THINGS TO DO
Bermet tasting in the old cellars
Cellar-door tastings of bermet, the herbal dessert wine of Karlovci — five varieties, walnut cake on the side, and the story of the Titanic wine list included.
Towns & Wine
Sremski Karlovci
A baroque wine town of patriarchs, gymnasia and bermet beneath the Fruška Gora slopes.
QUICK INFORMATION
- COUNTRY
- Serbia
- REGION
- Vojvodina
- BEST TIME TO VISIT
- April–October for the terraces and cellars
- DURATION
- 1 day
ABOUT THE DESTINATION
Sremski Karlovci is Vojvodina’s baroque jewel — a small town of patriarchs, poets and vintners on the right bank of the Danube, five kilometres downstream from Novi Sad. The Treaty of Karlowitz (1699) was negotiated here in the round Chapel of Peace, built for the occasion with the first recorded round table in diplomatic history; the town was the spiritual and political capital of the Serbs in the Habsburg monarchy for two centuries, seat of the Metropolitan and home of the first Serbian gymnasium (1791); and its bermet wine — a herbal dessert wine served on the Titanic’s list — is still poured from cellar doors beneath the vineyards.
MAP & LOCATION
Sremski Karlovci
THROUGH THE LENS
From the road
HISTORY & CULTURE
The Story Behind the Place
After the Ottoman retreat, Karlovci became the heart of Serb life in the Habsburg lands: the Metropolitan of Karlovci sat here from 1713, the Gymnasium opened in 1791 (the first Serbian high school), the Theological Seminary in 1794, and the famous Gymnasium library of 20,000 volumes survives. The town hosted the Karlovitz congress of 1698–99, where the Habsburgs, Ottomans, Poles and Venetians divided the Balkans — the round table of the Chapel of Peace entered diplomatic legend. Bermet viticulture predates all of it; the phylloxera of the 1880s destroyed the old vineyards, replanted higher on the Fruška Gora slopes.
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Sights & Highlights of Sremski Karlovci
FOOD & DRINK
WHERE TO EAT
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PLAN YOUR VISIT
Practical Information
Getting There
Karlovci lies 11 km south-east of Novi Sad — 15 minutes by car or the frequent Novi Sad–Belgrade buses; the Danube ferry from Novi Sad runs in summer. The town core is walkable.
What to Wear & Bring
Comfortable shoes for the cobbled square and the vineyard walk up to Stražilovo, and an appetite for bermet.
Accessibility & Mobility
The main square is flat and step-free; the Stražilovo trail and some cellars have steps.
WEATHER
Sremski Karlovci — Current conditions & forecast
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