PLITVICE LAKES PARK - CROATIA

SCENIC BEAUTY

Introduction
We are on the way to introduce you guys to the beauty of this world. This world is really beautiful. It is really difficult for someone to explore and see the beauty of the world. Some areas of the world are really amazing but these are not easily reachable. But today's destination is not only beautiful but easily accessible as well. We are going to take you guys to another destination and a country with marvelous beauty. Today our destination is Plitvice Lakes National Park which is located in Croatia. This is a real scenic beauty in the world. Scenery is beautiful, wildlife is diversified, flora and fauna is just great. In short you will find each and everything which attracts you as tourist. It is called Plivite Lakes National Park and is situated in Central Croatia. The park was found in 1949. The location of the park is basically in the mountainous karts area. This park is one of the Wold Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO in 1979. This park, as its name shows is famous worldwide for its lakes.

The total area of this park is 296.85 sq.km. It would be matter of bit surprise for you guys that there are currently 16 lakes which are interconnected and are arranged in cascades. Although the beauty of the par is its sixteen interconnected lakes but it is not the only beautiful  thing of the area. There are number of waterfalls, a heavily populated forest with number of species animals and plants.

History
It has been history that such kinds of areas remain hidden from the human eye for many years but this is not the case with Plitive Lakes. In all times of this history this area received human influence. The reason is that the area is located along a busy transport route. The history of the area is thousands of years long like in the 4th century the area was incorporated as province of Roman Empire. In 6th century Avars and Croats settled here and ultimately Croats took control of the region. The tourism history of the area is not longer than 1861 when first accommodation for travelers was settled. Then in 1888 the Plitvice lakes areas was arranged for tourist purposes when the Princess of Belgium and wife of Prince of Austria were visiting the ares.