How to get there?

Bečej has good road connections. Subotica is 80km far from it, Novi Sad-47km and Belgrade-130km.

Ride a horse!

Near the Fantast Hotel, there's a horse farm with about 100 horses. They're thoroughbred or semibred racing horses. Every day you can see jokeys working with them.

The people here also organize horse riding, so if you want you can try it, too.

Fantast

the chapel

Near Bečej, about 14km towards Bačka Topola, there's an old castle, once owned by Bogdan Dunđerski. The castle was built in the 1920s.

It's been restaurated and converted into the hotel Fantast.

There's St George chapel nearby, with valuable iconostasis done by Uroš Predić.

In the surroundings, there's also a famous horse farm, where they raise thoroughbred and semibred racing horses. In fact, the hotel got its name after 1 of the horses, who won a triple crown in 1932.

Serbian Orthodox Church

At the very centre of Bečej, there's this monumental Serbian Orthodox Church, built in 1858, according to the plans of Andrija Šmaus and Jovan Somborski. It's dedicated to St George.

As you can see, there are 3 towers symbolising the Holy Trinity.

Inside the church, you can admire the paintings of Uroš Predić, our famous 19th-century artist. The most distinguished work here is probably Predić's iconostasis with 63 icons, each representing the best of the 19th-century religious art. Taking pictures inside the church is prohibited!

Predrag Jovanović from Novi Sad cast the church bells.

Catholic Church

The present Catholic Church was built in 1830, on the site of the older one from 1763. The tower was added in 1923.

The inside is richly decorated. The stained-glass windows were made by Kratzman Ede in 1892, while the Altar painting, ‘The Assumption of the Virgin’, is the work of Mor Tan.

The Town Theatre

The building was built for the military purposes, and is believed to be among the oldest in Bečej.

This cultural centre houses the Great Hall, Creative Centre, with its workshops, the ‘Krug’ (‘Circle’) Gallery, where a lot of artists have exhibited their works, and the Theatre Club, that organises some lectures, presentations or video projections.

The plays by children, youth and adults, are performed in Serbian and Hungarian.

Address: M. Tita 14

Directions: eastern side of the central square

Town Hall

The Town Hall was built in 1881- 84, following the plans of Makai Endre from Budapest.

Directions: western side of the central square

The Legacy of Baroness Eufemija Jović

Next to the Town Hall, there’s this building - the legacy of Baroness Eufemija Jović, built in 1903.

Directions: northwestern part of the central square

Technical School

One of the most beautiful edifices here is this one, housing the Technical School.

The school was built in 1869, following the plans of Jovan Somborski from Bečej.

Directions: south-eastern side of the central square, close to the Orthodox Church

The Town Museum

The museum was founded in 1953, and has 7 collections: historical, archeological, numismatic, ethnic, art, applied art and natural. Unfortunately, the only way to see the treasures is via the Net.

Working hours:
Mon, Wed, Fri 8 - 14

Tue, Thu 8 - 19

Address: Glavna 25, Bečej
http://muzejbecej.rs/
Other Contact: muzej.becej@gmail.com

Phone: 021/69-15-765

The Town of Bečej

central square

The town of Bečej, with its 30000 inhabitants, is situated in the middle of Vojvodina's plain on the right bank of the River Tisa.

The town centre is dominated by the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church and the old building of the oldest school here.

Near Bečej, you can visit an old castle called Fantast, now a hotel, and a horse farm.