Pećka Banja

Pećka Banja Banja e Pejes Пећка Бања
This monument is built in Pećka Banja. It's about Banja's heroes, during the wars, from World War Two

Pećka Banja (Albanian: Banja e Pejës, Serbian Cyrillic: Пећка Бања) is a township located in the municipality of Istok, Kosovo. To many people it is known by the name Ilixhe. It is a tourist health center with services in Istoк and in the region, offering quality for inhabitation, highly developed infrastructure and services.

Pećka Banja is a township in the western Metohija, in the municipality of Istoк. It shares its borders with the local community Vrellë in north, with the local community Dobrushë in southeast and municipality of Peć in southwest. It is located 80 km away from Pristina and 12 km away from Peć. Nearby flows the White Drin river and Peć Bistrica river. Pećka Banja is 520m above sea level<.

Pećka Banja is located in the north geographic width between 42°41’ and 42°45’, and in the east of Greenwich meridian between 18°0’ and 18°6’, in about 520m above sea level. It is located not too far from the radius of Rugova ridges by getting the southwest position related to Mokna and Currova, and the south one with Accursed Mountains, Korenica and Sejnova, as well as the southeastern one related to Zhleb and Ruselina. Through the Rugova ridge and the edge of Cakorri, Pećka Banja is connected to Plav and Gusinje, ending up to Montenegro.

Based on the sea levels, its landscape and geographical location, Pećka Banja is characterized with medium continental climate. It has short winters, relatively cool and with lots of precipitation, whereas summers are hot, long, and quite humid. From all the climate elements, the air temperature affects the quantity of tourists most. The air temperature determines the length and quality of the tourist seasons; both winter and summer. The direction, density and the speed of wind affect the general climate in Pećka Banja, as well as most of the trends in tourism. Rainfall presents a motivating and determinate factor of these trends. Their character and distribution control the health-medical function and the recreational manifestation of the Bath and the entire tourist region of Metohija plain.