Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Europe
About Vitez
Vitez is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Lokvine, 23km from Prokoško Lake.
Vitez is in Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with about 8,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lokvine, about 8 km away.
Vitez (Serbian Cyrillic: Витез) is a town and municipality located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, the town has a population of 6,329 inhabitants, with 25,836 inhabitants in the municipality.
A small medieval fortress of the Bosnian kings on a hairpin bend of the Bosna river north of Zenica, with a huddled Ottoman-era village inside its walls. One of the country's most atmospheric and least-visited castles.
18 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Prokoško Lake
A glacial lake at about 1,635 metres on Vranica mountain surrounded by shepherds' huts, reached by a steep unsurfaced road from Fojnica.
23 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Jajce Waterfall
A dramatic 17-meter waterfall plunging right in the center of a medieval town where the Pliva River meets the Vrbas River.
46 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Vrelo Bosne
A landscaped park at the spring source of the Bosna river below Mount Igman, reached by a tree-lined avenue on Sarajevo's western edge.
54 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
Neretva Canyon Road (M17)
Between Jablanica and Mostar the M17 hugs the turquoise Neretva through a deep limestone canyon: the scenic heart of the classic Sarajevo-to-Adriatic drive.
55 km · about 65 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Neretva Canyon at Jablanica
A deep river canyon followed by the M17 between Konjic and Mostar, passing the wartime Bridge on the Neretva museum site.
55 km · about 65 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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
waterfall
Skakavac Waterfall
A 98 m waterfall, among the highest in the Dinarides: hidden in forest above Nahorevo, a half-hour drive plus walk from central Sarajevo. A beloved local picnic escape that few visitors to the city ever find.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Vitez
6 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
55 kmNeretva Canyon Road (M17)Between Jablanica and Mostar the M17 hugs the turquoise Neretva through a deep limestone canyon: the scenic heart of the classic Sarajevo-to-Adriatic drive.
55 kmNeretva Canyon at JablanicaA deep river canyon followed by the M17 between Konjic and Mostar, passing the wartime Bridge on the Neretva museum site.
58 kmKonjic Old BridgeA graceful six-arch Ottoman stone bridge from 1682 spanning the jade-green Neretva in Konjic, a natural leg-stretch stop on the celebrated Sarajevo-Mostar drive.