Šumom, lepotom izdašnog listopadnog i četinarskog drveća starog nekoliko stotina godina, okružena je Brestovačka Banja, prirodno lečilište osam kilometara jugozapadno od Bora (istočna Srbija) i četiri severozapadno od sela Brestovac, po kojem je i dobilo ime.

Hotel u Brestovačkoj Banji

Nekadašnja vulkanska aktivnost i složen geološki sastav terena uslovili su pojavu termomineralnih voda poznatih od davnina. (U ovom delu istočne Srbije poznate su i Gamzigradska, Šarbanovačka, Smračkovačka i Nikoličevska Banja.)

Mineralne vode Brestovačke Banje korišćene su još u doba Rimljana i Vizantije. Za vreme Turaka Banja je bila vrlo poznata u Vidinskom pašaluku. 0 tome govore zapisi geologa, arheologa, putopisaca, istoričara, geografa… kao i ostaci tri kupatila-amama tada podignutih, od kojih je samo jedno sačuvano do današnjih dana – nalazi se u centru Banje.

Posle oslobođenja Timočke krajine od Turaka, 1833, Banja postaje značajno lečilište Kneževine Srbije. Kneginja Lubica, posećuje, sa sinovima Banju 1834, a već sledeće godine i knjaz Miloš Obrenović, koji odmah, od barona Herdera, traži hemijsku analizu banjske vode.
Herder je analizu izvršio 1835, na samom izvoru, i ukazano je na lekovita svojstva ovih voda, uporedivši ih s poznatim Hajštajnskim toplicama u Švajcarskoj i sličnim izvorima u Tirolu. Knjaz Miloš već 1837. počinje izgradnju banje. Najpre je podignut konak za njega, pa su, narednih godina, nicali drugi objekti – kupatila, bazeni, stanovi za goste, kafane…

Banja postaje, omiljena i kod dinastije – Karađorđevića. Knez Aleksandar Karađorđević je 1856. podigao „Zdanje“, kasnije nazvano „Knežev dvorac“. (U Banji se 1905. lečio kralj Petar I Karađorđević.)

Tako, sredinom prošlog veka Brestovačka Banja spada u red najposećenijih u Srbiji; tamo su, osim domaćih, dolazili i strani gosti, jer se u to vreme daleko pročula po svojoj lekovitosti. (U tom periodu, uz donatorstvo Milutina Petrovića, brata Hajduk Veljka, sagrađeni su i „stanovi“ za siromašne goste-bolesnike.)
Ugled koji je Banja u to vreme stekla uticao je da 1871.g. i zvanično postane lečilište – postavljanjem dr Stevana Mačaja za prvog stalnog banjskog lekara. Otada su lečenje i upotreba vode pod stalnom kontrolom lekara.

Izvor lekovite vode u Brestovackoj Banji

Brestovačka banja ima više izvora lekovite vode – svi se nalaze na obalama rečice Pujice – od kojih je samo 10 hemijski i balneološki ispitano. (Prvu analizu izvršio je 1834. Hrušauer u Beču.)
Lekovita svojstva ovih heteotermi (32°-38° C) i hiperterme (40° C), počivaju na mikroelementima kalcijuma, litijuma, kalijuma, rubidijuma, bakra, hlora, joda, broma, magnezijuma… ali i radioaktivnosti urana, radijuma i radona.

Ove prirodne oligotermalne vode uspešno se koriste na više načina: kupanjem, pijenjem, orošavanjem, ispiranjem, aerosolom, a služe i kao pomoćna sredstva medikamentima i u fizikalnoj terapiji. Najbolji rezultati postižu se kod oboljenja mišića, kostiju, zglobova i kože, kao i kod posledica povreda, opšte iscrpljenosti organizma i u rehabilitaciji posle bolesničkog lečenja.

Lečilište – na 385 m nadmorske visine – okružuje oko 100 hektara nepreglednih, najprostranijih i najstarijih šuma u Srbiji, zaklanjajući Banju od vetrova, što klimu čini prijatnom, bez jakih vrućina, a u vazduhu ima dosta vlage. Sve to, uz vodu, pogoduje lečenju i rehabilitaciji, kao i oporavku i odmoru i zdravih gostiju.

Priroda je bila izdašna u svakom pogledu prema ovom kraju Srbije. Pejzaži su očaravajući u svako doba godine: u proleće – kada sve ozeleni, u jesen – kad žbunovi ruja „titraju na vatrenim bojama ružičastog plamena“, zimi – kad ovde gospodari tišina beskrajnog belog pokrivača…

Uz planinarenje i izlete, posetiocima se pruža mogućnost lova u – po bogatstvu i raznovrsnosti divljači – prvorazrednim lovištima po gorama planine Crni vrh ili pecanja na Borskom jezeru i brojnim rekama i rečicama.

Uz lov, ribolov, posete pećina Lazareva i Vernjikica i upoznavanje sveta podzemne tišine i neobičnih darova prirode, osvajanje kanjona Lazareve reke i prostranstava Dubašnice, obilazak brojnih arheoloških nalazišta iz raznih perioda čovekovog postojanja (Zlot, Krivodol, Selište, Čoka lu Balaš…) – dani provedeni u Brestovačkoj Banji moraju se pamtiti.

