Pliva Lakes & Watermills

ABOUT THIS ATTRACTION

A few kilometres upstream of Jajce, the Pliva river widens into a chain of clear, turquoise lakes, and at the spot known as Mlinčići a row of old wooden watermills stands directly on the water. The mills are small, low buildings of timber and stone, their wheels turned by the current of the Pliva, and they line the lakeshore in a picture that has become one of the most familiar images of central Bosnia. Some of the mills still grind grain; others are kept as monuments to the milling tradition that once lined the river. The setting is gentle and green — flat water, reeds, wooden bridges and the mills reflected in the lake — and it is the natural half-day trip from Jajce, a complete change of pace from the fortress and the waterfall in town.