Rama Lake
Ramsko jezero
A mountain reservoir lake in northern Herzegovina, with a Franciscan monastery on a peninsula in the lake and an ethnographic museum.
Rama Lake lies within the municipality of Prozor-Rama. It is a reservoir formed in 1968 when the Rama River was dammed. It is about 12 km long, up to about 100 meters deep, and its water level can fluctuate by several tens of meters over the year. Forested mountains surround it. Šćit, once a village in the river valley, became a peninsula connected by road when the water rose. The Franciscan monastery of Rama-Šćit on the peninsula dates to the 15th century and was destroyed and rebuilt several times over the centuries. It now comprises the Church of the Assumption, an ethnographic museum in the old monastery building (displaying farm tools, textiles, and religious objects), and the House of Peace. The entire cultural landscape is listed as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Visitors can swim at Šćit, Podbor, and other spots, drive or cycle the roughly 34 km lakeside road, or go boating. Lakeside restaurants serve grilled trout. From Mostar it takes about an hour by car via Jablanica. The lake is often combined with a Sarajevo–Mostar route, with a stop of 1–2 hours.
Opening hours
All day (monastery and museum open by day)
Nearby sights
- Jablanica Bridge (Battle of the Neretva)
- Partisan Memorial Cemetery
- Sniper Tower
- Bruce Lee Statue
- Spanish Square
- Franciscan Church & Peace Bell Tower
- Karađoz Bey Mosque
- Bišćević House