Bus from VENICE to SOKOBANJA

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. Of the 272,000 inhabitants about 62,000 live in the historic center of the island, and most of the mainland city of Mestre. Mestre is the center and the most populated urban area of the mainland of Venice. The mainland of Venice is the territory of the city based on normal land (instead of natural or artificial islands like the most well-known parts of Venice) connected to the historical center by a long rail and road bridge over the Venetian lagoon, called Ponte della Libertà (Freedom Bridge).

The city is famous for its canals, gondolas and rich history, a majority of independent city that was the center of the Venetian Republic.

Venice is situated across a group of 117 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges. Venice is located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Parts of Venice are renowned for the beauty of their settings, their architecture, and artwork. The lagoon and a part of the city are listed as a World Heritage Site.

The most important tourist attractions of Venice are:

• Piazza San Marco, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, where it is generally known just as la Piazza ("the Square"). All other urban spaces in the city (except the Piazzetta and the Piazzale Roma) are called campi ("fields"). The two spaces together form the social, religious and political centre of Venice and are commonly considered together.
• The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as Saint Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice. It is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. It lies at the eastern end of the Piazza San Marco, adjacent and connected to the Doge's Palace. Originally it was the chapel of the Doge, and has only been the city's cathedral since 1807, when it became the seat of the Patriarch of Venice, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, formerly at San Pietro di Castello.
• The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice, opening as a museum in 1923. Today, it is one of the 11 museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia.

Sokobanja is located in southeastern Serbia, at an altitude of 400 meters in the basin between the Rtanja Mountains (1560m) and Ozren (1174m).

Sokobanja (9000 inhabitants) is the economic, health, cultural and tourist center of the municipality that covers an area of ​​525 km2, in which 25 inhabited places live about 20,000 inhabitants.

The basic branch of the economy is tourism with agriculture and mining. Thanks to the good traffic connections in Sokobanja, it arrives asphalt, quickly and easily from every direction.

Since ancient times known as a tourist destination, Sokobanja has the basic elements for the formation of a diverse tourist offer: thermomineral waters, ideal altitude of 400m, favorable climate, unspoiled nature that surrounds, rich cultural heritage ....

Sokobanja to its visitors throughout the year and a variety of cultural and entertainment contents and events. The days spent in Sokobanja remain permanently in an unforgettable memory, so the tourists visit, revealing always new interesting details in it. Today Sokobanja is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Serbia.

Treatment in Sokobanja is carried out, based on the indicated indications, by bathing in warm, slightly radioactive water and inhalation, according to the instructions and under the supervision of a physician. Sokobanja air is itself a cure for asthma sufferers.

Thermal sources Sokobanja are among the most active in this part of Europe. In total, there are six major, whose water temperature ranges from 28-45 degrees Celsius. Since the outbreak of radioactive gases in the entire territory of Banja is large, each visitor is exposed to mild inhalation, which very usefully affects the respiratory organs and the whole organism.

The area of ​​Sokobanja is rich in valuable cultural and historical monuments, churches and monasteries: the medieval town of Sokograd, the remains of Vrmdanski grad, the Turkish Amam (XV century), the restaurant "Milošev konak", the building of the administration of the Principality of Serbia (XIX century) Church of the Mother of God in the center of Sokobanja, the Church of the Birth of the Virgin on Lepterija, the monastery Jermenčić (XIV century) at Ozren, the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Jošanica (XI century), the church of the Fire of Mary in Gradašnica, the church of St. Eli in Istoces (XIX century ), the memorial fountains of Prince Miloš Obrenović, Hajduk Veljko Petrović and Ljube Didić.

Hunting grounds in the Sokobanja area are the right place for the most interesting adventure! In accordance with the prescribed law and according to the hunting calendar for game in the protection regime, that is, the pricelist brought by the Board of the Hunting Association of Serbia, you can try hunting in these terrains: rabbit, field partridge, wild boar, forest snail, pheasant, wild duck , fox, pigeon mug, quail, thistle, gututku, then roe deer and deer. No less attractive is hunting game outside the protection regime: wolf, wild cat, cancer and foxes.