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A stacked stone Ottoman-Mediterranean village tumbling down a hillside above the Neretva — fortress, mosque, hammam and the medersa, draped in fig and…
A stacked stone Ottoman-Mediterranean village tumbling down a hillside above the Neretva — fortress, mosque, hammam and the medersa, draped in fig and pomegranate. A UNESCO tentative site and artists' colony.
Why go
- climb the fortress tower
- the layered stone village
- river views.
buy pomegranate juice from the village women and climb to the Kula tower for the Neretva bend view.
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