Pecka
Municipality of Mrkonjić Grad
The embodiment of untouched nature that we dream about
Highlights
Accommodation
Cafe/Bar/ Restaurant
Traditional Crafts And Handcrafts
Events
Main Tourism Products
Other Treasures
Highlights
Gradina
Monumental value: Church of the Holy Prophet Ilija in Pecka
Natural monument "Sana Spring"
Family house of Jela Đaković
Accommodation
Total number of available accommodations: Currently three accommodation providers, and two more households in the process of registration.
Total number of beds available: Approximetly 90 beds
Visitor centar Pecka
Phone: +387 65 619 508
E-mail: info@peckaoutdoor.com
Web: http://peckaoutdoor.com/
Description: The center is located in the center of the village of Pecka and has accommodation capacity for up to 30 people (shared dormitory). The center is the starting and return point for excursions, climbing, cycling, hiking in the high Krajina, meetings with guides, etc. One of the very important aspects of the center's activities is that it is suitable for organizing schools in nature for children of preschool and elementary school age. Children in direct contact with nature go through educational paths that raise their awareness of nature conservation, the importance of producing and consuming local/organic food. The center has adequate infrastructure, parking spaces for visitors as well as catering facilities.
Outdoor Resort Pecka (renting holiday houses Gornja Pecka)
Phone: +387 65 848 889
Web: https://dinardica.com/2022/03/30/outdoor-resort-pecka/
Description: The village of Pecka and the outdoor resort of the same name, Outdoor Resort Pecka, are located 3 km from Barać and the main road Mrkonjić Grad - Glamoč. A small settlement of about 10 mobile homes with 50 beds facing the "Pecka" climbing area and the Sane Springs, the Ćojderova Glavica hill and the slopes of Ovčara. We offer houses of different sizes, so they can accommodate couples, families with children, and groups of friends. All houses have bathrooms, a kitchen and the necessary dishes, towels, additional blankets, pillows, etc. They are decorated with large terraces and a great view. The houses are owned by the company Outdoor resort Pecka doo.
Seosko domaćinstvo Grabež
Phone: +387 63 276 246
E-mail: pgrabez93@gmail.com
Web: https://dinardica.com/2022/02/01/domacinst vo-grabez-pecka/
Description: The rural household Grabež was created in the family house of the Grabež family, which has rural mountain rooms with a capacity of up to six people, including food and drinks produced in the household. Located in the untouched nature of the small town of Pecka, hidden between Mrkonjić Grad and Šipovo. The house is located halfway between the Pecka Visitor Center and the beautiful Nature Monument - the spring of the Sana River, from which it is a few kilometers away.
Cafe/Bar/
Restaurant
Visitor centar Pecka (restaurant capacity for about 50 people)
Phone: +387 65 619 508
E-mail: info@peckaoutdoor.com
Rural household Grabež (capacity up to 20 people including food and drink produced in the household)
Phone: +387 63 276 246
E-mail: pgrabez93@gmail.com
Restaurant Mali Raj "M" Mliništa (In addition to the restaurant for 100 people, which serves many traditional dishes, they also offer accommodation in a very tidy, large mountain house for eight people)
Phone: +387 65 666 666
E-mail: info@maliraj-m.com
Web: www.maliraj-m.com
Traditional Crafts
And Handcrafts
- Several households nurture old crafts, so in the village of Pecka there is one blacksmith and one carpenter, several craftsmen for natural material construction, and almost all women knit woolen socks and other clothing items made of raw wool and its byproducts.
Events
(takes place in July, the last festival was held 3rd in a row in the period from 9th to 10th of July, 2022. The festival is designed as a kind of celebration of mountain biking, active life, healthy habits and family gatherings in nature , with the additional goal of popularizing the extremely attractive and undiscovered area of Pecka).
(takes place in May (the previous, 11th festival in a row, was held in the period from 20th to 22nd of May 2022) in the village of Pecka on an attractive climbing area that abounds with numerous high rocks that are equipped with over 100 routes and is one of the largest climbing areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina.This sport-climbing festival gathers climbers from all over the world and with a rich program such as Forest Party, Outdoor cinema and feasting with local specialties, it represents an unforgettable experience. The configuration of the rock is unusual, made up of many holes and different grips that provide varied and interesting climbing (pocket climbing). The access to the rocks is ideal, as is the surrounding environment, and the southeast orientation gives a special atmosphere to climbers. The climbing area is only 2 km from the Pecka Visitor Center, which provides all the necessary infrastructure for a pleasant stay for climbers, hikers and mountaineers).
(it was established at the initiative of the OSCE and was held for the first time in 1999, on the occasion, 5th of June , World Environment Day. At that time, the intention was to establish closer cooperation and communication between municipalities located in different entities, connected by the Sana river. Over time, the municipalities took over the organization of this manifestation, which then acquired an exclusively ecological character. The event is supported by the municipalities of Mrkonjić Grad, Ribnik, Ključ, Sanski Most, Oštra Luka, Prijedor and Bosanski Novi, as well as numerous associations, organizations and institutions operating in these areas. The manifestation “Days on the Sana” is accompanied by the Declaration signed in 2001, by which the participating municipalities in the Sana river basin undertake to seal the course of the river in a length of 144 kilometers).
