Offering such luxuries as running water, a toilet and electricity, this lodge crams 50 beds into four rooms; bring a sleeping bag. There's also a kitchen and dining room. The hut is a two-hour walk up from the Velika Paklenica gorge. Reservations are recommended on summer weekends.
Planinarski Dom Paklenica
Northern Dalmatia
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