ROBERT SEVER CELEBRITYJI - DalCasa

Foto: Marijo Bandiæ / HTZ
Bioklimatske prilike na Plitvicama tijekom godine kreću
se u granicama od hladnog do ugodnog / Bio-climactic
circumstances at Plitvice range from cold to
pleasant during the year
to pleasant during the year. It’s cold from early November
to mid-March, fresh from mid-March to mid-May
and from mid-September to late October, and it’s merely
pleasant during the warmest part of the year. This
area’s population used to make ends meet thanks to
cattle breeding, agriculture, flour milling and forest exploitation.
That very much determined the way they fed
themselves and prepared their meals. The food was saved
in clay pots (the natives called them “rukaca”) near
the fireplace. Bread, as the primary ingredient, was mostly
made from corn, and it was originally baked merely
covered in ashes and ember at the fireplace. Along with
bread, polenta was also prepared, and you also had to
have milk, whether it was sweet or sour. The people mostly
went game hunting (dormice were a delicacy) and
they collected wild berries. Mushrooms were also picked
in the forest: morels, beech sticks and field mushrooms.
Considering the near-by lakes, it’s surprising how rarely
the locals went fishing. They mostly went fishing for trout
in streams Plitvica, Sartuk and Jasenica.
There is still a part of that old ambience that is available
Popularnosti Parka pridonosi i uporaba specijalnih vozila
za prijevoz posjetitelja /
The park’s popularity is also credited to the usage of
special vehicles for transporting visitors
Foto: Juraj Kopaè / HTZ
to today’s visitors through the rich gastronomic offering
of the National Park. The passengers, who are just passing
by, can buy some of the traditional specialities, while
the ones with acquired taste can enjoy the specialities
and the appropriate ambience of restaurant Lička
Kuća (“Lika House”). There are two more restaurants located
within the complex of the park – Borje and Poljana,
as well as many objects for the visitors’ refreshment
and rest.
The National Park’s autumn working hours are from 8
am to 6 pm. And for those who want to spend more
than one day here, you have hotels Jezero, Plitvice,
Bellevue and Grabovac at your disposal. One more important
element of the park’s accommodation offering
is camp Korana, which is located on the plateau beneath
river Korana’s canyon. Whether you’re brought to
this mountainous area by the desire for some delicacies
or for a stroll in the fresh air along the sound of colossal
waterfalls, the park will give you the opportunity to do
some hiking, riding in an electric boat or train, skiing,
rowing…
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