RECREATION

The Pešter plateau, with both its climate and altitude, is an ideal place for recreation, sports and acquire of physical form. Numerous sports teams from our country and abroad, used the climate benefits of this plateau for summer and winter preparations of sportsmen and sportswomen in many disciplines. A numbers of domestic and foreign national teams and first-league soccer and basketball teams have been preparing there. Sjenica has a new sports hall and football stadium in the city centre.

As assumed, the Pešter plateau, surrounded by its high mountains, is especially suitable for winter sports. Sjenica itself has been the source of skiing talents for decades. The Skiing Association of Sjenica is a multiple champion of Serbia in alpine sports disciplines, and local skiers were the traditional champions of ex-Yugoslavia in Nordic disciplines. Competitions in winter sports are held on the Glibanj path in Babinjača, 3 kilometers away from the city, on the road to Nova Varoš.

We are proud to introduce a brand new Ski center in Žari, few kilometers away from Sjenica, on the road to Trijebine. This ski center have high quality biathlon race track with asphalt surface, so this track is ideal for summer ski-roll competitions. This ski center is at 1300 meters of altitude, and it is ideal for recreation and professional preparations.

In the vicinity of Pešter, there are several centers for recreation, treatment and rehabilitation. The Institute for rehabilitation of cardiovascular diseases is located on Zlatar Mountain, the Centre for rest and recreation in Kušiće resort and in the village of Čedovo. At the entrance to Sjenica, there are springs of hot, thermal, medical water that local people use for bathing and healing.