Welcome to our readers on Cultroute, the joint thematic route of Beremend and the Croatian Petlovac Township. Beremend and Petlovac Township together have designed a thematic route to show the built heritage of the area in project number HUHR/1101/1.2.3./0021. The main aim is to set up a thematic cultural route which helps to promote the tourism based on sustainable development in the border region.

The partnership – involving the nearby settlements – undertook the task of creating a tour route to present the built value of religious heritage originating from the region`s collective roots.

The route connects existing tour lines and popular destinations between the two sides of the border colouring the small region`s tourism market. Furthermore the project contributes to the requirements of the recent tourism concerning the involved settlements.

The project implies the physical development of the cultural route which means creating tourist resting-places, general PR and marketing activities on both side of the border to promote the new tourist product. This formed route offers an alternative to the visitors in the area, for those who would like to fill their stay with content.

The route is certainly environmental friendly, focuses on active tourism as the tour route tries to take aim at the environment conscious, active people, who would like to travel the region by bicycle, on foot or on horseback.

The route criss-crosses seven settlements on the Hungarian side: Magyarbóly – Lapáncsa – Beremend – Kásád – Old – Egyházasharaszti-Siklós while it connects  Petárda (Baransko Petrovo Selo) – Baranyaszentistván (Petlovac) – Lőcs (Luc) – Újbezdán (Novi Bezdan) – Novi Nevesinje – Torjánc (Torjanci) on the Croatian side.

Besides setting the route a study is being made about the presentable values. The local service providers, the interested tourist and those who live in the area can learn more about the project with the help of advertisements (online, radio and the press) and the web page which is under construction.

The project is being realized with the co-funding of the European Union in the frame of Croatian-Hungarian Cross-border IPA Co-operation Programme.