Plitvice Times Magazine

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The sword is the most famous weapon of the Middle Ages, a weapon that played a special role in the life of a medieval knight. But in the early Middle Ages, the Slavic people did not use swords. They were armed with spears, axes, bows and arrows. So how...

I arrived in the Balkans by accident. I had bought the flight that looked the most interesting and had more than a month to spare, but barely any knowledge about the region. The idea was to find traditional arts, crafts, and professions, just as I had done in other...

History of the Plitvice Lakes tourism through old postcards Until the second half of the 19th century, Plitvice Lakes was not a well-known destination. It was visited only by few curious explorers and adventurers. Because of the dense vegetation and risky location due to the Ottoman Empire, in the...

Founding Prilika Group is a result of the successful growth of communication agency Prilika, which, from its foundation in 2015 operates as the one and only communication company in Croatia that is coming from territory of Lika. The name of the agency is effectively thought out to draw connection...

In the night of 14th to 15th of March 1912 occurred one of the biggest nautical catastrophes in the history of the world. On its first journey from Southampton to New York City, after striking an ice berg, sank the famous British passenger liner, Titanic. Out of 2.223 passengers...

There is an interesting story behind the name of Otočac, city in Lika located in the valley of river Gacka. Name of the city preserved the memory of one island, thanks to which Otočac survived to this day. The word Otočac in Croatian language literally means “small island”. One...

Digital travel leader Booking.com has combined research from more than 20,000 travelers across 28 countries and territories* with insights from proprietary search and endorsement data as well as over 20 years’ of travel expertise to reveal nine predictions for the future of travel – in the coming year and...

Even tho we are in the situation which requires me to start this article with the Corona virus pandemic, this is a story about how a group of us, inspired by the virus, had a great vacation. The pandemic we are going through made us question our lifestyle, habits,...