Kladovo has one hospital, two daycare and kindergarten centers, one elementary school (grades 1 through 8), one high school and several vocational schools. Though the river
Danube is very polluted by international standards, many people still fish in it. Before the power plant was built,
sturgeon caviar from this area was very popular and was exported as a delicacy to the western
Europe and the
United States. In the 1960s, up to 3 tons of caviar yearly was exported from Kladovo. Record catch from that period is a heavy sturgeon with of the
roe in it. However, the records from the past, dated in 1793, report of the sturgeon which had . The specificity of the
Caviar of Kladovo was that the roe gets "ripe" enough during the long journey of the fish from the
Black Sea upstream the Danube. Also, roe was turned into the caviar using the dry method. The nearby
archeological sites include the remnants of
Roman Emperor Trajan's Bridge, a
Trajan table, remnants of Trajan's road through the Danube's
Iron Gates, and the
Roman fortress Diana. The Trajan's Bridge is located 5 km downstream from Kladovo. It had 20 pillars and was 1,200 m long. Trajan's successor
Hadrian partially demolished it to prevent the raids of the
Dacians and the bridge was later neglected. The bridge is depicted in a
relief on the
Trajan's Column in Rome. Until the 16th century, it was the largest bridge ever built. The 20 pillars were still visible in 1856, when the level of the Danube hit a record low. In 1906, the
Commission of the Danube decided to destroy two of the pillars that were obstructing navigation. In 1932, there were 16 pillars remaining underwater, but in 1982 only 12 were mapped by archaeologists; the other four had probably been swept away by water. Only the entrance pillars are now visible on either bank of the Danube. When the artificial Đerdap Lake was formed from 1967-72 as a result of the Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station. The lake inundated the old Roman road along the coast and the only remaining part of the old path is the Tabula Traiana, a Roman memorial plaque, which was elevated for 25 m. The process of lifting the table (4 m x 1.75 m) lasted from 1966 to 1969, today is several meters above the lake level and is observable only from the lake. The
Đerdap national park offers scenic views, excellent hunting grounds, and many trails for hiking (most trails are not well marked or maintained, so hiking is recommended only for the experienced). The town has two hotels: "Đerdap" and "Aquastar Danube". Nearby the city (8 km on the road to Belgrade) there is a youth camp named "Karataš" (Turkish
kara-tash for "black stone") which can host some of the visiting tourists. Kladovo has many cafés and restaurants, some offering live music entertainment late into the night. The town's
quay stretches about along the
Danube river and is used for walking and cycling. Kladovo has a beach, Đerdap Archaeology Museum, Orthodox Church of Saint George and a pedestrian zone (
Kladovo Skadarlija). Kladovo is on the
European bicycle path and in 2016 about 16,000 cyclists passed through the town. As of 2017, the bus line
Belgrade-Kladovo was the only one in Serbia which had bicycle carriers on the buses. The neighboring villages of
Tekija and
Brza Palanka also arranged beaches on the river. Other touristic attractions include the organized visits to the Iron Gate I power plant, local cuisine and the surrounding
wine region between Kladovo and
Negotin, the
Negotin Valley. In the 19th century, the wine produced here was shipped to Belgrade,
Novi Sad,
Budapest,
Vienna, etc. until 2019, when more extensive renovation works begun. ==Gallery==