Plaški: Apartments and Holiday Homes

Culture

Plaški combines traditional crafts, cultural history, and karst landscapes. At the Janja Gora Atelier, visitors are offered pottery experiences using traditional decoration and firing methods. Participants can take their finished works home with them.

Landscape

Plaška Glava is located near Plaški. The surrounding area of Plaški is home to Jama Balinka, Visoki Vrh, and Makovnik. Dretulja is a karst river that disappears underground; its source, Vrelo Dretulje, is described as clear, fresh, fast-flowing, and cold.

History

Near Plaški, on Plaška Glava above Plaški, stand the ruins of the medieval fortified town of Plasi. A central round tower and parts of the defensive walls have been preserved; the ruins are located at 635 metres above sea level.

The Vavedenje Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God is approximately 260 years old and was once the seat of the Upper Karlovac Eparchy. The former Učiona school building, where Nikola Tesla's father and uncle received their education, is listed as protected cultural heritage.

Surroundings

The wider regional surroundings of Plaški include Otmić Grad, Sveti Petka, Sveti Nikola, and Sveta Petka.

Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Plaški can continue their accommodation search afterwards.

To the higher-level travel overview: Općina Plaški.