The Pliva Watermills

Between the two Pliva lakes stands a cluster of some seventeen tiny wooden watermills — Mlinčići — built in the seventeenth century and, a few of them, still grinding grain. Best at dawn, when the mist sits on the lake and the wheels turn to no one.

Best for

Curious travellers who want a local door opened, privately.

Not for

Big-bus itineraries or a fixed, inflexible schedule.

In brief

~17 wooden watermills

17th century

Between the Pliva lakes

Some still grinding

Reserve through the house

A place we chose on the route, independently run. The hosts hold the dates and arrange it with you directly — no platform between you and the house.

The dervish house and clear Buna water beneath the limestone cliff at Blagaj.

Part of a hosted journey

The Water Road

The Water Road is seven days in Bosnia & Herzegovina for your own group of four to six, hosted by the owners.

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