Travel Guide Arilje (Ариље)

Arilje is located in Zlatibor district, 12 km south of Požega, 46 km south-east of Čačak and 20 km from Guča. This small town for its famous raspberries, the country's flagship export product, deserves a visit to its th century church. Arilje is suitable for mountain recreation, including hiking, hunting and sports fishing. Among the natural sites to be seen: the source of Bjeluša, the gorge of Okruglica, the gorge of Orlovača (whose limestone cliffs dominate 400 m the course of Du) and the Thermominérale source of Visočka Banja, which flows at 600 m above sea level at a temperature of 27 ° C. The source of the cave of Vodena Pećina, near Okruglica and Bjeluša, is situated in the canyon of the river Panjica and is a remarkable natural phenomenon: the Serbian botanist Josif Pančić discovered an endemic species of campanula, known as Campanula secundiflora.