Praputnjak: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Praputnjak is connected with the Bakarski prezidi, a terraced cultural landscape created and restored by local residents. The Praputnjak–Dolčina area was declared a cultural heritage site in the 1970s.

Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Praputnjak can then continue their search for accommodation.

Culture and History

Praputnjak’s present-day settlement pattern dates back to the emergence of the Carolina Road around 1730: scattered hamlets around the Dolčina karst valley formed along the trade route; alongside agriculture, service-sector activities also developed.

Trsatska Gradina Castle is located in the surroundings of Praputnjak.

Fulfinum Mirine is an ancient site in the surroundings of Praputnjak.

Fort Maltempo is a fort in the surroundings of Praputnjak.

Fulfinum Forum is an ancient site in the surroundings of Praputnjak.

Landscape and Trails

The Bakarski prezidi offer views over steep vineyard terraces set into the karst slopes, as well as dry-stone walls and the sea. An information area explains the site’s significance.

A short thematic trail from the Bakarski prezidi leads uphill to Črni vrh. Along the trail, information boards provide details about the surrounding landscape and flora; there is also a dry-stone fortification associated with the ancient Liburnians.

Plaža Pesja is a beach in the surroundings of Praputnjak.

Tuhobić is a mountain in the surroundings of Praputnjak.

Jelenčić is a mountain in the surroundings of Praputnjak.

Sveti Križ is a summit in the surroundings of Praputnjak.

More local pages: Bakar, Ponikve, Hreljin, Zlobin, Škrljevo, Krasica, Mrzla Vodica, Kukuljanovo

To the higher-level travel overview: Općina Bakar.