Hotels in Ormož – Castle Culture, Lagoons and Wine

Ormož combines contemporary culture with castle architecture, a distinctive waterside landscape and regional cuisine. Culture, nature, crafts, hiking and wine reveal the different facets of the town.

Culture

Ormož Castle has been a centre for contemporary cultural developments since 1995. The castle gallery at Ormož Castle hosts exhibitions of contemporary art. Visitors to Ormož Castle can also view Classicist paintings featuring motifs created in 1810 by the Austrian painter Alois Gleichenperger.

Another exhibition venue is Grajska pristava Ormož. Its exhibitions include “From Toy to Urn”, “Medieval Sculpture from the Ormož Area” and “The Potter’s Pot Praises the Potter”. The building preserves Tuscan stone columns, six pilasters and a barrel-vaulted hall on the ground floor. In Ormož Castle Park, an orange tree, a tulip tree and a ginkgo grow alongside other exotic plants.

Nature

The Ormoške Lagoons are a man-made wetland covering 55 hectares in the Drava River ecosystem at Lake Ormož. The Ormoške Lagoons nature reserve is an important breeding ground for waterbirds; 29 breeding waterbird species have been recorded there.

The nature reserve is open to the public and has an educational trail with observation towers, as well as a visitor centre. Guided excursions are also offered. The infrastructure has been adapted for groups with special needs. Thus, in addition to the wetland itself, the natural area provides facilities for observation and education.

Experiences

A municipality-led guided tourism programme includes walks through Ormož Castle Park, with its trees that are several hundred years old. In good weather, pottery workshops take place in Ormož Castle Park or in the small castle courtyard of Ormož Castle; visitors can also work at the potter’s wheel there.

For longer routes, the Ormoška Mountain Trail passes through the municipalities of Ormož, Sveti Tomaž and Središče ob Dravi. The route is 67 kilometres long, difficult and includes 1,482 metres of elevation gain. Its length, difficulty level and elevation profile are therefore clearly stated.

Prlekija and Wine

Regional cuisine is also represented in a municipality-led guided tourism programme that combines Prlekija cuisine with high-quality local wines. The special wine “županovo vino” is produced in the Ormož town vineyard. The Šipon grape variety is traditionally harvested there.

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Further destinations: Ivanjkovci.

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