Welcome to the site dedicated to discovering the unique natural beauties, historical sights and rich cultural heritage of the town of Kladovo and its wider surroundings in eastern Serbia. This region is full of fascinating and breathtaking landscapes. It is a landscape that fascinates with its diversity – from untouched nature to historical monuments that bear witness to past times. Set sail with us to explore the hidden pearls of this area, discovering the secrets that make Kladovo a unique destination for all lovers of nature and history.
Hotel Aquastar Danube - Kladovo
your best host in exploring Kladovo and its surroundings!
Restaurants
Imperator, Terrace, La Perouse
In our restaurants “Imperator” and “Terasa,” we serve traditional dishes of meat and fish from both national and international cuisines, vegetarian options, as well as a variety of beverages.
Wellness & Spa
relax, take it easy...
We offer an indoor and outdoor pool, saunas, steam room, massage chairs, a fully-equipped fitness center, and a trim cabinet for your relaxation and rejuvenation.
Activities
excursions, fun & games
Boat trips, bus tours, sports activities, athlete training, various entertainment options…
Hotel Aquastar Danube
We make memories!
Hotel Aquastar Danube spans over an area of 52 acres, located next to the well-maintained city beach in Kladovo. It will be our honor and pleasure to provide you with exceptional service, ensure a fantastic time, and show you that “Aquastar Danube” truly shines as the star of the Danube!
We offer you an entirely new experience – a unique blend of natural beauty mixed with the exciting adventures that the Danube brings along.
A New Destination – Various Possibilities. Aquastar Danube, with its 53 accommodation units – all featuring panoramic views of the Danube or the beautiful city beach – will enhance your vacation or business event. By choosing one of our suites, you will experience the true essence of the word DELUXE.
Hotel Aquastar Danube offers you an organized tour of all sights in Kladovo and its surroundings! Our unique offer also includes an exclusive cruise through the Djerdap gorge on our ship Aquastar Maxim. People say that you cannot describe the beauty of the Danube but you can experience it!
Book your fantastic vacation at the end of this webpage, or write/call us for additional details:
Email: info@hotelkladovo.rs
Phone: +38119810810
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Everything is perfect, clean and staff is hospitable. Food is very specific with interresting combination of ingredients and spices. Hotel has indoor and outdoor pool, SPA centre and massages. Rooms are really clean, praise to cleaning ladies! All in all, I have not a single remark.
Ivana Aleksic
Great 4 star Hotel within the beautiful Kladovo. With sauna and outdoor/indoor pool and massage. The large city sand beach is just few metres away with the calm warm river of Danube. Great food and services with a lot of excursions from the Hotel. Very pleasant stay. Thank you Danube.
Biljana BiBiShi
Very good hotel, excellent service, clean, very friendly host’s. Hotel has everything you need. My recommendation.
Darko Kovač
The Djerdap Gorge
(Iron Gate)
The most beautiful European gorge
The Djerdap Gorge is the longest (100km) and the largest gorge in Europe. It is also known as the Iron Gate. The Djerdap gorge is a composite, i.e. it consists of four gorges and three valley extensions. In part, the Small and Great Cauldron Danube is also the narrowest and deepest on its way to the Black Sea.
It is measured at a depth of 82 meters, which is one of the largest river depths on the planet. In the gorge there are various archaeological sites and cultural and historical monuments such as Lepenski vir, Golubac town, remains of Trajan’s bridge, Trajan’s tablet…
Trajan’s Board – Tabula Traiana
Historical monument on The Danube
Distance from Kladovo: 33 km upstream
Time distance: 29 min
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This Latin inscription is carved on a carved rock. It is 3.2 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. The symbols of this inscription are: an eagle with spread wings, two dolphins and a rose with six petals.
The inscription is dedicated to the Roman Emperor Trajan and is located on the “Roman road” on which Trajan built a bridge over the Danube.
With the construction of the Derdap hydroelectric power plant, the Roman road was flooded. From 1967 to 1969, Trajan’s tablet was cut from the original rock and placed in a rock 21.5 m above its original site, so that it was visible from the river.
There’s a Latin inscription on the board. Translation of the inscription:
“Emperor Caesar, son of the divine Nerve, Nerva Trajan Augustus, victor over the Germans, grand pontiff, fourth time appointed tribune, father of the fatherland, consul for the third time, carved the mountains and laid the beams of which this road was made.”
Trajan’s Bridge
Historical monument on The Danube
Trajan’s Bridge Location: Kostol
Distance from Kladovo: 5 km downstream
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Trajan’s Bridge was a monumental building on the Danube River that was built on the orders of the Roman Emperor Trajan. The bridge was officially opened in 105 AD and was made with the aim of securing a crossing for the Roman army in its campaign to the Dacians. The length of the bridge was 1097 m.
The bridge was designed by the greatest architect of the time Apollodorus of Damascus. The bridge is one of the most important works of Roman construction. For about 1,000 years it was considered the longest bridge ever built in the world.
Small and Great kazan
these two gorges form the Kazan Gorge
The rocks that surround the Danube in this part of the Đerdap Gorge are over 300 meters high. The name “kazan” (cauldron) came about because of the numerous whirlpools that resemble a boiling river.
