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Zlatiborsko jezero

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Златиборско језеро · Kraljeve Vode

Zlatiborsko Lake is a small artificial lake in the very centre of the tourist settlement of Kraljeve Vode on Zlatibor, built in 1947 and also called the Zlatibor sea. The mountain stream Obudovica fills it. In summer it becomes a bathing place, with boats and pedal boats, and in winter it usually freezes over, so people can skate on it. The area around it is paved, with walking paths, benches and tall pines, and a shopping centre with many shops and restaurants, a post office, a market and the bus station are close by.

History

The lake was built in 1947 by volunteer youth brigades, to a design by the academician Miladin Pećinar from nearby Ljubiš. The settlement around it goes back further: in the summer of 1893 King Aleksandar Obrenović visited the spring at Kulaševac, allowed the place to be called Kraljeva voda, “the King’s Water”, and paid for a fountain.

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Getting there

Nearest settlement: Zlatibor

Swimming

No reliable information

Tips

The lake is the heart of the resort, about a five-minute walk from the centre and a pleasant place for a stroll, with pines for shade, paths and benches, and a small street of food huts beside it. Boats and pedal boats can be rented in summer, and in winter it usually freezes over for skating.

It serves as a bathing place in summer, but ask locally about the water before you swim. Ribničko jezero, a few kilometres away, has trails and fishing, but no swimming or water sports. Arranged swimming areas are reported in the villages of Semegnjevo, Branešci, Mušvete and Ljubiš.