Visit magnificent National Park "Biogradska gora"

Nestled within the Bjelasica mountain range, pretty Biogradska Gora (Биоградска Гора) has as its heart 1600 hectares of virgin woodland – one of Europe’s last three remaining primeval forests. King Nikola is to thank for its survival; on a visit in 1878 he was so taken by the beauty of Lake Biogradska (Biogradsko jezero) that the locals gifted him the land and he ordered it to be preserved.

Many of the trees in the forest are over half a millennium old, with some soaring to dizzying heights of 60m. In addition to the easily accessed, low-lying Lake Biograd, the park is home to five high-altitude (1820m) glacial lakes..

Lake Biograd really is exquisitely pretty and oh-so-green. If you’re knowledgeable about such things, you’ll be able to spot beech, fir, juniper, white ash, maple and elm trees. Occasional tour buses pull in, but a 10-minute stroll should shake the masses and quickly return you to tranquillity.