Cetina Canyonvisitor guide

Radmanove mlinice: the old mills in the Cetina Canyon

Radmanove mlinice is the best-known place in the Cetina Canyon: an old mill complex on the river, shaded by tall trees, where the boats from Omiš turn round and the rafting trips come ashore.

Distances and facts checked November 2026.

What the mills are

The Cetina drove mill wheels for centuries on its way down to the sea. The Omiš tourist board dates a flour mill here to the 16th century on one of its pages, and to the 17th and 18th centuries, when the mills were first mentioned, on another. Both agree on what came next: in the 19th century the Radman family took the mills over, renovated them and gradually turned them into a summer residence. The mills kept the family’s name.

The old mill still stands, but as an attraction rather than a working mill. The complex is a restaurant and picnic ground, surrounded by tall trees, old mill wheels, a sundial and a pool of river trout, at the water’s edge 6 km from Omiš.

Map of the road from the Omiš bridge along the Cetina to Radmanove mlinice, 5.9 km, past Kaštil Slanica
The road from the Omiš bridge to Radmanove mlinice, 5.9 km, following the river past Kaštil Slanica.

Winnetou on the Cetina

In the 1960s the canyon stood in for the American West. According to the Omiš tourist board, its scenery and untouched nature made Radmanove mlinice one of the locations for the Winnetou films, the German western series based on Karl May’s novels, shot between 1962 and 1969.

Getting there

HowFromDistanceTime
Car or taxiOmiš bridge5.9 km by roadabout 10 minutes
On footOmiš bridge5.9 km along the roadabout 1.5 hours
River boatOmiš bridge6.2 km on the riverabout 40 minutes
RaftPenšićiabout 9.8 km on the river2.5 to 3 hours on the water

The road from Omiš follows the river the whole way. Walking it, you share the road with cars; keep to the edge and carry water in summer. The river boat trip is the easiest way up, and the rafting trips from Penšići end here.

Illustration: an old stone mill house with a wooden water wheel beside the green Cetina river, tables under tall trees on the bank
Illustration. The old mill and the picnic ground at the water’s edge.

A busy landing

Radmanove mlinice is where the canyon’s two biggest river businesses meet: the rafts come ashore here and the boats from Omiš land here, and the management plan for the protected canyon records the overlap and the wish of both trades to keep their landings apart. In high season that means boats, rafts and diners in a small space.

The site sits in the protected landscape’s zone for visitor infrastructure. The tufa in the river is part of what the protection is for, so keep to the paths and the landing.

Nearby

  • Kaštil Slanica, another restaurant by the river, on the road back towards Omiš.
  • The zipline wires cross the canyon near the Visečki kuk ridge, between the mills and Omiš.
  • Viseć fort. The Omiš tourist board points to the fort of Viseć, not far from the mills, as the best known of the medieval forts above the Cetina.

Check opening times at the restaurant before making the trip for a meal, especially outside summer.

Questions visitors ask

How far is Radmanove mlinice from Omiš?
5.9 km by road from the bridge in Omiš, about ten minutes by car, and the same distance on foot along the road beside the river, about an hour and a half. By boat it is 6.2 km up the river. The Omiš tourist board rounds it to 6 km.
What is Radmanove mlinice?
An old water-mill complex on the Cetina, renovated in the 19th century by the Radman family, who gave it their name and used it as a summer house. It is a restaurant and picnic ground with the old mill wheels, a sundial and a trout pool under tall trees.
Was Winnetou filmed at Radmanove mlinice?
Yes. The Omiš tourist board says Radmanove mlinice was one of the filming locations of the Winnetou film series made between 1962 and 1969.
Can you swim at Radmanove mlinice?
The river at the mills is also where the rafts come ashore and the boats land, so it is a busy stretch of water in summer. Swim only where it is clearly allowed, away from the landings, and never when the water is rising.

More on the Cetina Canyon

Split to the Cetina Canyon 25.2 km by road to Omiš; bus line 60; the roads up to the mills, Penšići and Zadvarje. Cetina river rafting Penšići to Radmanove mlinice, about 9.8 km on the river; short rapids, swims and the summer water level. Canyoning on the Cetina Zadvarje to the Kraljevac power station: the beginner route and the extreme abseils beside Gubavica. The river boat from Omiš 6.2 km upriver from the Omiš bridge to Radmanove mlinice; about two hours with a stop. Gubavica waterfall Velika Gubavica, 49 m, at Zadvarje: the viewpoint walk, the power station and the gorge. Rafting, canyoning or the boat? The four Cetina Canyon trips side by side: where they start, how wet, how hard, and who they suit. Walks and viewpoints Fortica above Omiš, the St Leopold Mandić trail at Zakučac, Ilinac and the Gubavica viewpoint. Cetina Canyon: the full guide The gorge from Omiš to Zadvarje, the waterfall, the mills and the river activities on one page.