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Bor Lake

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Борско језеро · Borsko jezero

Bor Lake is an artificial lake at the foot of Crni vrh in eastern Serbia, on the road from Bor to Žagubica. Dense forest, pine woods and flowering meadows run down to its clear mountain water, and with its hotels, campsite and weekend houses it is the summer resort of the Bor area.

How it formed

The lake dates from 1959, when a dam was built across the Valja Džoni and Marec rivers and part of the Zlot river to store water for the Bor mining and smelting works. It freezes in winter.

Visit

Getting there

Nearest settlement: Bor

Swimming

No reliable information

Tips

The lake is under 20 km from Bor, on a road that passes Brestovačka Banja, and about 250 km from Belgrade. In summer the water reaches about 25 °C, and it has two beaches. Hotel Jezero stands on the shore, and the campsite, with its own beach, is open from mid-April to mid-September. Anglers, motorcyclists and mountain bikers all come here.

Crni vrh above the lake has views over the water and ski runs in winter. Within reach are the old spa of Brestovačka Banja, with a Turkish hamam and the 19th-century residences of Prince Miloš and Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević, the Zlot canyon with the Lazareva and Vernjikica caves, Stol mountain, Gornjak monastery and the volcanic cones of Tilva Njagra and Tilva Mika.