Get to Know the Tradition and Become Part of it

Tabor Castle

Interesting landscapes, a rich culinary and wine offering and cordial hospitality are all only a part of what Slavonija and Baranja has to offer, a Croatian region of a rich history and tradition. The region is now even closer for visitors to Eastern Croatia thanks to the project “Road of the Golden Thread”, recently promoted by the Town of Županja Tourist Board. The project comprises ten towns of the Vukovar-Srijem and Slavonski Brod-Posavina Counties: Županja, Štitar, Babina Greda, Cerna, Šiškovci, Gradište, Bošnjaci, Vrbanja, Drenovci and Kruševica, and the “road of the golden thread” connecting them all is around 60 km long. Around 30 institutions, businesses and associations take part in the project, such as handicraft associations, family farms, hospitality and accommodation facilities, and museums. All of them allow visitors to get to know the rich tradition and heritage of this region, as well as to try to manufacture traditional handicrafts in special workshops themselves, thus becoming part of the region’s customs and tradition.
Visitors travelling along “the road of the golden thread” will be able to spin wool with their own hands, weave, prepare feathers for manufacturing pillows, sow traditional costumes, paint pumpkins, manufacture cured meat products, honey and fruit brandy. They will also get to know the traditional way of life, wear traditional costumes or ride in horse carriages, turning back time a couple of decades or even centuries and enjoy a time which was in many ways less stressful. Through such a unique thematic tour, visitors will get a more complete picture of the history of this region, and its native values and characteristics will become part of the tourist offering. To make the visitors’ stay in Eastern Slavonija even more enjoyable, the region features other activities as well, such as the brandy, honey and wine roads and a bicycle route, which also present visitors with the tradition and rich offering of the region.
Tours of the road of the golden thread are available from February to November – on foot, by bike, car or bus, individually or in groups.