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MATARUSKA BANJA

Mataruska banja Mataruska Banja is a spa situated in the central part of Serbia, near Kraljevo, about 180 km from Belgrade, at the altitude of 205 m.a.s.l. The local climate is a temperate continental. Its thermal mineral waters coming from several springs rank among waters with the highest sulphur content in the world. They also contain sodium bicarbonate, potassium, calcium, magnesium, silicone dioxide, free carbonic acid, free sulphur hydride, aluminium oxide and radioactive elements. The temperature of these waters ranges fom 28 to 50 degrees C. They are drunk and bathed in for therapeutical purposes and used for the preparation of mud packs. The spa also has an indoor swimming pool.

MEDICAL INDICATIONS: The spa is recommended for the treatment of: inflammatory rheumatism, rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, Sjoegren's disease, Felty's syndrome, snodylitis, diseases of the connective tissue, degenerative rheumatism, periarticular fibrositis, chronic diseases of the genital organs, hormonal disorders, skin diseases, post-traumatic conditions, angiopathy.

EXCURSION: to the monasteries of Zica, Studenica and Ljubostinja (13th and 14th century), the town of Kraljevo, Vrnjacka Banja spa and the Goc mountain.

ACCOMMODATION: Hotels (510) and in the Agens Centre for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.


 

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