Seoski turizam u Brestovackoj Banji

Prijatan boravaku ovom lečilištu omogućavaju i „Dani Brestovačke Banje„, turističko-zabavna i kulturna manifestacija koja se tradicionalno održava sredinom avgusta. Tada nastupe folklorni ansambli sa izvornim igrama, pesmom i svirkom, priređuju se nadmetanja u pripremanju narodnih jela ovoga kraja, na ražnju se ispeče vo od nekoliko stotina kilograma, pivopije se nadmeću u ispijanju piva, izlože se rukotvorine seoskih domaćica i domaćina…
Smeštaj je moguć u samoj Brestovačkoj Banji :

• motel „Izletnik“
• hoteli „Srpska kruna“
• „Dom odmora“ i

nekoliko komfornih vila („Toplica“, „Banja“…)

raspolažu sa 100 ležaja, a kućna radinost sa još tridesetak;

na Borskom jezeru-hotel „Jezero“, vile i kamp-naselje imaju 500 postelja.

Old Spa Building, now museum

The volcanic activity of long gone times and the complex geological composition of the terrain have brought about mineral waters that have been known from ancient times. (This part of eastern Serbia contains also the spas of Gamzigrad, Serbanovacka, Smrackovac and Nikolicevo.)

The mineral waters of Brestovacka Spa were used in the times of Roman and Byzantium rules. During Turkish rule, the Spa was a prominent place in the Vidin region of the time, as recorded in the notes of geologists, archeologists, travel writers, historians, geographers…, as well as evidenced by the remains of three baths-hamams raised at that time, out of which only one has been preserved – the one situated in the middle of the Spa.

After the liberation of Timocka Krajina from Turkish rule in 1833, the Spa became an important sanatorium in the Principality of Serbia. Princess Ljubica with her sons visited the Spa in 1834, and Prince Milos Obrenovic who came there the very next year, ordered for an immediate chemical analysis of the water.

The analysis was made at the water spring by Baron Herder in 1835. He indicated the curative properties of the water and compared it to the well known hot baths of Heischtein in Switzerland and similar springs in Tyrol.

Prince Milos incited building of the Spa as early as 1837. His residence was built first, and then, in the following years, other buildings were raised – baths, pools, guests’ rooms, inns…
The Brestovacka Spa became popular with the Karadjordjevics royal family as well. Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic raised „Zdanje“ edifice, named later the „Prince’s Court“ (In 1905, King Petar 1 had a medical treatment in the Spa). So, by the middle of the last century, Brestovacka Spa ranked among the most frequented spas in Serbia; besides the local guests, people from abroad also came, since the fame of its curative waters had spread far. (At that time, thanks to the donations by Milutin Petrovic, brother of Hajduk Veljko the famous rebel against the Turks, the „flats“ for the poor guests and patients were constructed).
The reputation the Spa had attained by that time ensued in proclaiming it an official sanatorium – by appointing Dr Stevan Macaja the first residential doctor of the Spa. Since that time, therapies and usage of the water have been under constant supervision of doctors.

Spring in Brestovacka Spa

There are several springs of curative waters in the Spa – all arranged along the banks of the Pujica River – but with only 10 of them chemically and balneo-logically tested. (The first analysis made by Hruschauer in Vienna in 1834.) The curative properties of these thermae (32° – 38° C) and homeo-thermae (40° C) are based not only on the micro elements of calcium, lithium, kalium, rubidium, copper, chlorine, iodine, bromine, magnesium… but on radioactive properties of uranium, radium and radon. These natural oligothermal waters are successfully used in many ways: by bathing, drinking, spraying, rinsing, aerosol, and as an aid in medicaments and physical treatments.

The best results have been obtained in healing the diseases of muscles, bones, joints and skin, and in curing of effects of injuries, general exhaustion of the body and in the states following surgical interventions.
The health resort – set at 385 m above the sea level – is surrounded by about 100 hectares of vastly spread oldest forests in Serbia, sheltering the Spa from the winds, providing for a more pleasant climate without high heat, with significant humidity of the air. All this, added to the healing effects of the water, contributes to recuperating and rehabilitation, and to good rest and recovery of healthy guests as well.

The nature has been generous in every respect towards this part of Serbia. The landscape is fascinating in every season: in spring – when everything is clad in green, in autumn – when the shrubs of sumac „flatter in the firy colours of red flames“, in winter – when the silence of the endless white cover rules over the area… In addition to mountaineering and picnics, the Spa visitors are offered the possibility of hunting on the first class hunting grounds over the heights of Mr. Crni Vrh, or of fishing in Lake Borsko and in numerous rivers and streams. Hunting and fishing can be appended by the visits to Lazareva and Vernjikica Caves so as to see the world of underground stillness and of extraordinary nature’s gifts. There is also the possibility of mastering through the River Lazareva Reka Canyon and the spans of Dubasnica, as well as touring many of the archeological sites of various epochs. (Zlot, Krivodol, Seliste, Coka, Balas…) – the days spent in Brestovacka Spa cannot ever be forgotten.

Pleasant stay in this resort is bettered by the „Days of Brestovacka Spa“ tourist-entertaining and cultural festivities traditionally held in mid August. Folk dancing groups perform their authentic dances, songs, instruments, with the contest in cooking folk meals of the region.
Usually an ox weighing several hundred kilograms is barbecued on a spit, while beer lovers compete in drinking beer and hardworking hosts and hostesses exhibit their handicrafts…

Hotel in Brestovacka Spa - Serbia

Accommodation is available in the Brestovacka Spa itself – „Izletnik“ Motel, „Srpska Kruna“ and „Dom Odmora“ Hotels and in a few comfortable villas (Toplica“, „Banja“…) with 100 beds, and some thirty more in private homes; in Borsko Lake – in „Jezero“ Hotel, villas and camping settlement with the total of 500 beds.

Cenovnik je podložan promenama po slobodnom nahođenju vlasnika hotela i privatnog smeštaja.

Cenovnik banje

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