Žabljak stands at roughly 1,450 metres on the Durmitor plateau, the highest town in the country and, for most of the year, a place where the weather sets the agenda. The massif rises directly above it to Bobotov Kuk at 2,523 metres, while the plateau is hemmed in by the canyons of the Tara, the Piva and the Komarnica and by the long ridge of Sinjajevina. That drop of more than two kilometres from summit to canyon floor, over a very short horizontal distance, is what makes the scenery here so abrupt. Durmitor, together with the Tara and Sušica canyons, is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the plateau holds eighteen glacial lakes that locals call gorske oči — mountain eyes.
Being in the middle of town is mostly a matter of convenience: bakeries, small supermarkets, the bus stop and the agencies that arrange rafting and guided walks are all within a few minutes on foot, and the road to Crno jezero — the Black Lake, the park's most visited spot — leaves from the edge of the built-up area. Winter brings deep snow and the slopes at Savin Kuk and Javorovača; summer brings walkers heading for the high circuits and long, cool evenings that feel nothing like the Adriatic three hours south.
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