Up the Tisa, at the North-East of Bačka, 15 kilometers away from the Serbian - Hungarian border, there is Banja Kanjiža. It is 40 kilometers far from Subotica and 120 kilometers from Novi Sad. This spa, which "swims" on a thermal mineral water, accumulated in the sediments of the former Paratetis Ocean, a forerunner of the Pannonian Sea, may be reached by the highway Belgrade - Novi Sad - Subotica - Horgoš and the railroad Belgrade - Subotica.
The Specialized Rehabilitation Institute, as Banja Kanjiža is officially called, is situated in a large park, at 87 meters above the sea level. The spa climate is continental, with hot summers and cold winters. The Institute is equipped with the latest devices for the physical medicine and medical rehabilitation, intended for both those who come as a prevention, using various anti stress, spa and sport programs and those who need the rehabilitation. In Banja Kanjiža, rheumatic diseases are cured, the situations after the bone/ankle and the peripheral nerve system injuries, post surgery orthopedic situations and damages to the central nerve system, respectively.
As a natural medical resort, the spa was officially founded in 1913, after many years of pouring a hot, yellowish mineral water from numerous "wonder" wells. A half liter and one liter bottles with the label "Water From the Wonder Well - The Old Kanjiža" are still kept there. In the meantime, new wells were discovered, as well, so that the rehabilitation takes place at present, under the physicians' supervision, in the thermal mineral waters having the temperature from 51°C to 72°C. The waters contain sodium, hydro carbonate, iodine, bromine and sulphides. The cure includes also the use of the medical mud - pelloid. The visitors have got two indoor swimming pools, a sauna, a solarium, a fitness and a sports hall, an athletic line, volleyball, basketball handball and tennis courts and football grounds at their disposal, which enables accomplishment of a special program for sportsman's physical preparations, under a medical supervision. The guests in Banja Kanjiža are checked by the top experts of the Medical Faculty in Novi Sad and the Institute in Sremska Kamenica and a team of specialists and therapists is permanently engaged there, as well. Hydro, pelloid, electric and kinetic therapies are applied there, as well as inhaling, hand massage and acupuncture.