Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Croatia.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Croatia. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Gornja Švica
The district Gornja Švica of Burić Klanac in Ličko-Senjska Županija is a district located in Croatia about 75 mi south-west of Zagreb, the country's capital town.
In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Otocac, Brinje, Vrhovine, Plaski and Senj. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 50 °F
Morning Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
Night Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 61% |
Air Pressure | 1024 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 64% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel Park Exclusive
Mirni Kutak
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Prueba de Bentley Continental GTC en Croacia
Bentley ha decidido probar su ultimo modelo Continental GTC en Croacia. Prueba de nuevo Bentley en Croacia http://www.sobrecroacia.com.
Hagelstorm in Kroatie
Een verschrikkelijke hagelstorm waarin wessel en zijn reisgezellin annelou verstrikt in zijn geraakt. Bekijk dit filmpje welk vol zit met spanning en sensatie!
Croatian region Lika (03. passing through Otočac town and up to highway A1)
Journey through Croatia, along the state road D-52, in Lika region. [read more below] This video begins at the at the entrance into Otočac town from southeast. Then it goes through Otočac...
KUD Brinje Brinje - Otočac 2012
KUD Brinje - Otočac 2012. Nastup na smotri folklora Ličko-Senjske županije u Otočcu, 19.05.2012. Preko Brinja pružila se grana, To je grana, Zrinskih Frankopana.
KUD Lipa Sinac - Otočac 2012
KUD Lipa Sinac - Otočac 2012. KUD "Lipa" Sinac nastalo je 1923. godine pod imenom "Hrvatski tamburaški zbor Lipa Sinac". Nastup na smotri folklora Ličko-Senjske županije u Otočcu, 19.05.2012.
Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Lika
Lika is a geographic region in Mountainous Croatia macroregion of Croatia, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by the Malovan pass. Today most of the territory of Lika is part of Lika-Senj County. Josipdol, Plaški and Saborsko are part of Karlovac County and Gračac is part of Zadar County.
Otočac
Otočac is a town in Lika, Croatia. It lies in the northwestern part of Lika, in the Gacka river valley. The population of the town is 4,354 as of 2001, with a total of 10,411 people within the municipality at large, the majority of whom are Croats (91%).
Plasina Tunnel
The Plasina Tunnel is located between Žuta Lokva and Ličko Lešće. It is located between Otočac and Perušić interchanges of the Croatian A1 motorway. Both tunnel tubes, 2,300 metres long, were completed simultaneously. The northern portal of the tunnel is located at 532 m.a.s.l. , while the southern one is at 547 m.a.s.l.. Excavation of the tunnel had been completed by January 2004. In 2006, the tunnel was declared to be among the top three safest tunnels in Europe by EuroTAP.
Brinje Tunnel
The Brinje Tunnel is a four-lane tunnel in Croatia, an integral part of the A1 motorway located between Brinje and Žuta Lokva interchanges. The Brinje Tunnel is located immediately to the south of the Mala Kapela Tunnel the longest tunnel in Croatia. The tunnel is tolled within the A1 motorway closed toll collection system, and there are no separate toll plazas related to the tunnel use.
Gacka
Gacka is a river located in the Lika region in central Croatia. Because for a large part of its course it is a subterranean river, estimates on its length vary. The overground part has undergone substantial human intervention - before it was 32 kilometers long, now it is only 11 km. It has been regulated by man to flow into an aquaduct in Gusić polje (known as Tunel Gacka-Gusić Jezero) and then into the Adriatic Sea through a hydroelectric installation HE Senj near Sveti Juraj.
Kosinjski Bakovac
Kosinjski Bakovac is a village north of Perušić within the municipality of Perušić in Lika-Senj County, Croatia.
Jezerane
Jezerane is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D23 highway.
Čovići
Čovići is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D50 highway.
Ličko Lešće
Ličko Lešće is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D50 highway.
Gacka Bridge
The Gacka Bridge is located between Žuta Lokva and Ličko Lešće. It is 466 metres long, and it comprises four traffic lanes and two emergency lanes. Speed limit enforced on the bridge is 130 km/h. The bridge construction costs were estimated at 115 million Croatian kuna. The bridge spans Gacka River, one of few remaining rivers in Croatia that is considered as readily potable water, along its entire length.
Žuta Lokva
Žuta Lokva is a village in Croatia.
Jezerane Viaduct
The Jezerane Vidauct is located between the Ogulin and Brinje interchanges of the A1 motorway in Croatia, just to the south of the Mala Kapela Tunnel. It is 661 metres long. At this location the motorway route follows a horizontal curve of 900 metres radius. The viaduct is a beam structure across a series of spans averaging 36.1 metres . The main span is 40 metres long.
Grič Tunnel
The Grič Tunnel is a four-lane tunnel in Lika region of Croatia, an integral part of the A1 motorway located between Otočac and Ličko Lešće interchanges. The Grič Tunnel is located to the south of Plasina Tunnel. The tunnel is tolled within the A1 motorway closed toll collection system, and there are no separate toll plazas related to the tunnel use. The tunnel consists of two tubes, excavated in 2003 and opened for traffic in 2004.
Lika (river)
The Lika is a river in Croatia which gives its name to the Lika region. It is 77 kilometres long and it has a basin with an area of 1,014 square kilometres . Its average discharge at the measurement station in Bilaj (covering 225 km of the basin) is 7.33 m/s, and it can go completely dry. It is known as a sinking river because at the end of its course, it flows into a series of ponors or swallow-holes and disappears from the surface.
Kosinj Bridge
Kosinj Bridge is a stone bridge, seventy feet long in Lika, Croatia. It connects the Upper and Lower Kosinj. It was designed in the 19th century designer Milivoj Frković, and was modelled on the old Croatian bridge building technique "uklinjenjem stone. " The bridge is unique in the arched openings with water-shedding function of the wave, the attack on the bridge. The construction of the bridge began in 1929. in, 1936. released into circulation.
Kosinj
Kosinj, also the Kosinj Valley, is a hilly region near Perušić, Croatia, and Lipovo Polje, that contains 2 areas: Upper Kosinj and Lower Kosinj, which are connected by the Kosinj Bridge on the Lika river. The population is 1,692, excluding Kosinjski Bakovac.
Krš, Croatia
Krš is a village in Perušić, Croatia. The 2011 population was 31.
Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Gornji Kosinj
The Church of Saint Anthony of Padua (Croatian: Crkva svetog Antuna Padovanskog) is a Roman Catholic church in Gornji Kosinj, Croatia. It has polygonal sanctuary, sacristy and bell tower along the main facade.