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49 places
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Sarajevo's most atmospheric fine dining, set across four rooms of a restored Austro-Hungarian villa.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
Point-and-eat Bosnian home cooking: bamija, sogan-dolma, begova čorba, slow-cooked stews behind glass.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
Trays of glistening baklava, kadaif and hurmašice in the bazaar — buy by the piece or boxed to take home.
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The RS capital's riverside Kastel fortress on the Vrbas, the rebuilt 16th-century Ferhat-Pasha (Ferhadija) Mosque — a masterpiece destroyed in 1993 and…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
A cosy courtyard bar tucked behind Baščaršija specializing in house rakija (try the walnut or honey) plus tavern food — a relaxed local spot for a long…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
The 15th-century Ottoman bazaar at the heart of Sarajevo — a warren of coppersmiths' alleys, mosques, hans and the wooden Sebilj fountain where pigeons swarm.
Herzegovina · Mostar
A riverside pub by the Crooked Bridge with craft beer, cocktails and frequent live music — the social hub of Mostar's old-town evenings.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
Coiled pita baked under the sač the traditional way — meat (burek), cheese (sirnica), spinach (zeljanica), potato (krompiruša). Crisp, oily, perfect.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Skenderija/Wilson
Yugo-nostalgia café-bar plastered with Tito memorabilia and old partisan iconography, with a garden of military relics. A only-in-the-Balkans hangout.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ciglane
A lively terraced market above the centre — produce, cheese, honey and a row of grills and stalls loved by locals.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Sarajevo's craft-beer scene has matured into a clutch of pubs and taprooms pouring local microbrews alongside the classic Sarajevsko lager — relaxed,…
Northeast Bosnia · Bijeljina
An open-air "ethno village" near Bijeljina recreating traditional Balkan wooden houses, watermills, churches and a lake — part heritage park, part hotel and…
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
Banja Luka has a deserved party reputation, and pedestrianized Gospodska Street is its heart — café-bars by day that spill into a buzzing bar-hop by night,…
Herzegovina · Mostar
Riverside terrace over the Radobolja stream near the Old Bridge — trout, grilled meats and stuffed vegetables with the water rushing below.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Traditional Bosnian fare in the famous "house of spite" — the Ottoman home its owner had moved brick-by-brick across the Miljacka rather than let the…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A quirky, tiny vegetarian-and-fish restaurant run by a charismatic chef-poet — set menus, sushi leanings, theatrical service. Unlike anything else in the city.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Above Centar (hillside)
A hillside konak with one of the best panoramas over the city and properly executed Bosnian classics — spit-roast lamb, traditional pies, grilled meats by…
Herzegovina · Trebinje
Wines made by the monks of Tvrdoš Monastery from Herzegovina's native Žilavka (white) and Vranac/Blatina (red), aged in a cellar carved into the rock by a…
Herzegovina · Ljubuški
A wide, low curtain of cascades on the Trebižat near Ljubuški — quieter than nearby Kravice, with a riverside restaurant and easy swimming spots.
Herzegovina · Ljubuški (Studenci)
A 25-m-high horseshoe of waterfalls on the Trebižat river tumbling into an emerald pool you can swim in — Herzegovina's most photographed natural site.
Herzegovina · Mostar
The cobbled coppersmith-and-souvenir bazaar around the Old Bridge, plus the small "Crooked Bridge" (Kriva ćuprija) over the Radobolja — said to have been…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
No menu — you tell the open kitchen your likes and dislikes and the chefs improvise a fusion tasting. A cult lunch spot with global flavors.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Sarajevo's central open-air green market — stalls of local honey, ajvar, cheese, fruit and vegetables, and a place of solemn memory.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Sarajevo's specialty-coffee flag-bearer — proper espresso, pour-overs and good breakfast, named for "ćejf," the untranslatable Bosnian art of unhurried…
Herzegovina · Mostar
Herzegovina's jewel — the rebuilt Old Bridge, the cobbled bazaar, the divers and the Mediterranean light.
