Rakovac
About 12 minutes by car
Vrdnik spa and Fruške Terme
A spa village on the other side of the mountain, with the large Fruške Terme thermal resort, the older Termal pools and traditional restaurants.
Ledinačko jezero · about 15 minutes by car
Lake Ledinci
Hidden in the forest above Stari Ledinci lies Lake Ledinci, a turquoise lake that filled an abandoned stone quarry around 1999. It is about 15 minutes from Rakovac by car, and forest paths lead towards it on foot as well.
Photos by Anna Romashkina and Marina Kulakovskaja: Lake Ledinci in photos.
Currently closed
The lake is not open to visitors. In May 2025 the quarry company that holds the site announced a ban on all visits because of reclamation works, and in August 2026 a guard on site was still turning visitors away from the water. Swimming is dangerous here: the walls are almost vertical, rockfalls are frequent and the lake is about 95 m deep. In 2006 a rockfall injured several swimmers. Please respect the ban.A small detail for history lovers: the company that owns the site is called Kamenolom Rakovac, the “Rakovac quarry”. Its records from 1929–1955 are kept at the Archive of Vojvodina.
For swimming, especially with small children, go to Lake Bešenovo instead: it has shallow, gently sloping places along the shore.
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Vrdnička kula · about 10 minutes by car
Vrdnik Tower
The 18-metre keep of a medieval fortress first recorded in 1315, on a hill above Vrdnik spa. You can climb it by a steel staircase and look out over Srem.
Bešenovačko jezero · about 25 minutes by car
Lake Bešenovo
A turquoise lake in an old marl quarry on the south side of Fruška Gora: the most popular swimming lake of the area, with gently sloping places for small children.