Lukomir Village
BiH's highest and most remote permanently-inhabited village (~1,495 m), a cluster of stone-and-shingle houses on the Bjelašnica plateau above the Rakitnica…
BiH's highest and most remote permanently-inhabited village (~1,495 m), a cluster of stone-and-shingle houses on the Bjelašnica plateau above the Rakitnica canyon, with a medieval stećci necropolis and shepherds still in summer residence.
Why go
- traditional highland life
- stećci
- canyon-edge views
- homemade food.
eat at a village house (pita and dolma), and walk to the canyon viewpoint past the tombstones; go early — day-trippers arrive midday.
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