scenic viewpoint
Plitvice Lakes Viewpoint (Veliki Slap)
A viewing platform overlooking Croatia's tallest waterfall and the turquoise travertine pools that make Plitvice a UNESCO treasure.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Saborsko
Karlovac, Croatia · Europe
About Saborsko
Saborsko works well as a base: 25 minutes from Plaški, 46km from Northern Velebit National Park.
Saborsko is in Karlovac, Croatia, with about 331 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Plaški, about 13 km away.
The Saborsko massacre (Pokolj u Saborskom, Operacija Saborsko) was the killing of 29 Croat residents of the village of Saborsko on 12 November 1991, following the seizure of the village in a Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija – JNA) and Croatian Serb offensive during the Croatian War of Independence.Read more
The fall of the town occurred as part of a JNA and Croatian Serb operation to capture a Croatian-held pocket centered on the town of Slunj, southeast of Karlovac. While the bulk of the civilian population fled with the surviving Croatian forces, those who remained in Saborsko were rounded up and either killed or expelled. The bodies of the victims were retrieved from two mass graves and several individual graves in 1995.
The capture of Saborsko and the killing and expulsion of its civilian population was included in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictments of Milan Babić and Milan Martić, high-ranking officials of the Croatian Serb-declared wartime breakaway region of SAO Krajina. Following the war, the ICTY convicted Babić and Martić for their role in the events. Saborsko was subsequently rebuilt.
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What is there to see near Saborsko?
Within an hour or so of Saborsko: Plitvice Lakes Viewpoint (Veliki Slap) (13 km), Plitvice Lakes (15 km), Plitvice Upper Lakes Viewpoint (16 km), Rastoke (18 km).
Where is Saborsko?
Saborsko is in Karlovac, Croatia, about 13 km from Plaški.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 331
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Croatia
- Region
- Karlovac
- Timezone
- Europe/Zagreb
- Coordinates
- 44.9833, 15.4781
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Croatia
HAK roadside assistance: 1987.
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Worth the detour from Saborsko
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Plitvice Lakes
Breathtaking series of 16 terraced lakes connected by waterfalls set in a lush forested national park.
15 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Plitvice Upper Lakes Viewpoint
A boardwalk viewpoint where the upper cascade of sixteen interconnected lakes stretches out in graduated shades of emerald and azure.
16 km · about 30 min drive
photogenic
Rastoke
A watermill hamlet at Slunj where the Slunjčica river splits into dozens of travertine cascades tumbling between wooden houses: a miniature Plitvice most tourists drive straight past on the way to the lakes.
18 km · about 20 min drive
national park
Northern Velebit National Park
Karst pinnacles and the Premužić trail thread Croatia's wildest mountain range with sweeping Adriatic views.
46 km · about 55 min drive
waterfall
Štrbački Buk
A 24-metre travertine waterfall on the Una river at the Croatian border, reached by a rough side road with a viewing platform and car park.
56 km · about 65 min drive
natural wonder
Zavratnica
A narrow fjord-like inlet below the Velebit mountains near Jablanac, ringed by a stone promenade with a sunken WWII German freighter visible from the shore. Reached by a short path from Jablanac off the coastal Magistrala.
56 km · about 65 min drive
national park
Una National Park
Emerald river canyons, cascading waterfalls, and pristine forest along the Una River in Bosnia.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Saborsko
- Right herePlitvice Lakes Viewpoint (Veliki Slap)A viewing platform overlooking Croatia's tallest waterfall and the turquoise travertine pools that make Plitvice a UNESCO treasure.
- 16 kmPlitvice Upper Lakes ViewpointA boardwalk viewpoint where the upper cascade of sixteen interconnected lakes stretches out in graduated shades of emerald and azure.
- 77 kmKrk BridgeTwin reinforced-concrete arches leap from the mainland to Krk island; on opening in 1980 the 390 m main span was the longest concrete arch in the world, a dramatic gateway to the Kvarner islands.
Driving in Croatia
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.52/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€8.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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