Mataruska banja

Mataruška banja se nalazi na desnoj obali reke Ibar u centralnoj Srbiji na 8 km od Kraljeva. Od Beograda je banja udaljena 160 km, i može se doći Ibarskom magistralom Beograd-Kraljevo. Mataruška Banja ima umereno-kontinentalnu klimu. Izvori mineralne vode, temperature 42-51°C, sadrže dosta sumpora (25mg/l). Lečenje se obavlja u Prirodnom lečilištu “Mataruška i Bogutovačka Banja” i Zavodu za specijalizovanu rehabilitaciju “Agens”. Mataruška Banja pruža uslove za pripreme sportista (pošto raspolaže sa fudbalskim terenom, terenima za male sportove i bazenom), za rekreaciju radnika, kongresni turizam i dacke ekskurzije. Planine Stolovi, Cemerno i Troglav su pogodne za šetnje, lov i planinarenje, a reka Ibar za ribolov, plivanje i veslanje. U okolini Mataruške Banje se nalazi više znacajnih kulturno-istorijskih spomenika: manastiri Žica i Studenica i srednjevekovni grad Maglić.

Mataruska Spa takes a special place in the string of the natural resorts of Kraljevo.
Mataruska Spa is located on the right bank of the Ibar, only 8 km away from Kraljevo (160 km from Belgrade).It is surrounded by the slopes of the wooded maintains – Stolovi (1375 m), Troglav (1177 m) and Cemerno (1579 m).Its healing waters were discovered in an unusual way. Namely, in spring of 1897, the Ibar flooded the fields around the village of Mataruga; the flood waters withdrew later on, but instead of the fields for cultivation, there lay a mud pond. With the first warm days, the villagers saw strange vapours above the new mud pond, and noticed that the horses and cows drinking from it were more vigorous.

And so the villagers of Mataruga (later the Spa was named accordingly) discovered the spring of sulphureous water there. They deepened and widened the spring and fenced it with picket fence. It was the first pool where local population bathed and healed themselves. Later on, in 1907 a shareholding society was established so that first spa buildings were constructed – villas, pools, a park, bath…

The mineral water of Mataruska Spa is a hyper-thermae (48° – 52° C), with the strongest concentration of sulphur in southern Europe – 127 milligrams in a litre.