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The Best Attractions In Lika-Senj County

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Lika-Senj County is a county in Croatia that includes most of the Lika region and some northern coastline of the Adriatic near the town of Senj, including the northern part of the Pag island. Its center is Gospić. The county is the least populated and among the least prosperous ones, though it is largest county in the country by area and includes the Plitvice Lakes National Park and Sjeverni Velebit National Park, some of Croatia's major tourist attractions.
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The Best Attractions In Lika-Senj County

  • 1. Nehaj Castle Senj
    The Nehaj Fortress [nexaj] is a fortress on the hill Nehaj in the town of Senj, Croatia. The name Nehaj comes from the Croatian term Ne hajati [ne xajati], which means Don't care. In the Croatian language this fortress has also other names, which are: Kula Nehaj [kula nexaj], what means Nehaj Tower, and Nehajgrad [nexajɡrad], what means Nehajtown. This name was given to the hill and the Fortress by the Uskoks, who built on the top of this hill the Fortress for defensive purposes. They gave the hill and the Fortress such a name because they wanted to emphasize to the citizens of the town of Senj, and all of those that lived in the vicinity of the town of Senj that they should not care that someone will conquer this hill or the Fortress until they are there. It was built by Croatian army ge...
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  • 4. Zavratnica Jablanac
    Zavratnica is a 900 m long narrow inlet located at the foot of the mighty Velebit Mountains, in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea, 1 km south of Jablanac, Croatia. Regarded as one of the major tourist attractions of the northern coastal area because of its beauty, Zavratnica was designated a protected landscape in 1964.
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  • 6. Velebit Nature Park Gospic
    Velebit is the largest though not the highest mountain range in Croatia. The range forms a part of the Dinaric Alps and is located along the Adriatic coast, separating it from Lika in the interior. Velebit begins in the northwest near Senj with the Vratnik mountain pass and ends 145 km to the southeast near the source of the Zrmanja river northwest of Knin. Its highest peak is the Vaganski vrh at 1,757 m. Major mountain passes on Velebit include the aforementioned Vratnik or Senjsko bilo at 694 m.a.s.l., where the Josephina connects Senj with Josipdol; Oštarijska vrata at 928 m.a.s.l. that connects Karlobag and Gospić; and Prezid at 766 m.a.s.l. that connects Obrovac and Gračac.The important characteristic of Velebit is its simple, solid form, stiff cliffs, and the nakedness of seaward ...
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  • 11. Una Mamea Park Donji Lapac
    Una Mamea Park was founded 26 April 2010 in order to preserve natural, cultural and historical values of the river Una in the area of Donji Lapac, Lika-Senj County, Croatia. Park is founded - declared with the aim of protecting and preserving geomorphological, hydrological and values of the landscape, especially travertine barriers and waterfalls, which are its fundamental phenomena. The purpose of the park is a scientific, cultural, educational, recreational, and tourism activities such as visiting and sightseeing. UNA MAMEA Park Arboretum is located in the southern part of the continental Croatia, on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Lika-Senj County, in the municipality of Donji Lapac, and includes the headwaters of the river Una on the part of the right bank, near th...
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  • 12. Lika River Gospic
    Lika is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by the Malovan pass. Today most of the territory of Lika is part of Lika-Senj County. Josipdol, Plaški and Saborsko are part of Karlovac County and Gračac is part of Zadar County. Major towns include Gospić, Otočac, and Gračac, most of which are located in the karst poljes of the rivers of Lika, Gacka and others. The Plitvice Lakes National Park is also in Lika.
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  • 13. Sokolac Castle Brinje
    Sokolac Castle is a castle in Brinje, Croatia. It is named after the Croatian word for hawk , which appears on the town's coat of arms.
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