The Pešter plateau – the largest plateau in the Balkan Peninsula, and one of the largest in Europe, in recent years has become a real sensation among the fans of tourism, with new, unexplored landscapes and untouched, undamaged natural beauties. With an altitude of 1150 meters and an area of 63 square kilometers, it represents the unique, splendid and incomparable natural oasis in the heart of Europe.

As in the fairy tale about the seven mountains and the seven seas, Pester is situated behind the seven magnificent mountains which you can embrace with a single view once you reach the plateau. Golija, Javor, Zlatar, Jadovnik, Ozren, Giljeva and Zilindar mountains surround this plateau, providing a landscape which could be seen only in movies. In songs and in lives of hospitable people of Pešter, these mountains do not seem so idyllic, but in the notebooks of itinerants and in the memories of traveler-sojourners, these mountains are the synonym for ‘nature’ or ‘beauty’.

When you enter the Pešter plateau from the cities of Novi Pazar, Ivanjica, Prijepolje or Nova Varos, the first view on endless expanse of slightly wavy pastures, leaves you simply fascinated with the width of the views, unlimited space in distance dimly transcending to slopes of some of the most beautiful Serbian mountains. Flocks of sheep, cattle and horses, carelessly grouped throughout the pastures, offer so unique and unusual sight. The beauty of untouched nature and the goodness of the local people are the impressions that every guest will keep in memory leaving the Plateau. There are only few landscapes in the world to which the nature has been so generous. Mountains, rivers, lakes, cave, hunting areas, ski resorts – one does not know which is more attractive in Pešter. The nature and the irresistibility of divine beauty are the reasons making the plateau of Pešter the real sensation among the fans of tourism nowadays.

Due to the high snow and low temperatures, Pešter is also known as the Serbian Siberia and due to an altitude and the large numbers of cultural and historical monuments, some studies call it the Serbian Tibet. In 1954, the temperature reached minus 38.3 degrees Celsius, which was the lowest temperature ever since it has been measured in Serbia. The average annual temperature of Pešter is six degrees Celsius. Ten centimeters thick snowy coverage is lingered for about 60 days annually. In recent years, the winters in Pešter are milder and more pleasant, while the springs and summers are fascinating as before.

The center of the Pešter plateau, the place where everything starts and everything ends is Sjenica, the small town with 16000 citizens, situated in the center of one of the most expanded municipal area in Serbia. It was a place where the medieval caravans reposed their horses and fed them with hay on their way from Dubrovnik to Constantinople. Sometimes it was cut off from the world for a good deal of a year due to snow and large snow drifts, but today, it is well connected with cities on all four sides of the world. Highway which connects the Ibar and Zlatibor highways connects Sjenica with the cities of Prijepolje, Novi Pazar and Nova Varos, regional road with the cities of Ivanjica, Arilje and Uzice, and partially paved road through the village Bare, connects it with the city of Bijelo Polje. The municipality of Sjenica has the population of 34000, 12 local communities and 103 settlements. Through the city and in its vicinity flow four rivers: the Uvac, the Vapa, the Jablanica and the Grabovica forming the Sjenica Lake. Sjenica is situated in a gentle valley, in the heart of the Pešter plateau, surrounded by mountains.