Where to Stay in Čačak, Central Serbia

What is Čačak known for?

On the West Morava in the heart of the country, it grew as a market and a spa town, and it keeps the old churches of its long history, the cliff monasteries of the Ovčar-Kablar gorge nearby, the warm springs of the valley, and the green hills of the Morava country. The river winds through the valley. Green hills climb all around.

What are the main landmarks in Čačak?

The Ovčar-Kablar gorge is the pride of the Čačak country. The deep river gorge lined with old monasteries, a Serbian holy mountain, is the emblem of the region, out of downtown. Monasteries cling to the cliffs.

The cluster of cliff-side monasteries stands above the Morava nearby, while the old town churches, the warm springs, and the green hills mark the country around Čačak.

What is the history of Čačak?

Čačak is an old town of the Morava. A church stood here in the days of the medieval Serbian kingdom, and the town grew as a market of the river valley. The Turks held it for ages.

Under Ottoman rule Čačak was a frontier town, until the Serbs won it back in their long struggle for freedom. The gorge became a holy place. In the cliffs of the Ovčar-Kablar gorge nearby monks raised a cluster of monasteries, a Serbian holy mountain above the river.

The springs drew the sick. Warm mineral springs rose in the valley, and spa towns grew around them, and Čačak grew as the city of the West Morava, keeping its churches, its gorge, and its springs. The river still winds through the hills. Čačak keeps its valley town on the Morava.

Where is Čačak?

Čačak lies in the middle of Serbia, in the broad valley of the West Morava. The city sits on the river in a green basin, ringed by wooded hills, where the Morava cuts the narrow Ovčar-Kablar gorge to the west, with the Zlatibor mountains rising to the southwest and the hills of Šumadija to the north. The river runs through the plain.

Wooded hills wall the valley.

What is the climate of Čačak?

Čačak has a warm, humid continental climate. Hot summers and cold winters cross the valley, with warm sunny summers and snowy cold winters in the basin. Summer warms the river plain.

Winter brings frost and snow.

How do you get to Čačak?

Čačak lies in central Serbia, on the road southwest of Belgrade. The highway and the railway run to it from Belgrade and Kraljevo, and roads climb south to Zlatibor. Trains cross the valley.

Belgrade lies northeast up the road.