tourism
UŽICE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
Užice is the city, which fulfils the needs of every man and provides people with comfortable living. On the one hand Užice boasts of numerous and attractive resorts, natural beauties of the surrounding areas, frequent and regular visitors, great events, while on the other hand it brags about great spirit of a small place,where everybody knows each other and looks after one another.
People who visited this city, bearing a remarkable resemblance to Constantinople and mentioned in songs in the same way, would always cherish good memories of hospitality, simplicity and naturalness, beautiful nature and local specialities and delicacies.
In the vicinity of the city of Užice, where, during the last century, trains used to go for Dubrovnik, or Belgrade, where people captured the spirit of the old times, there is the right place for you-The Siesta Hotel.
Although it is located within the business district, there is a distance of only 500 metres to a city park called „ Veliki Park and to sports grounds and halls. There is a distance of 2 kilometres to a local river, to a bathing beach and to the fortress built in the Middle Ages as well.
Whether you watch juming off the old bridge or whether you attend Yugoslav Theatre Festival, Užice Folk Festival, Smoked Meat Festival, The Festival of Nature and Tradition“ called “ Žestival“, every time a warm welcome eagerly awaits you in Užice.