national park
Sutjeska National Park
Bosnia's oldest national park featuring the pristine Perućica primeval forest and the dramatic 73-meter Skakavac waterfall.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Foča
Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Europe
About Foča
Foča is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Ustikolina, 21km from Sutjeska National Park.
Foča is in Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ustikolina, about 9 km away.
Foča (Serbian Cyrillic: Фоча, pronounced [fôtʃa]) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the southeast on the banks of Drina river. As of 2013, the town has a population of 12,234 inhabitants, while the municipality has 18,288 inhabitants.
Foča houses some facultiesRead more
(including the Medical and Orthodox Theological Faculty of Saint Basil of Ostrog) from the Istočno Sarajevo University. It is also home to the "Seminary of Saint Peter of Sarajevo and Dabar-Bosna", one of seven seminaries in the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Foča was, before the ethnic cleansing in 1992-1994, home to one of Bosnia's most important Islamic high schools, the Madrasa of Mehmed Pasha Kukavica. The Sutjeska National Park, which is the oldest National Park in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is located in the municipality.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Foča?
Within an hour or so of Foča: Sutjeska National Park (21 km), Piva Canyon Tunnel Road (29 km), Piva Canyon (35 km), Durmitor National Park (47 km).
Are there any good drives near Foča?
The nearest famous roads are Piva Canyon Tunnel Road, Piva Canyon and Durmitor Ring Road.
Where is Foča?
Foča is in Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, about 9 km from Ustikolina.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 14,615
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Region
- Srpska
- Timezone
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Coordinates
- 43.5065, 18.7785
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Worth the detour from Foča
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
Piva Canyon Tunnel Road
A road threaded through more than fifty short tunnels along the wall of the Piva canyon above a startlingly green reservoir.
29 km · about 35 min drive
famous road
Piva Canyon
A reservoir canyon north of Plužine followed by a road with dozens of short rock tunnels cut into the cliff face.
35 km · about 40 min drive
national park
Durmitor National Park
A UNESCO-listed massif of limestone peaks and glacial lakes around Žabljak, crossed by the P14 mountain road over Sedlo pass.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Baščaršija, Sarajevo
Sarajevo's enchanting Ottoman-era old bazaar quarter where East meets West, filled with copper workshops, mosques, and ćevapi restaurants.
48 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Latin Bridge
The historic Ottoman bridge where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914, triggering the start of World War I.
48 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Durmitor National Park (Black Lake)
A UNESCO mountain park featuring the stunning Black Lake, dramatic canyon scenery, and the deepest canyon in Europe carved by the Tara River.
48 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Sarajevo Tunnel of Hope
A preserved section of the underground tunnel that served as the only lifeline for besieged Sarajevo during the 1990s war, now a powerful museum.
50 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Foča
- 29 kmPiva Canyon Tunnel RoadA road threaded through more than fifty short tunnels along the wall of the Piva canyon above a startlingly green reservoir.
- 35 kmPiva CanyonA reservoir canyon north of Plužine followed by a road with dozens of short rock tunnels cut into the cliff face.
- 50 kmSedlo Pass (Durmitor Ring)The highest point of Montenegro's Durmitor Ring, a lonely 1,907 m pass on the narrow Žabljak-Plužine road weaving beneath Bobotov Kuk through moonscape karst and glacial cirques.
- 50 kmSedlo PassThe highest paved pass in Montenegro at about 1,907 metres, on the narrow P14 between Žabljak and Plužine through Durmitor.
- 50 kmDurmitor Ring RoadAn 80 km loop around the Durmitor massif over the Sedlo pass, taking in canyon rims, high pasture and almost no traffic.
- 51 kmMehmed Paša Sokolović BridgeOttoman master architect Sinan's 16th-century, 11-arch bridge over the Drina at Višegrad, a UNESCO site immortalised in Ivo Andrić's novel 'The Bridge on the Drina'.
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