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Pliva Lakes

The Great and Small Pliva Lakes, about five kilometres from Jajce centre, offer quiet shores and a waterside landscape shaped by wooden mills.

Pliva Lakes
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The place

What makes it special

  • Walk along the shores of both lakes.
  • See the mlinčići, wooden mills between the lakes.
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: 28/09/2026