Sombor sights
Updated: 2026-10-24
Sombor is a quiet town in north-western Vojvodina near the Hungarian and Croatian borders, known as the "green town" for the tree-lined Venac boulevards ringing its old centre.
Serbs, Hungarians, Bunjevci and Germans lived here for centuries, leaving Orthodox and Catholic churches and Baroque mansions side by side. The centre is easy to walk in half a day. Below are 11 places.
Old centre
1. Holy Trinity Square and the Old Town Hall
The heart of Sombor — a square with a Baroque Holy Trinity column, the old town hall and 18th–19th-century mansions, with pedestrian streets leading off it.
1 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
2. Milan Konjović Gallery
The legacy of Milan Konjović, one of Serbia's leading 20th-century painters, born in Sombor — 500 works donated to the town in 1966, in an 18th-century building.
Paid
2 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
3. City Museum
Founded in 1887, with some 40,000 items on the history of western Bačka — archaeology, coins, ethnology and art.
4 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
4. Holy Trinity Church
A Baroque church and parish house built in 1752–1772, originally a Franciscan friary.
1 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
5. St George's Church
Sombor's main Orthodox church (1761), a listed monument, next to St George's Square with the Laza Kostić statue.
2 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
6. St John's Church
The small Orthodox Church of St John the Baptist (1790), a monument of exceptional importance.
5 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
7. National Theatre
The 1882 theatre building, part of the European Route of Historic Theatres.
3 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
Around the centre
8. County Hall (Županija)
The former county palace (1805–1808, façade 1882), now the city hall; its ceremonial hall holds Ferenc Eisenhut's huge "Battle of Senta" painting.
8 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
9. Carmelite Church of St Stephen
A twin-towered neo-Romanesque basilica (1860–1904) with a Carmelite friary on the Venac boulevard.
6 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
10. Preparandija
The building of the oldest Serbian teacher-training school, in Sombor since 1816.
3 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
Further out
11. Sombor Monastery of St Stephen
An Orthodox monastery on the edge of town, built in 1928–1933.
27 min walk from Holy Trinity Square
Tips
- Walk the Venac ring of tree-lined boulevards around the centre.
- In summer horse-drawn carriages (fijakeri) ride around the centre.
- Buses from Novi Sad are frequent, about 1.5 hours.
Getting to Sombor
- Novi Sad → Sombor 21 departures on weekdays, from 1 h 39 min
- Beograd → Sombor 14 departures on weekdays, from 2 h 51 min
- Subotica → Sombor 7 departures on weekdays, from 54 min
FAQ
How do I get to Sombor?
By bus from Novi Sad (about 1.5 h), Subotica or Belgrade (about 3 h).
What to see in Sombor in one day?
Holy Trinity Square and the Konjović Gallery, the museum, the County Hall, then a walk along the Venac.
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