IMG_3974 - Map of Plitvička Jezera National Park, showing the 16 terraced lakes and their many waterfalls. See also #4117c.
IMG_3975 - The Hotel Plitvice provided a very comfortable step back in time to Communist Yugoslavia.
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IMG_3978 - The Hotel Plitvice is a protected cultural building, illustrating the best of Communist-era Croatian architecture.
IMG_3980 - Hotel Plitvice Jezera
IMG_3982 - The view from our window of the Denaric Alps.
IMG_3983 - Our hike started with a view of Veliki Slap that drains northward into the Plitvica and Korana Rivers.
IMG_3984c - One of the 50 species of wild orchids that are found in Plitvička Jezera National Park. (slap = waterfall, Jezera = lake)
IMG_3985 - The trails are well marked and go southward and uphill, past 16 lakes and innumerable waterfalls.
IMG_3986 - Veliki Slap, with its total drop of 78 m, is the tallest waterfall in Plitvička Jezera National Park.
IMG_3989 - The water steps its way down from the mountains via shallow lakes and streams. (Croatian pličina means shallow)
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