(“Pecka Visitor Center” has been organizing the Foraging of Wild Mushrooms School for several years in a row (the last weekend in September) for anyone who wants to independently identify, collect and use wild edible mushrooms in the kitchen. The Mushrooms School brings together nature and culinary lovers who want to independently collect and use mushrooms in their diet, people who want to get to know their surroundings, collect crops and enjoy a walk through nature).
Main Tourism
Products
Outdoor festival
International rock climbing festival
Pecka – Medna – Pecka (31 km) Medna trail length 37.5 km
Medna – Ubavića b. GPX, trail length 27km,
Pecca – Pliva GPX, length of the trail 36.8 km,
GPX climbing area, trail length 8.8 km,
Podgorja GPX, trail length 37.2 km,
Simići GPX, trail length 14.7 km
Marked hiking trails Vrela Sane, Vidikovac Misije.
Mountaineering Ecological Society Vidik, Mrkonjić Grad
Contact: Mihajlo Lazendić, phone: +387 65 543 941
As part of the festival, the “Colorful Market” was opened, which offers and promotes autochthonous agricultural products, local specialties and souvenirs. It connects members of the small local community of Pecka with lovers of authentic experiences in nature and local gastronomy. traditional production, handicrafts, souvenirs and the like.
– Cheese and milk products (kaymak, sour milk)
– Traditional cuisine (pies, cicvara, fritters, prosciutto),
– Various handicrafts, embroidery, wool products…
- Željko Simić, beekeeper, Pecka
Honey supply depending on the quality of pollination, but there is a mostly constant supply
Contact: +387 65 593 374
- Dule Tošić, rakia producer, Donja Pecka
He has a continuous offer, but he does not live in the village all year round, so it is necessary to check availability.
Contact: +387 65 900 305
- Dušan Palalić, producer of rakia, Donja Pecka
A continuous offer, but Dušan does not live in the village all year round, so it is necessary to check availability.
Contact: +387 65 324 561
- Nataša Džebić, housewife from the village of Gornja Pecka. She prepares traditional dishes such as different types of pies, fritters, sweet dishes, cakes. Available with prior notice throughout the year.
Contact: +387 66 254 065
- Stana Janjić, a housewife from the village of Ubovića Brdo, near the Pecka climbing area. On order, he prepares excellent sour milk, cheese, etc. for climbers as well as visitors to the Center.
Contact: +387 66 364 096
- Jovo Simić, carpenter He makes a large number of souvenirs and objects from wood
Contact: +387 65 547 713
- Sirana Podrašnica is located on the way to Pecka, the village of Podrašnica, produces the homemade “Podraški cheese”, which is available all year round.
Contact: +387 65 368 989
On the territory of Mrkonjić Grad municipality, built and natural tourist attractions:
– ZAVNOBIH session museum – BiH National Monument
– Old Town Bočac – National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
– Mount Lisina – mycological reserve,
– Lake Balkana,
– Lake Bočac
On the territory of Šipovo municipality, natural tourist attractions:
– Strict nature reserve “Prašuma Janj” (Under the protection of UNESCO),
– Natural monument “Vagan Cave” (Under the protection of the RS Entity) Pliva-Soko City – provisional list of BiH
-Source Pliva – one of the largest sources of drinking water in Europe.
On the territory of the municipality of Ribnik, there are built and natural tourist attractions:
– Natural monument “Jama Ledana” (Under the protection of the RS Entity)
– Ribnik River – fly fishing
– The medieval fortress of Prizren – an archaeological site located on a steep cliff, in the canyon of the Sana river, between Vrbljan and Gornji Ribnik.
Other Treasures
- Back in the third century, the Roman city of Sarnade existed here on the road SaIona – Servitium (Bosanska Gradiška), later called Turmanski put. Sarnada is also connected with the conclusions of the Council of Salonica from the year 530, where the parish priest, that is, the chief pastor of the Sarnada parish, was a signatory of the council’s conclusions.
- In Pecka, according to the Austro-Hungarian census from 1879, there were almost two thousand inhabitants. The first elementary school was opened in 1931.
- The village of Gornja Pecka celebrates the glory of Saint Sava, so every year at the end of January they gather in the former school where they perform religious ceremonies and socialize with the traditional Baraćki bećarac. Polyphonic singing, mostly by men, is dominant at celebrations and festivities.
- 2.8. on the day of St. Ilija in the village of Donja Pecka, near the church, a citizens’ assembly is celebrated, attended by a large number of people.
- “Grain prayers” are characteristic, where the locals pray to God that their crops will be good and that the year will be fruitful.
- All the locals are of the Orthodox faith, celebrate baptisms and vows, celebrate important religious holidays, and in this way preserve traditional customs from oblivion.
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Directions
Key Contact
- Predrag Gajanović, Host at VC Pecka
- +387 65 848 889
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