Throughout the late spring months, the fields burst with sunflowers in the midst of pretty, country houses. The urban communities in Slavonia contain numerous florid manors and houses of worship worked with fall shaded blocks and painted in yellow tints.
There’s a lot of customary foody admission to test with impacts from neighboring nations, for example, Hungary and Serbia.
Find Slavonia’s noteworthy engineering and legends
Start off in Slavonski Brod (just ‘Brod’ to local people – signifying ‘water crossing’) a memorable city that outskirts with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Slavonski Brod Fortress, a relinquished fortification from the 1700s that was intended to oblige 4,000 warriors and 150 guns, is certainly justified regardless of a visit. It holds many saved strongholds and inside you will likewise find a somewhat eccentric gallery, “Place of Tambura”.
The exhibition hall follows the historical backdrop of the Tambura, otherwise called tamburica or tamburitza, a conventional string instrument of the district used to play people music.
Unexpectedly, on the off chance that you are in Slavonski Brod in mid-June, make certain to partake in the Brodsko Kolo Festival, a blissful festival of everything Slavonian.
Near Brod is the city of Đakovo, home to the amazing St Peter’s Cathedral, which was worked in the last part of the 1800s in the Romanesque and Gothic styles, with two ringer towers standing 84m high.
On the off chance that you love ponies, you won’t have any desire to miss an outing to the “Ergela” stud-ranch in Đakovo, which was set up in 1506 and breeds celebrated Lipizzaner steeds, the experts of dressage. Here you can visit the Stallion Station, including visits to the pony pens, open air circuit and landscapes for dressage and obstacle hustling. There’s likewise day by day music and dressage show.
It is additionally worth going through a large portion of a day in Slavonia’s capital, Osijek, which likewise fringes Baranja. The city, an ocean of orange rooftop tiles encompassed by rich, green fields, is effectively investigated by walking, with a lot of florid style structures to respect as you investigate. The great square, Trg Ante Starčevića, is included on the 200 kuna banknote Tvrđa.
Head to the old town in the eastern piece of the city and visit the eighteenth century guarded post Tvrđa, which is based on the correct bank of the River Drava. The stronghold was inherent archaic Osijek following the thrashing of the Ottoman powers in 1687.
Top tip: Drive from Osijek to the Illok, the easternmost town of Croatia. Roosted on a slope sitting above the Danube, the beautiful town is encircled by grape plantations and contains a sixteenth century hammam (Turkish shower) from the Ottoman time frame.
