SISAK – THE CITY OF SPORTS AND ACTIVE TOURISM
A destination situated at the confluence of three rivers, Sisak, is abundant with attractions - both in the city itself and outside it! In previous texts we have dealt with its amazing surroundings, invited you at the Days of beer, talked about industrial heritage, the benefits of Kupa and numerous historic sites, whereas today we bring a brief city guide for active holiday lovers!
First of all, let us introduce you to the facilites of the Sisak Sports and Recreation Center. It has been – and still is! - responsible for healthy mind in a healthy body of Sisak citizens and their sports-loving guests for decades. Its facilities include: an indoor olympic swimming pool, a large city stadium, Kupa recreational center, Zibel city baths. At the visitors’ disposal there are also an outdoor swimming pool, ice skating rink, three baseball fields with artificial turf, two sand volleyball courts and a tennis court.
The facility also offers a number of attractive programs: from everyday swimming (weekends included!), Pilates aqua aerobic, functional training, specialized swim training, gym and sauna, to the indoor football and tennis. Wide selection of activities is appropriate for all ages, and custom-tailored for each individual, and it is particularly adapted to the youngest ones who are in this way able to learn about sport activities.
A special convenience is the possibility of sports preparation for different groups of professional athletes, with an emphasis on the swimming pool.
Foreign teams often organize their performance trainings at the SRC Sisak pool, because there are also sports hall, gym and sauna at their disposal, as well as accommodation facilities (hotels and rooms for rent) in the vicinity of the pool.
A further advantage for Sisak citizens and their guests is the fact that this impressive sports center is located in the very heart of the city of Sisak, and is easily accessible. Sports groups also have the opportunity to travel around the city and surrounding area through cooperation of SRC Sisak and the Tourist Board of Sisak, and another convenience is a free use of bicycles owned by Tourist Board of Sisak in their free time.
There are also soccer fields with artificial turf, and football fans can enjoy their sport either through training or through watching matches.
Since you are already in Sisak, it would be a shame not to try functional bike trails interspersed throughout the city, enjoy the views and the river reflection of this small historic gem.
Sisak is certainly one of the most beautiful tourist towns whose distinctive industrial heritage is being actively studied and evaluated as an exceptional treasure of cultural identity and economic legacy.
And the field of Lonja river (Lonjsko Polje) with its vacation facilities, is increasingly being discovered by domestic and foreign visitors, along with the other charms of this region.
There are numerous advantages of Sisak and its surroundings, slowly but surely discovered by both domestic and foreign visitors - for example, on the website Booking.com they gave very high grades to the rural households in the city area and equally highly ranked private accommodation in the city.
Read our travelogue related to Sisak and its surroundings and don’t forget, Sisak is not even an hour away from Zagreb - it is easy to visit and even easier to stay there longer than planned.
Visit Sisak! For more active vacation options, visit the Tourist Board of the City of Sisak and find out all about the offer of other sports facilities - www.sisakturist.com!
And finally, we send a little sunshine from Sisak (comes in handy against the winter blues). Welcome!
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Photo credit: Croatia Hotspots, photos ŠRC SISAK
Ready for a great wellness treatment and regeneration of body and soul after stressful winter?
Visit Daruvar – city of health – and find out what expects you this spring in the midst of green Croatian inland full of natural treasures.
The state od physical and mental relaxation seems hard to achieve in crazy everyday tempo filled with numerous obligations.
There is less and less time to take a break, but luckily you always have the option to afford yourself one of the oldest treatments known to humans – a healing massage and benefitial healing thermal water – which is abundant in Croatian continental health resorts.
In other words, you can thoroughly rejuvenate yourself during a weekend. And all that for an affordable price.
In the strict center of city of Daruvar, surrounded with one of the oldest health parks in continental Croatia, at your disposal stands the famous Daruvarske toplice. This healing resort has unique position in Croatia, which differentiates it from other objects of similar type. Apart from being situated in the city center of this pitoresque town, Daruvarske toplice are in close vicinity to Roman park forest which extends to 20 acres and perfectly complements the offer od healing resort. Within the Roman park forest there is an educational pathway, recreational tracks, the well of love or Julisbrun, jewish cemetary and other attractions.
Of numerous benefits offered to its potential customers and great number of faithful clients, we are going to mention the most important ones:
Daruvarske toplice is the first healing resort in Croatia that has listed their accomodation objects according to official categorisation of Tourist board of Croatia. They are categorised as medical hotel Termal*** with outhouse Arcadia***, while medical hotel Termal has a 'Spa' label.
Daruvarske toplice founds its offer on various natural medicinal and healing factors, thermal water and mineral mud (Fango). In modern times it became a place specialised for preparations of professional athletes, both on group and individual level. But its fame was spread widely even in ancient times, when it was well known for its infertility healing properties. Today this is a part of a resort program which is called Joy of life.
Pools of Thermal water park Aquae Balissae contains healing thermal water and offer 20 thousand square meters of water surfaces to its visitors during the summer period, while the pools inside Daruvarske toplice are available throughout the year.
Both facilities offer a wellness oasis with massage, sauna and jacuzzi, complemented with excellent gastronomic offer. Did you know that Restaurant Terasa is listed in top 100 Croatian restaurants?
AQUAE BALISSAE – EXCELLENT SUPPLEMENT TO CITY ATTRACTIONS AND DARUVARSKE TOPLICE
Thermal water park Aquae Balissae is situated in close vicinity of Daruvarske toplice and it presents an excelent complement to attractions of both Daruvarske toplice and Daruvar city. Within thermal water park Daruvar a variety of entertainment contents, such as Ledo point and Tower with rich offer of drinks, awaits for you.
In summer months, there are various water effects built into outside and inside pools such as geysirs, water showers, underwater massages, 'hedgehogs', massage mushrooms, water slides and still river over 200 meters long which is available for refreshment. Combination of nature, green ambient, thermal water, wellness, good food and wine, beautiful surroundings and lovely city center make it a perfect solution for a short trip.
We wish you a pleasant, healing and relaxing wellness spring in Daruvar.
For more information visit:
Facebook – Tourist board Daruvar – Papuk
Photo credit: Daruvarske toplice, Termalni vodeni park Aquae Balissae, Tourist Board Daruvar – Papuk