Showing posts with label Plitvice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plitvice. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

YUGOSLAVIA - JUNE 1980 - III

FROM POSTOJNA TO PLITVICE (CROATIA)

CROATIA

TRAVELLING IN THE "MAGISTRALE ADRIATICA"


"KRALJEVICA - Located at the south edge of Bakar Bay, near the point where the island of KRK is closest to the coast, 26Km south of RiJeka on the road towards Zadar"


"KRALJEVICA - Named Portorium on the 15th century, it lies on a slight inclined slope, and seems to have a favourable climate, which made it a tourist destination since the 19th century"


"MAGISTRALE ADRIATICA"


"SENJ and KRK - View towards the sea. SENJ, the old Senia, is the oldest town on the Croatian coast, between the Velebit and Kapela mountains. The island KRK, what a name, is in the Bay of Kvarner, and is the biggest island in the Adriatic"


"Near SENJ - View towards the mountains"

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PLITVICE LAKES - UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

The Plitvice Lakes were inscribed in the UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST IN 1979, just a few months before these pictures were taken.


"PLITVICE LAKES - The first Croatian National Park, definitely a Must!"


"From all perspectives, Beautiful!"


"Posing. One of my favourite photos ever"


"Matching greens"


"Nature creates waterfalls"


"Can't stop loving..."


"Home lakes to the brown trout, a gourmet's delicacy"


"In Perfect harmony"


"Ice-white waterfalls. There are no words to describe the colours of these lakes"