Kazan Gorge belongs to the Djerdap National Park.
Rocks over 300 meters high contribute to the impressive appearance of the canyon valley and the unreal beauty of the river.
Stone sculpture of Decebalus
an impressive monument to the last Dacian king
Distance from Kladovo: 32 km upstream
Time distance: 36 min
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The Decebal sculpture is the largest carved sculpture in Europe, 42.9 meters long and 31.6 meters wide. It is located at the confluence of the Mrakonia River with the Danube on the Ruma side of the Đerdap Gorge near Oršava. The sculpture represents Decebalus, the last Dacian king who ruled from 87 to 106 AD. It was built in the period from 1994-2004. 12 sculptors worked on it. In order to forever defy the Roman emperor Trajan, the sculpture of Decebalus was carved symbolically across from Trajan’s tablet.
Interesting facts:
• The stone sculpture of Decebal is 6 m lower than New York’s Statue of Liberty
• The total cost of the works reached one million dollars
• The name Decebal means the strength of the Dacians
Monastery Mrakonia
Orthodox sister monastery on the banks of the Danube
The monastery is first mentioned in sources from the fifteenth century. It was destroyed in the 18th century during the Russian-Turkish-Austrian wars. It is also known as hidden place or dark water. The name is associated with the river Mrakuna. The ruins were flooded by the construction of the Đerdap hydroelectric plant. It was rebuilt on the site of the former Balloon Station in 1995.
Mrakonia Monastery is a sister monastery. The monastery is located on the Romanian side and can be seen from Serbia from the Danube or rest stops on the main road.
Turkish fortress of Fetislam
A cultural monument of great importance
Distance from Kladovo: 1.4 km upstream
Time distance: 3 min
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Fetislam is located a few kilometers upstream from today’s Kladovo. It was built in 1524 as a starting point for the Osmailin invasion of Transylvania on the site of a prehistoric settlement and then the ancient city of Zanes.
The fortress remained in the hands of the Ottomans until 1867, when it was handed over to Prince Mihail Obrenović along with six other towns.
The name Fetislam comes from the Turkish language (Feht-ul-islam), which means the gates of Islam.
The gates of Vratna
Natural stone bridge
Distance from Kladovo: 48 km upstream
Time distance: 45 min
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At 48 km from Kladovo and 30 km from Negotin, there are huge gates, a work of nature. The gates of Vratna or the overgrowths of Vratna are high arches that represent the remains of a once large cave. They are located in the canyon of the river Vratna. This phenomenon is very rare in the world, and here there are as many as three of them: Veliki, Suvi and Mali Prepast. The great gate is 45m long, 23m wide and 30m deep. The gates can be reached by a well-maintained and marked path that starts from the Vratna monastery.
The gates of Vratna represent the largest natural stone ‘bridges’ in the whole of Europe.
Diana
Roman fortress
Diana is an old fortress on the banks of the Danube. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the hydroelectric plant Đerdap I. The fortress was built in the 1st century by Emperor Trajan, during his preparations for the conquest of Dacia. It also served to ensure the navigation of the Danube.
It was destroyed and rebuilt many times. The fortress experienced its final collapse in 596 during the Slovenian-Avar invasion of the Balkan Peninsula.
Archaeological Museum Djerdap
A fabulous specialized museum
The Archaeological Museum of Djerdap in Kladovo presents important testimonies about the cultures of the prehistoric, Roman and medieval periods on the Danube. The museum was founded with the aim of integral protection of the archaeological heritage of the Danube in the wider region of Djerdap. It is one of the few specialized museums in Serbia and one of the two archaeological museums. It was opened in 1996.
The setting of the Archaeological Museum of Djerdap presents prehistoric, Roman, late Roman, early Byzantine or medieval finds, in a chronological range of over 10,000 years. A large number of exhibited objects represent true rarities, a heritage whose importance exceeds the borders of our country. Currently, the museum exhibits over 1,500 first-class exhibits from the Djerdap Collection, discovered in more than 100 locations in this region.
Blederija waterfall
the best kept secret of Eastern Serbia
Blederija waterfall, or as nature lovers call it “Kladovo emerald”, is located 31 km from Kladovo. The river Blederia rises at 190m above sea level and is located some 2km from the waterfall. The waterfall is about 7m high. After the waterfall, the water accumulates in a small lake of emerald color. The water temperature is around 17 C. The waterfall is located on the slopes of Mount Miroč.
Thanks to its uniqueness, this locality has been placed under protection. In recent years, the number of visitors to this place has been constantly increasing, and therefore the number of wastes that you can see on the way to it has also increased. The road to this place is currently being reconstructed, which will almost certainly lead to an even greater number of visitors. Let’s make sure that this pearl of nature remains a pearl.
Rajac Wine Cellars
architectural complex of wine cellars
Rajac wineries are located on a hill known as White Hill, two kilometers from the village of Rajac, 80 km from Kladovo and 24 km from Negotin.
Pimnice is a unique architectural complex of wine cellars created in the first half of the 18th century. By the thirties of the last century, there were 365 of them. All the wine cellars were buried two meters underground so that the temperature would vary very little during the year.
