovaradin site. The first larger fortifications were created with the arrival of the Romans who built the fortress (Cusum) which was a part of the fortified borders (Limes) along the Danube. The turning point in the history of the area came in 1235 AD when King Bela IV of Hungary brought a group of the Order of Cistercians from France. This order of monks built the monastery Belakut upon the remains of the Roman fortress of Cusum. The walls of this monastery were built between 1247 and 1252 and represent the fortifications at this site during the Middle Ages. The fortress was strengthened due to the threat of Turkish invasion. However the fortress fell after a two week siege in 1526. Austrian-Turkish wars The Austrian Army captured Petrovaradin after 150 years of Turkish control during the Great Turkish War in 1687.
The Austrians began to tear down the old fortress and build new fortifications according to contemporary standards. In 1692, the Kriegshofrath (translat.: war court counsil) ordered engineers to Petrovaradin to investigate the area in order to build a new fortress. Count Keysersfeld received both financial and personnel support. The first plans for the fortress were designed by the engineer Colonel Count Mathias Keyserfeld, and afterwards by Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1659–1730). The works in the field were led by the engineer Colonel Michael Wamberg who died in 1703 and was buried in the church of the Franciscan monastery which today serves as part of the present day military hospital. On September 9, 1694, the Grand Vizier Sürmeli Ali Paşa arrived at Petrovaradin Fortress from Belgrade. A siege of 23 days was laid on, however poor weather conditions in October forced the Turkish forces to retreat towards Belgrade with their task left unfinished.The victory of the Austrians under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy at Senta on September 11, 1697 resulted in creating the conditions for the conclusion of the peace at Karlowitz in 1699.A new war with the Turks was imminent. The Austrian lack of interest in war, plus the war reparations suggested by the Austrians to the Turks in the interest of the Venetian Republic all served as reasons for the renewal of Turkish aggression towards Austria. In order to prepare for the upcoming battle, Prince Savoy ordered the concentration of Austrian troops around Futog under the temporary command of Count Johann Pálffy. Prince Savoy arrived personally on July 9. The entire Austrian army numbered 76,000 troops. In the meantime, the Turkish army concentrated 150,000 troops at Belgrade. The decisive battle between the Austrian and Turkish armies took place on August 5, 1716 at Petrovaradin. The Austrians were led by Prince Savoy and the Turks were under the command of Grand Vizier Damad Ali Paşa. The victory of the Austrian army signaled the end of the Turkish threat to central Europe. In addition to these sites, and worth seeing are: Starčevo - archaeological site with findings of widespread early Neolithic Starčevo culture. Gomolava - archaeological site with prehistoric findings near Hrtkovci. Gradina - archaeological site with prehistoric findings on the Bosut river near Šid. Vatin - archaeological site with findings of prehistoric Vatin culture near Vršac. Židovar - archaeological site with prehistoric findings near Orešac.
