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Look at our offer for your shore excursions Danube Apatin
Apatin – the gate of multicultural Vojvodina (Serbia)!
Sightseeing of Apatin, 2 hours
Sombor and Apatin hours, 3 hour
Apatin – Sombor – Bački Monoštor, 4 hours
Apatin – Sombor – Bezdan – Bački Monoštor, 4 hours
Main reason for stoping in Apatin:
Apatin is the first place in Serbia on the Danube River which has pier for big cruise ships (till 135 m long) where you can do required import – export revision and duty procedures.
Unique and authentic tourism offer on the Danube River – presentation of Multicultural Vojvodina, unique region in Europe with the biggest number of national community and ethnic groups that live together more than 250 years.
Promotional prices:
Use of the pier first 2 hours: 25 EUR/hour, every next hour 20 EUR/hour
Supply ship with drinking wather: 1,4 EUR/m3
Garbage removal from the ship: 18 EUR/m3
Free welcome program: folklore performanse for the first stop
More about the pier:
The pier in Apatin is located on the Danube, on the section 1401 + 620 km at the left river bank and its made according to the highest European standards. On 17 piles is installed the floating platform of lightweight concrete width of 4 m and 50 m long. Within the same building were built two floating bollards and access bridge length of 50 m. The pier has the platform for pedestrians. Total operational space of the pier extends over length of 175 meters and can receive up to 135 m long ships. The revision of the ships are no longer done in Bezdan because of its desolate coast and lack of pier. Docking of the tourist ships has begun at the Apatin Marine by tourist boats Mozart, SOFIA, The Little Prince …
Sightseeing and excursions:
Sightseeing of Apatin, 2 hours
Guest will be welcomed by people in traditional clothes with bread and salt. Transfer with bus to city centre followed by story about settlement of Vojvodina during 18th century and different national communities living together (Donauschwaben, Hungarians, Serbs, Šokci and others). Visit to Catholic Church Assumption of Mary. Departure to brewery and beer tasting (today is the Carlsberg property). Visit to private museum – old Schwaben house with furniture from the period between two World Wars and numerous exhibits from 19th century. Guest will have opportunity to see the equipment that hosts of this house produced natural vinegar, unique muddy stoves, original bathroom… Return to the pier and free time with possibility for shopping of the handmade souvenirs in souvenir shop, placed in two renovated railway wagons from 1935 year.
Price: 13 eur (including wellcome, bus, licenced tour guide, entrance for private museum)
Option: Cultural – folclor program in ethno house (or on the ship).
Duration: 30 minutes, including song and folklore of Serbs, Croats, Hungarians and Gypsis.
Price: 3 eur for minimum 40 person
Sombor and Apatin hours, 3 hour
Guest will be welcomed by people in traditional clothes with bread and salt. Transfer with bus to city center followed by story about settlement of Vojvodina during 18th century and different national communities living together (Donauschwaben, Hungarians, Serbs, Šokci and others). Visit to Catholic Church Assumption of Mary. After 20 minutes drive by bus arrival to Sombor, city of artists and greenery. Tour of cultural – historical epicenter of the city of Sombor and visit to Milan Konjović Gallery, famous Serbian painter with international reputation or to the City Museum with interesting and beautifully arranged exhibition. Optional carriages ride during the sightseeing. Upon arrival to Apatin free time for souvenirs shopping.
Price: 15 EUR (including welcome, bus, licenced tour guide, entrance ticket for gallery or museum)
Optional: carriages ride 3 EUR per person
Apatin – Sombor – Bački Monoštor, 4 hours
After an usual welcome in Apatin and short sightseeing of the city, tour continues to Sombor. Sightseeing of Sombor, called by many people a small Vienna, due to layout of streets on the map which is similar to former capital of Austro-Hungarian Empire. Visit to one of numerous galleries (Gallery of Milan Konjovic or Gallery of Sava Stojkov). Departure to Bački Monoštor, village called European Amazon. This label village got because of dense oak forests (few centuries old), which surround it and because of preserved customs and tradition of Šokci (Croatian ethnic group) and Hungarians living here. Visiting the churche and enyoing in singing of female churche choir. In this village are three ethno houses, which can be visited individually or it can be organized presentation of old crafts, folklore program, while bread is baked in the old oven. Tasting of domestic juice and cakes. Return to Apatin. Free time with possibility for shopping of souvenirs.
Price: 17 eur includes welcome, bus, licenced tour guide, entrance ticket for one of the galleries, presentation of producing old crafts (without folklore and tasting). Supplement for folklore program and tasting is 4 eur per person.
Apatin – Sombor – Bezdan – Bački Monoštor, 4 hours
After an usual welcome in Apatin and short sightseeing of the city, tour continues to Sombor. Sightseeing of the Sombor, called by many people a small Vienna, due to layout of streets on the map which is similar to former capital of Austro-Hungarian Empire. Departure to village Bezdan, called also like Vojvodinas Veneto. Visiting old textil factory of silk damask, from the XIX c. The only one from that period and still workinig. Continuing to Bački Monoštor, village called European Amazon. Visiting to one of a few open air museums with presentation of traditional old crafts. Tasting of domestic juice and cakes. Return in Apatin. Free time with for shopping of souvenirs.
Price: 18 eur (includes welcome, entrance to old fabric, presentation of old crafts and tasting traditional sweets and domestic drink soft). Supplement for folklore program 3 eur per person.