They were created in the golden age in the 18th century, when the evil grape ravaged the French vineyards. The French were looking for wines similar to their own. In the mentioned period, this part of Serbia was very wealthy. In order to achieve high quality wine, the rule was that wine should not be mixed with village activities. Wine cellars were created outside the village as a place to store wine with impeccable hygiene. Every house in the village had its own cellar. In this region, the vines are warmed by the sun about 260 days a year, which gives the grapes a special sweetness.
Djerdap National Park
the largest national park in Serbia
Djerdap National Park offers you several hiking trails that pass through interesting landscapes and end at attractive viewpoints. On Djerdap you can enjoy recreational fishing, hunting, as well as watching birds and wild animals.
In the territory of the Djerdap National Park, except for the Zlatno jezero educational trail, all other trails are subject to the first degree protection regime, and thus all visits are organized, controlled and accompanied by the JP “Djerdap National Park”
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Ticket price: 250 dinars
Guide service: 3,600 dinars
Renting an all-terrain vehicle: 6,000 dinars
Contact
Phone: +381 (0)30 215 00 70
Mobile: +381 (0) 64 85 69 393
Email: office@npdjerdap.rs
Mikić Winery
best wines of Negotin Krajina with protected geographical origin
Distance from Kladovo: 72 km upstream
Time distance: 1 h 5 min
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Gratitude and devotion to the fertile land of Negotin, formed through years of nurturing the family tradition of winemaking, are the foundations on which the Mikić Winery was created.
The love for winemaking, the improvement of skills passed down through the generations and the mastery of modern knowledge affirm their desire to share the fruits of their personal investment with all wine lovers. Their vision and obligation is to not only preserve the extraordinary potential of the Negotin Region, but to completely restore it and return the Negotin Region to the wine map of Europe and the world, where it has always belonged.
Out of respect for their ancestors who were excellent winegrowers and winemakers, they took on the responsibility of continuing the winemaking tradition and, after difficult years, restored the vineyards again. In 2011, they built and put into operation a modern winery with a capacity of 150,000 liters, with the aim of introducing wine lovers around the world to the best wines of Negotin Krajina with protected geographical origin.
Wines from the Mikić winery are served at the Aquastar Danube hotel.
Captain Misha’s Hill
Eco-ethno complex
Distance from Kladovo: 68 km upstream
Time distance: 1 h
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Eco-ethno complex “Captain Misha’s Hill” is located in the very heart of the Djerdap gorge. Located 184 kilometers from Belgrade and only six kilometers from Donji Milanovac, it is located on an elevation of 173 meters above sea level, from which there is the most beautiful view of the Danube and Donji Milanovac.
Enjoying the view of the enchanting Djerdap gorge is complemented by the specialties of Wallachian cuisine and the sounds of the flute, where you can hear the story of the history of the Poreč region, or the story of the tradition and culture of Djerdap cuisine and the way of preparing old dishes, about the secrets of Wallachian bread and the former Djerdap caviar. Few people today even remember how much the local black caviar was valued on European tables.
Lepenski Vir
the oldest settlement in Europe
Distance from Kladovo: 80 km upstream
Time distance: 1h 15 min
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Lepenski vir represents the remains of the oldest settlement in Europe. The first organized open-air human settlement was located in Djerdap and was founded more than eight thousand years ago. The carefully chosen location by the “Lepen” Alas represented the place of the formation of a culture that lasted two thousand years in the period between 6500 and 4500 BC.
The discovery of the Lepenski Vir was made during the extensive research that was carried out during the construction of the Đerdap hydroelectric plant. Since the site was located in the zone that was supposed to be submerged by the waters of the Đerdap hydroelectric power plant’s reservoir, after the excavations, the site was moved about 100 meters. The new center, under the domes, which preserves the remains of the world heritage, was opened in 2011.
The Danube cruise
with our ship “Aquastar Maxim”
Distance from Kladovo: 24 km upstream
Time distance: 20 min
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Danube, the mythical river of amazing beauty. Through the time, Danube was also an important waterway and the border between different nations. Despite everything, Danube brings together incompatible. From its source to its delta, ten European countries lay on Danube banks, each of them pronouncing Danube differently in their language but each of them equally proud of the glorious river and everything that it brings. Among them is Serbia, with its capital Belgrade, where this mighty river is joined by the local beauty, river Sava. And downstream … On a cruise from Belgrade to Kladovo, you will get to see the beauty of the two estuaries, Tamis and Morava, the legends preserved in the stone of medieval fortresses along the banks, and you will certainly be amazed with the Iron Gate formed by the gigantic force of water that slipped through hard rock. People say that you cannot describe the beauty of the Danube but you can experience it!
The Cruiser accommodates over 100 passengers, who can spend their time in our luxurious saloon or on the sunny deck and enjoy the many things the ship has to offer.
“Aquastar Maxim” is equipped with 2 HD-LCD monitors, simultaneous translation system, state of the art sound system, therefore it’s perfect for all kinds of seminars and conferences.
Our main goal is your satisfaction. If you have any suggestions or special respect, please do not hesitate to contact us.