Rakovac
About 12 minutes by car
Vrdnik spa and Fruške Terme
A spa village on the other side of the mountain, with the large Fruške Terme thermal resort, the older Termal pools and traditional restaurants.
A short drive away
Around Rakovac
A thermal spa resort over the hill, a medieval tower above it, turquoise quarry lakes and, across the Danube from Novi Sad, the great Petrovaradin Fortress: all within half an hour of the village.
Drive times are approximate, from Rakovac by car.
Nearby
Vrdnička kula · about 10 minutes by car
Vrdnik Tower
The 18-metre keep of a medieval fortress first recorded in 1315, on a hill above Vrdnik spa. You can climb it by a steel staircase and look out over Srem.
Bešenovačko jezero · about 25 minutes by car
Lake Bešenovo
A turquoise lake in an old marl quarry on the south side of Fruška Gora: the most popular swimming lake of the area, with gently sloping places for small children.
Ledinačko jezero · about 15 minutes by car
Lake Ledinci
A deep turquoise lake in a flooded stone quarry in the forest near Stari Ledinci. Beautiful, but currently closed to visitors.
Petrovaradinska tvrđava · 17–20 minutes by car
Petrovaradin Fortress
The “Gibraltar on the Danube”: an 18th-century Habsburg fortress on a rock above the river opposite Novi Sad, with a clock tower whose hands are swapped, 16 km of underground galleries and wide views over the city.
Skela Beočin – Futog · across the Danube
Ferry Beočin – Futog: timetable and prices
The car ferry across the Danube between Beočin and Futog: from Beočin every hour on the hour, from Futog at half past, 10–15 minutes across, every day except 1 January and Orthodox Christmas. Call before you go: it does not always run.
Beočin · about 11 minutes by car
Spitzer Castle in Beočin: history and films
The Secession castle of the Spitzer family, cement-works owners, built 1892–1898 in Beočin: its history, decline and the films shot there, from Kelly’s Heroes to Kusturica’s Black Cat, White Cat.
Reconstruction · Beočin
What Spitzer Castle looked like: a reconstruction and 3D model
What Spitzer Castle in Beočin may have looked like around 1900: a 3D model you can turn on every side, and what is known about its original appearance.
Iriški Venac · Fruška Gora National Park
Fruška Gora National Park Information Centre, Iriški Venac
The national park visitor centre at the Iriški Venac crossroads: exhibition, guides and the in-person payment point for the park fee. On 2 November 2026 it was closed and fenced off.
Calendar · within 40 minutes
Festivals and feasts in Rakovac and around
Badnjak at Rakovac Monastery, grape days in Banoštor and Irig, Vidovdan at Vrdnik, the Ruma fair, Čerevićvil, Grožđebal and the Fruška Gora Marathon: the yearly calendar of Rakovac and the villages on both sides of the mountain.