Places for rest, enjoyment and recreation
In Serbia there are over 1,000 cold and warm mineral water springs, and a great wealth of natural mineral gases and medicinal mud. In over 53 thermal resorts, the benefits of which even the ancient Romans enjoyed, spa therapies have been adapted to treat a wide range of health ailments and diseases and involve drinking medicinal water or taking medicinal baths.
Spa Tourism in Serbia
Spa tourism is an old, yet authentic form of tourism which is suitable for a large number of tourists. It is based on various methods of use of natural curative resources, mostly thermomineral waters and a number of skills and practices used to treat both body and soul. A wide range of wellness treatments make use of long-known healing properties of thermomineral waters, peloid mud, gasses and climate, ensuring relaxation and relief from stress or treatment of various diseases. The resources also help visitors recharge batteries, improve their state of mind and get rid of bad habits. Serbia has a long tradition and rich experience in application of various spa treatments. Its spas have been adjusting to contemporary needs of many genarations so that they have gradually become fantastic tourist resorts surrounded by unspoilt nature. This is why nowadays people visit them throughout a year seeking rest or recovery or simply looking for fun as these resorts have become popular with young and healthy people as well.
Over 1.000 cold and warm mineral water springs
In Serbia there are over 1,000 cold and warm mineral water springs, and a great wealth of natural mineral gases and medicinal mud. In over 53 thermal resorts, the benefits of which even the ancient Romans enjoyed, spa therapies have been adapted to treat a wide range of health ailments and diseases and involve drinking medicinal water or taking medicinal baths.
Besides the rich medicinal water spas, Serbia is proud, too, of its “climatic spas”, which have been designated health resorts thanks to their favourable climates and geographic locations.
Oases of greenery and tranquillity
They are mainly located in gentle valleys or on the slopes of hills and are surrounded by forests, grassland and orchards. The natural landscape of the spas is complemented by cultivated surroundings, parks and walking paths. Modern accommodation, sports fields and swimming pools round off the basic health facilities available in the spas.
Today, the spas are increasingly returning to what they once were – places for rest, enjoyment and recreation. Modern recreation complexes with facilities for various sports, which also house massage salons and fitness centres, are being built in the spas.
Equipped for health and for business
Wellness programs are becoming extremely popular in Serbian spas during the last several years. The programmes involve health spa treatments that are perfect for preventing conditions, rejuvenating bodily and spiritual vitality, reviving skin elasticity as well as tightening ignored muscle tissue.
Serbian spas are generally well equipped for organizing congresses, workshops and seminars, in addition to physical workout sessions for various sport teams. The encompassing regions of the health spas include quite a few cultural, historic and natural sights, along with a wide selection of traditional and contemporary art events are organised frequently all year round.