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Počitelj
A walled Ottoman village climbing a hillside above the Neretva, with a mosque, a clock tower and a fortress tower.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Počitelj, 88300 ČapljinaDirections
- Getting There
- About 30 minutes south of Mostar by car, or on buses toward Dubrovnik.
Why Go
Počitelj was a frontier fortress town from the 15th century. Its stone houses and lanes climb to a tower with a view down the valley, past the Hajji Alija Mosque of 1563.
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