Vrnjačka Banja
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| Vrnjačka Banja Врњачка Бања |
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| Location of Vrnjačka Banja within Serbia | |||
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| Country | Serbia | ||
| District | Raška | ||
| Settlements | 14 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Rodoljub Džamić (independent) | ||
| Area [1] | |||
| - Municipality | 239 km² (92.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2002 census)[2] | |||
| - Total | 9,877 | ||
| - Municipality | 26,492 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 36210 | ||
| Car plates | KV | ||
| Area code | +381 36 | ||
Vrnjačka Banja (Serbian Cyrillic: Врњачка Бања) is a town, municipality, and a resort, mineral spa located in Raška District of Serbia.
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[edit] Population
In 2002, the population of the town was 9,877, while population of the entire municipality was 26,492.
[edit] Tourism
Vrnjacka Banja is the most celebrated and most popular spa of Serbia and at same time a very attractive recreative centre. Situated in a great park full of trees with particular very charming houses, Vrnjacka Banja is promising a great future.
It owns its reputation to its therapeutic effects known already to the Roman troops in the II century. Founded 1868 it is receiving the citizens from all South-West Europe coming here for rest or to treat some illnesses. Here is good in summer time in the shadow of the great trees, and the winter is mild. With the organized walks along the tree bordered paths, Vrnjacka Banja is an ideal place to come to for one’s own salvation. Here one goes to search for the water on five mineral water sources well positioned in the park. The warm water(36 degrees Celsius), ideal for massage, and cool (17 degrees Celsius) sufficiently reviving.
The great hotels are numerous and have often got the swimming pools and the halls for games. Otherwise the fields to the collective sports and the beach-volley will make your days gay. In winter time one may go skiing on the Goc few kilometres away. Finally, in summer time Vrnjacka Banja gets transformed into one of greatest cultural centres in Serbia: literary soirées in a very nice library of the 1990 style, classical concerts under the column capitals and the festival of the cinema scenario. But the greatest pleasure rests in the walks along the large paths under the trees to admire the bourgeois facades or the particular hotels of the “beautiful epoch”. The restaurants are often on the border of a water current and offer terraces under the trees of the park.
Currently the closet International Airport is Niš Constantine the Great Airport.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
History and Info (Serbian):
- http://www.vrnjackabanja.co.yu/istorija.html
- http://www.telenetholidays.com/WebSpa/sr/hoteli-vrnjackabanja.php
- http://www.telenetholidays.com
History and Info (English):
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