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30 OSIJEK Baranja County08:00 - 15:00, Sat 09:00 - 12:00. Closed Sun. July - August31 Open 08:00 - 14:00, Sat 09:00 - 12:00. Closed Sun.Admission 10 - 15kn.Behind the palace stretches a beautiful landscaped park,with a verdant tree-scattered slope falling away towards akidney-shaped lake popular with picnickers. The Pejačevićhunting lodge (which is large enough to be a palace in itsown right) is off to the left of the park’s main slope - it nowserves as a school.Over on the other side of the street from the palace, theMonastery Church of St Anthony of Padua (Crkva SvetogAntuna Padovanskog), Kralja Tomislava 1, tel. (+385-31)61 32 05 is a medieval Franciscan church which fell derelictduring the Ottoman occupation, and was rebuilt in flamboyantBaroque style when the monks returned in the earlyeighteenth century. There’s a host of vivaciously ornamentedBaroque altars inside, and an ornate pulpit with statues of theevangelists positioned around the balustrade. Round the backthe church, the main monastery building harbors an exhibitionof reliquaries, priestly vestments and old church manuscripts.Mass is daily at 07:00 and 18:30, Sun at 07:00, 09:00, 11:00and 18:30. Open by prior arrangement.The hotel Park, next to the palace at Pejačević trg 4, has alarge restaurant which offers inexpensive lunchtime specialsin the meat-and-potatoes line.Prandau - Normann Palace (Dvorac Prandau -Normann) Valpovo. Heading northeast from Našice bringsyou swiftly to Valpovo, amarket town which grewup around the medievalcastle of the Morovićclan. The castle wasstrengthened by theOttoman Turks, who leftthe red-brick, horseshoeshapedfortifications inpretty good conditionwhen they were riddenout of town by the Austrians in 1687. In 1721 the Habsburgcourt awarded the town to the Tyrolean family of Hilleprandvon Prandau, who governed Valpovo as absentee landlordsuntil Josip Ignatz Hilleprand von Prandau (1749-1816) decidedto abandon the hurly-burly of Viennese life and settled herefor good. Using the existing fortress as the nucleus of hispalace, Josip Ignatz added a neoclassical façade toppedby a clock tower, whose creamy-pink colour scheme is stillin fabulous condition. Passing through the tunnel-like gatebeneath the clocktower brings you into an attractive cobbledcourtyard overlooked by a sandcastle-shaped medieval towerand a whitewashed gothic chapel. The Valpovo RegionalMuseum (Muzej Valpovštine) tel. +385-31 65 06 39.Open 08:00 - 15:00, Mon, Thu 15:00 - 19:00. Closed Sat,Sun. June - September 15 Open 10:00 - 12:00, Mon, Thu16:00 - 20:00, Sat 10:00 - 13:00, Sun on request. Admission5 - 10kn. The Museum has got a permanent display of thePrandau - Normann family. They might be able to open upthe tower and the chapel for you if you make an appointmentin advance.In front of the palace a stone bridge leads across the formermoat to the castle park, a perfectly preserved 19th centurylandscaped affair rich in deciduous trees.WineFor literally thousands of years in the regions of Osijek-Baranja County, grapes have been cultivated to producethat ever-popular and satisfying beverage known as wine.The Baranja region’s name itself is a hint as to its winegrowing abilities: in Hungarian, boranya means “winemother.” Obviously, it was given this moniker becauseit was particularly suited to growing grapes; that factremains true to this day. The area receives just the rightamount of rainfall every year and has the ideal averagetemperature to enable those yummy little fruits to grow(and get squashed later on). One of the ways to getacquainted with some of Croatia’s finest wines is to takea trip along the wine road. The wine road runs throughBaranja district along Banska kosa hill, “Mons aureus” or“Golden Hill”, Đakovo district, Erdut district and Ferćancidistrict - a route that will lead you to renowned winemerchants who will do their best to convince you of thesuperiority of their liquid wares. The growing popularity ofthe region’s wine has made the wine road an oft-visitedattraction for the area. Consequently, the cellars andthe wine keep getting better and better. It’s time to starttasting!You can visit the cellars every day (except during the grapeharvest) but be sure to call first to make an appointment.Đakovo DistrictBiskupija Đakovo Strossmayerov trg 6, Đakovo,tel. (+385-31) 80 22 06/(+385-31) 81 19 71.Đakovačka vina Mandićevac bb, Drenje, tel.(+385-31) 83 72 00, djakovacka-vina@os.t-com.hr, www.djakovacka-vina.hr. Q Open 08:00 - 16:00.Closed Sat, Sun.Ferićanci DistrictFeravino Ferićeva 16, Ferićanci, tel. (+385-31) 6032 13, www.feravino.hr. Q Open 07:00 - 15:00, Sat07:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun.Erdut DistrictIPK Erdutski vinogradi Trg Branka Hercega 1,Erdut, tel. (+385-31) 59 65 55, www.erdutskivinogradi.hr.Q Open 07:30 - 15:30. Closed Sat, Sun.Baranja DistrictBelje wine cellar Šandora Petefija 2, KneževiVinogradi, tel. (+385-31) 73 09 22/(+385-31) 7309 02, www.belje.hr. Q Open 10:00 - 18:00. Pleasecall ahead to arrange a tour of the vineyard and thewine cellar.Čočić wine cellar Ružina 20, Zmajevac, tel.(+385-) 091 110 49 42, www.cocic.hr. Q Open byprior arrangement.Gerštmajer wine cellar Šandora Petef ija31, Zmajevac, tel. (+385-) 091 351 55 86,vinagerstmajer@gmail.com. Q Open by priorarrangement.Josić wine cellar Planina 194, Zmajevac, tel.(+385-) 098 25 26 57, vinarija_josic@net.hr, www.josic.hr. Q Open 12:00 - 22:00. Closed Mon.Kolar wine cellar Maršala Tita Suza, tel. (+385-31)73 30 81/(+385-) 091 521 86 23, fax (+385-31)73 31 84, www.podrumi-kolar.com. Q Open by priorarrangement.Osijek In Your Pocketosijek.inyourpocket.com