Vranci
Municipality of Kreševo
Discovering a hidden village of skilled blacksmiths and artisans, surrounded by a bounty of precious ores and minerals - an invitation to embark on a journey through time
Highlights
Accommodation
Cafe/Bar/ Restaurant
Traditional Crafts And Handcrafts
Events
Main Tourism Products
Other Treasures
Highlights
The seven houses
The seven houses in the village of Vranci are a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Roman bridge
The Roman bridge in the village of Vranci is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The nearby Old Town
The nearby Old Town is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oberska jama (cave)
Oberska jama (cave)
Veliki and Mali Oklop (caves)
Veliki and Mali Oklop (caves)
Marked hiking trails
Marked hiking trails
Accommodation
Mountain lodge Lopata
Address: R443
Phone: +387 63 993 339
E-mail: dom@pdbitovnja.ba
Web: https://pdbitovnja.ba
Phone: +387 63 993 339
E-mail: dom@pdbitovnja.ba
Web: https://pdbitovnja.ba
There are three accommodation facilities within a 15-minute drive:
Restaurant Ribnjak (offers 10 beds)
Address: Vrela bb, 71260 Kreševo
Phone: +387 30 806 670
Web: https://ribnjak-kresevo.com
Phone: +387 30 806 670
Web: https://ribnjak-kresevo.com
Restaurant Stari ribar (20 beds)
Address: Rakova Noga 16, Kreševo
Phone: +387 30 808 002
Web: https://planetofhotels.com/hr/bosna-i-hercegovina/kresevo/stari-ribar
Phone: +387 30 808 002
Web: https://planetofhotels.com/hr/bosna-i-hercegovina/kresevo/stari-ribar
Hotel Adriale (equipped with 50 beds)
Address: Kraljice Katarine bb, Kreševo 71260
Phone: +387 30 806 789
Web: https://hoteladriale.com
Phone: +387 30 806 789
Web: https://hoteladriale.com
Cafe/Bar/
Restaurant
Restaurant Ribnjak (offers 10 beds)
Address: Vrela bb, 71260 Kreševo
Phone: +387 30 806 670
Web: https://ribnjak-kresevo.com
Description: Specialties under the lid (sač) and fish specialties prepared from trout grown in their own fish farm.
Phone: +387 30 806 670
Web: https://ribnjak-kresevo.com
Description: Specialties under the lid (sač) and fish specialties prepared from trout grown in their own fish farm.
Mountain lodge Lopata (50 beds)
Address: R443
Phone: +387 63 993 339
E-mail: dom@pdbitovnja.ba
Web: https://pdbitovnja.ba
Description: The house offers traditional dishes: pies, keske, polenta, sauerkraut.
Phone: +387 63 993 339
E-mail: dom@pdbitovnja.ba
Web: https://pdbitovnja.ba
Description: The house offers traditional dishes: pies, keske, polenta, sauerkraut.
Restaurant Stari ribar (20 beds)
Address: Rakova Noga 16, Kreševo
Phone: +387 30 808 002
Web: https://planetofhotels.com/hr/bosna-i-hercegovina/kresevo/stari-ribar
Phone: +387 30 808 002
Web: https://planetofhotels.com/hr/bosna-i-hercegovina/kresevo/stari-ribar
Rossi cafe
Address: Fra Grge Martića 115, Kreševo 71260
"Makaza" Pub & Bistro
Address: Troska bb, Kreševo 71260
Phone: +387 63 904 504
Phone: +387 63 904 504
Traditional Crafts
And Handcrafts
- Blacksmithing
- Jewelry making
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Dijana Medić, sales of goat's milk and cheese; sale of domestic eggs
Painting bottles, making souvenirs
Vranci, phone: +387 63 706 726 -
Stjepan Biletić, Horseshoer of Eggs
Adress: Polje Kreševo bb, Kreševo
Phone: +387 63 860 313
Events
The museum
"May Days of Culture"
Christmas concert HKD Napredak
Fair of minerals, rocks, fossils, precious and semi-precious
The museum
The museum of the Franciscan monastery in Kreševo is located 1 km from the village.
