Negotin Rural Tourism
The Negotin Krajina – the area of Negotin Municipality is the north-eastern part of Serbia on the junction of three borders of Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. The Negotin Krajina includes the fertile plain and hilly terrains around and by the rivers of Danube and Timok adorned with smaller settlements and villages with developed agriculture, and crop growing, cattle breeding, fruit growing and grape growing. The villages of Negotin Municipality are Rajac, Rogljevo, Braćevac, Šarkamen, Jabukovac, Mihajlovac, Plavna, Kovilovo, Vidrovac, Vratna which are famous for hospitality of its diligent hosts, well-preserved customs and crafts and handwork, traditional food and excellent Krajina wines….
Rajačke Pimnice Rural Tourism accommodation
Rajacke Pimnice – Rajac Wineries are the unique cultural sight dedicated to the glory of wine and wine-lovers, under protection of Republic of Serbia, located at the very East of Serbia, 20 km south of Negotin and almost at the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. In the area of the Negotinska Krajina – Negotin Frontier, famous for its vineyards dating from the ancient Roman times, the village population living of viticulture, used to establish secondary settlements – compounds close from their permanent homes. Some historical records mention establishment of the Rajac villages by newcomers from Kosovo and Metohija after the Great Migration of Serbs, led by Čarnojević at the end of the 17th century. They brought here love for wine growing and viticulture. The settlements were named after the wine cellars called “pivnice” or pimnice, expression for wine storage in this region. These wine cellars were used to process grapes into wine and brandy, as well as storage facilities, as it is since ancient time believed that high quality wine needs peace and silence.
Mysterious monumental complex of Rajacke Pimnice that consists of over 270 stone houses built more than 200 years ago is a complete Mother-nature concept Foundation so to grow and preserve natural wines with most precious care and love of the local Rajac people. Rajacke pimnice – Rajac Wineries make a compound of wine cellars belonging to the village of Rajac, located 2 km to the west of the village, along the vineyards, on top of Beli Breg hill. The Rajac Wineries compound is densely clustered, built spontaneously, following the terrain. Its winding streets go along the regular shaped cellars, built in the ground floors or the two-store cellars, often on both sides and dug into the ground. The whole Negotinska krajina /area of Negotin and surroundings/ is filled with vineyard facilities. Rajačke Pivnice wine cellars of the Rajac village are the best witnesses of the high quality wine production, formed as gathered group of 270 stone houses with special roofs and fountain in the central square dedicated to the St Tryphon, and with narrow streets that take you to the next row of interesting stone wine cellars, taverns, wine exhibitions, craft exhibitions etc.
The construction of those wine cellars-drinking houses in Rajacke Pimnice had started in the 18th century as stone facilities near vineyards, with purpose of production and wine keeping which during time turned into te “wine town”. You can taste various kinds of delicious wines in most of the Rajac wine cellars but remember to ask for the famous red wines of the Negotinska Krajina region and particular local vineyards. The Rajacke Pimnice graveyard is also worth-visiting because you can find numerous very old, fantastically stone-carved monuments – stećci /plural of stecak/ that are cultural uniqueness of this tiny village of the eastern part of Serbia.
