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Pliva Lakes

The Great and Small Pliva Lakes offer quiet waters and shorelines framed by the wooden mlinčići mills between them. Allow time for the area and follow the established paths.

Pliva Lakes
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What makes it special

  • Great and Small Pliva Lakes
  • Wooden mlinčići mills between the lakes
  • A landscape shaped by the use of the Pliva’s flow
Pliva Lakes
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Pliva Lakes
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Pliva Lakes

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Pliva Waterfall below Jajce’s historic town.

Jajce brings together a waterfall, mills and the memory of 1943

Jajce is best understood in two parts: a steep historic centre and, five kilometres away, the Pliva Lakes with their wooden mills. The visit gains depth when you include the AVNOJ Museum and avoid confusing a Tentative List entry with a UNESCO inscription.

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Profile updated: 09/10/2026