Central Bosnia · Travnik
A broad pastoral highland above Travnik, famous nationwide for its sheep's cheese (Vlašić/Travnički sir), with a small ski centre at Babanovac and wide-open…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Above Baščaršija
The postcard view of the whole valley with Vijećnica below — the terrace U2's Bono and various dignitaries have eaten on.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
The Željo rival and, for many, the better grill — denser ćevapi and consistently good somun. Family-run, brisk, no frills.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
The grand hall of the historic Sarajevo Brewery (founded 1864, it kept brewing and supplied water during the siege) — beer hall food and the city's own…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
Tiny, rustic, fairy-tale-cosy spot off the bazaar with hanging herbs and hearty Bosnian-country plates. Charming and reliably good.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
Konjic and the Neretva valley are trout country — riverside restaurants serving grilled and smoked trout on the way south toward Mostar.
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
Set in the Kastel fortress on the Vrbas, this is Banja Luka's atmospheric date-night table — Balkan plates within the old ramparts beside the river.
Central Bosnia · Travnik
Tables set over the rushing turquoise Plava Voda ("Blue Water") springs in Travnik's old quarter — Travnik's famous grilled meats and cheese with mountain…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Beloved no-nonsense local restaurant doing daily Bosnian standards extremely well at fair prices. Where Sarajevans actually eat lunch.
Herzegovina · Blagaj
Trout restaurants line the emerald Buna spring beneath the cliff and the Blagaj Tekke. Eat fresh local trout literally over the source of a river.
Herzegovina · Mostar
The most famous table in Mostar's old town, on a cobbled lane with a fountain — a sampler "national platter" of dolma, japrak, ćevapi and more for first-timers.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar/Marijin Dvor
A new generation of rooftop and cocktail bars (around Marijin Dvor's towers and central hotels) gives Sarajevo polished drinks with skyline-and-mountain…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Sarajevo
The capital and obvious base — where Ottoman bazaar, Austro-Hungarian boulevards, synagogues, churches and mosques sit within a few hundred metres, ringed…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
Bosnian coffee is a ritual, not a drink — served in a džezva with rahat lokum and a sugar cube to bite, sipped slowly in the bazaar where the copper džezvas…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ferhadija
Old-school sweet shop on the main promenade — house ice cream, baklava, tufahija, šampita. A Ferhadija institution for a stroll-and-scoop.
Central Bosnia · Travnik
The old seat of the Ottoman viziers and birthplace of Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić — a fortress, the painted mosque, the Plava Voda springs and famous ćevapi…
Central Bosnia · Travnik
The historic seat of the Ottoman viziers — a hilltop fortress, the ornately painted Šarena (Coloured) Mosque with a bazaar built into its base, and the…
Herzegovina · Trebinje
Southern Herzegovina's mellow wine town — plane-tree squares, a walled Ottoman quarter, monasteries on the hills and wineries all around, just 30 km from…
Herzegovina · Trebinje
A laid-back Herzegovinian town of plane-tree squares, a walled Ottoman old quarter, and the relocated 16th-century Arslanagić (Perovića) Bridge —…
Herzegovina · Trebinje
Small hotels and guesthouses around Trebinje's plane-tree squares make a mellow, wine-soaked base for exploring southern Herzegovina — close to Dubrovnik…
Herzegovina · Trebinje
Trebinje's leading commercial winery with a hilltop tasting house and restaurant overlooking vineyards — polished tours and a strong Žilavka/Vranac range.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A jewel-box café crammed with antiques, oddities and curiosities — the bill arrives with a small gift. Equal parts bar, museum and time machine.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
The ćevapi benchmark every Sarajevan argues about.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Vratnik
The go-to sunset viewpoint above Baščaršija — an old Ottoman bastion with a café and the famous cannon fired each evening to mark iftar in Ramadan,…