Top Things to do in Plav Municipality
Top 10 Things to do in Plav Municipality, Plav Municipality
Discover the best top things to do in Plav Municipality, Montenegro including Prokletije National Park, Holy Trinity Monastery, Redzepagic Tower, Oko Skakavice, Plav Lake, Hrid Lake, Balkans Peaks Path - Plav via Grlata to Vusanje, St. George's Church, Emperor's Mosque, Dzamija Redzepagic.
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1. Prokletije National Park
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By GDabelko - Athens, United States
I've been lucky to visit Prokletije Mountains and the new national park three times. Each time it was with a group of college students from the US on a study abroad program. Start with the visitors center in Gusinje. Not open all the time but great topo map, cultural and ecological displays. The new national park needs visitors to support an under-funded mandate that must compete with those who would just see the timber as the only asset in the mountains. Check out Ali Pasha Springs near the visitors center. Short visit but amazing amount of water coming straight out of the mountains. Then go on into the park and deep into the mountains. Great small inn near the park entrance in Vuthji called Restorant Hartini right next to the Gerla waterfall. Lovely places to sit outside for coffee or a beer. Continue up the road (with 4 wheel drive, the higher clearance the better) up to the Blue Eye, another upwelling that starts a river from the karst underground water system. Keep going up the increasingly dodgy road and you can set off for the Albanian border and he most magnificent hike up and over the mountains to Thethi, Albania. Definitely want a guide if you aren't familiar with the park or experienced back country (Pavlin Polia from Thethi is outstanding on the Albania side, Enes "Enko" Dreskovic or his recommendation out of Plav on the Montenegrin side - literally larger than life) as it is a good 12 miles that can include some snow crossings in the pass. The path is marked with the red and white Austrian flag who donated to the Peaks of the Balkans trail. Too bad they couldn't resist inserting their own nationalism into it. Promise it will rank as one of the top days of your life it is such a brilliant hike.
2. Holy Trinity Monastery
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
A centuries-old spiritual centre for the Orthodox population in the area, this Monastery was erected in the 12th century. It was built in the Byzantine style and is believed to be older than the Decani Monastery.
3. Redzepagic Tower
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5.0 based on 7 reviews
The oldest and most beautiful tower in the area is the Redzepagic Tower, dating back to the 17th century, built by Hasan-Beg Redzepagic.
Reviewed By antone132 - Lenzing, Austria
The area around Plav and Gusinje is famous for the stone houses and towers. They differ in structure and form from the wooden houses. They were built from the 16th to the beginning of the 20th century and they are constructed with hardly any openings and purpose built as defense. The Redzepagic Tower is the oldest and most interesting housing-defence facility in the city of Plav. It was built in 1671 by Hasan-beg Redzepagic. The tower has three floors connected by wooden indoor stairs. Two floors are made of stone and the third one of wood. On each side of the building, on the second floor, there are covered wooden balconies. The ground floor was used for horses and as a warehouse, and on the first floor there were rooms intended for sitting, sleeping and eating. Loopholes are made in the walls over one metre thick. The tower is now hosting the local ethnographic collection. A Young man who speaks English shows all the rooms to the visitors. He explains the history of the tower and its use by the residents.
4. Oko Skakavice
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
This karst spring, one of the strongest in the Prokletije area, is distinguished for its beauty and it is often called the "Wonder of Prokletije". It is 30m long and 25m wide. Its water is so clear that you can see the spring's bottom even where it is deepest.
5. Plav Lake
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4.5 based on 28 reviews
In the foothills of the Prokletije mountains, at a place where long vanished glaciers used to exist, the valley housing the Plav Lake is located. The Ljuca river carries the cold and clear water of the Prokletije snow to the Plav Valley, across the Ali-Pasha Springs, all the way to the Plav Lake.
6. Hrid Lake
7. Balkans Peaks Path - Plav via Grlata to Vusanje
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
In the best place on the trail peaks of the ballkans.we hawe a confortable house ,delicious food And amazing wiew You are welcomed in my guest house
8. St. George's Church
The interior of this religious building, erected in Gusinje in 1926, was adorned with an iconostasis many consider one of the most beautiful in the country. It is characteristic for its semicircular apse and bell tower, and its rich treasury contains a large number of items of significant artistic and historic value.
9. Emperor's Mosque
It is believed that the Emperor's Mosque, erected in the 15th century, was the first mosque built on the territory of today's Montenegro. Its construction was financed by Abdul Hamid, and its value as a protected cultural monument lies in its specific architectural layout, a slim minaret, and a large number of luxurious carvings, arabesques and galleries in its interior.
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