The City of Osijek - the central and largest town in Osijek-Baranja County is now, among other things, a very attractive tourist destination. The development of tourism in the city has long ago imposed itself as a logical orientation considering Osijek’s many attractive cultural and historical attractions, its rich history, fascinating tradition, that fact that it offers visitors plenty of entertainment, and even the offer of accommodation is improving from year to year.
These days in fact, in the direct vicinity of Osijek’s Upper Town a new hotel opened its doors - the hotel Drava.
This small family hotel with 11 rooms, a restaurant and café bar, with its services earning it a three-star rating. with this new facility Osijek now offers a total of eight hotels, four of which are high category facilities, two motels and a large number of private apartments, while for a stay in the numerous traditional rural homesteads it is best to make your way into the picturesque Osijek environs.
The most attractive location in Osijek is certainly the Baroque period Fortress (Tvrdja), one of the most representative structures in all of Slavonia. Everyone who finds themselves in Osijek for even just a day should not miss a tour of the main town square and the well-known Osijek promenade along the Drava River, the municipal gardens in Osijek, tow of which are protected as horticultural monuments, and the numerous municipal museums and theatres. The entire town can be experienced through its already well-known “transportation” story. Europe’s oldest tram, namely, is in operation in this city, adapted for tourist tours of the most attractive points of interest in the city.
One of the great advantages of the city is its rich surroundings where tourists are offered numerous possibilities - from hunting and fishing, excursions to Kopacki rit Nature Park, visits to rural homesteads to enjoying the traditional Slavonian offer.
source: Croatian National Tourist Board at www.croatia.hr
Resources
- Directory: Osijek
- Osijek-Baranja Tourist Board
- Hotel Drava