THINGS TO DO
Nature & Hiking
Baranja
A triangle of wetlands, wine hills and villages between the Danube and the Drava.
QUICK INFORMATION
- COUNTRY
- Croatia
- REGION
- Slavonia & Baranja
- BEST TIME TO VISIT
- Spring and autumn for bird migration
- DURATION
- 1 day
ABOUT THE DESTINATION
Baranja is the flat-to-rolling triangle of land between the Danube and the Drava in Croatia’s northeast, known above all for Kopacki Rit, one of the largest wetland reserves in Europe, and for the wine hills of Bansko Brdo. It is a quiet region of wetland birds, fishponds, cellars and villages that feels closer to the Pannonian plain than the Adriatic.
MAP & LOCATION
Baranja
THROUGH THE LENS
From the road
HISTORY & CULTURE
The Story Behind the Place
Baranja was a borderland between the Habsburg and Ottoman empires for centuries, and its wetlands were long used for fishing, grazing and hunting before Kopacki Rit was protected as a nature park in 1999. Its wine hills were planted under the Habsburgs and remain the centre of Baranja’s rural life.
TOP THINGS TO DO
Experiences Not to Miss
TOP ATTRACTIONS
Sights & Highlights of Baranja
FOOD & DRINK
WHERE TO EAT
01
Kopacki Rit’s restaurant — wetland fish and game
02
Wine-cellars (suri) on Bansko Brdo
HOTELS & STAYS
WHERE TO STAY
01
Guesthouses in Beli Manastir and the villages
02
Rural accommodation around the wetlands
ITINERARIES
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WEATHER
Baranja — Current conditions & forecast
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