"May Days of Culture"
HKD Napredak, Kreševo, Ružica Franjčević, president
Adress: Kraljice Katarina bb 71260 Kreševo
Phone: +387 63 338 631
E-mail: hkdnapredak.kresevo@gmail.com
E-mail: ruzica.franjcevic@gmail.com
Božica Ban, secretary
E-mail: banbozica@gmail.com
Christmas concert HKD Napredak
Ružica Franjčević, president
Kraljice Katarina bb
71260 Kreševo
Phone:. +387 63 338 631
E-mail: hkdnapredak.kresevo@gmail.com
E-mail: ruzica.franjcevic@gmail.com
Božica Ban, secretary
E-mail: banbozica@gmail.com
Fair of minerals, rocks, fossils, precious and semi-precious
(Organized on the first weekend in October)
Krešev citrine
Secretary: Žarko Bešlić, Phone: +387 63 812 122.
President Jozo Puljić, Phone: +387 63 134 518
E-mail: zarko@kresevski-citrin.com
Main Tourism
Products
Authentic souvenirs for purchase
The river is clean and rich in trout
The hiking and biking trails are marked, as are the trails leading to the caves
Nearby sightseeing places:
Activities
Nearby sightseeing places:
- Four tombstone Necropolises are located near the village of Vranci and are a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Museum of the Franciscan monastery Kreševo
- The museum contains a very rich ethnographic, archaeological, mineral and numismatic collection
- Marko Čalaga, museum curator (contact: +387 63 862 361)
- Mail: info@samostan-kresevo.com
- Web: https://muzej-kresevo.ba/
- “Native Museum”, Venco Lukić, a small, private museum of old objects
- Kojsina, Kreševo
- Phone: +387 30 806 246
Activities
Geostaze/Geotrails, educational and tourist meetings for children and young people, every year in the month of May.
Association Kreševski citrine
Secretary Žarko Bešlić, Contact : +387 63 812 122
President Jozo Puljić, Contact: +387 63 134 518
E-mail: zarko@kresevski-citrin.com
OPG “Oroz”, Martina Oroz Liješnić
Volujak bb, Kreševo
Black chokeberry and chokeberry products
Phone: +387 63 860 313
Ban household, contact: Šimo and Marina Ban
Cow’s milk and cheese, jams
Kojsina, Kreševo
Phone: +387 63 337 805
Other Treasures
- The river was washed till around thirty years ago. The fully clean river had been cleansed in such a way that everyone in front of their house had to clean the moss from the river’s stones. This says volumes about the locals’ and the village’s mentality and cleanliness.
- Located approximately twenty meters away from the Roman Bridge in Vranci, there exists a structure known as ta’te, also referred to as Turkish planks, or alternatively, a belfry. The aforementioned refers to a structural configuration consisting of a pair of beams, a roof, and two metallic plates, which serve the purpose of facilitating the ringing of a bell, albeit the absence of the latter. Specifically, the Ottoman Empire prohibited the use of bells in this region until their departure. In 1872, a belfry was constructed adjacent to the Kreševo monastery church. As a result, the residents constructed ta’ta, which function as a substitute for the church bell when they are sounded in rotation.
- The Kreševo tradition of shoeing eggs. – There are various legends about the origins of this custom. According to one story, a poor young guy fell in love with a girl from a wealthy family, and the condition for proposing to her was that he shoe an egg, which seemed impossible. The young man fell in love and learnt to shoe an egg, and according to mythology, no young man could marry until he learned to shoe an egg.
- Not far from the village of Vranci lies the best motocross trail in the region, located near Gajice. There are numerous motocross events staged here that are scored towards the BiH championships as well as the European Motocross Championships.
Gallery
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Directions
Key Contact
- Village host – Ivica Kesić
- +387 63 493 777
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