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43 places
Herzegovina · Mostar
A bar-club set inside a natural cave in the rock right off Mostar's old bazaar — you step through a cleft in the stone into a cool cavern of music and drinks.
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.
Herzegovina · Blagaj
A white 16th-century Sufi dervish lodge built against a sheer cliff at the source of the Buna — one of the most beautiful settings in the country, where a…
Herzegovina · Blidinje
Mountain lodges and cabins on the Blidinje plateau (Risovac area) — log-cabin comfort, a restaurant of hearty highland food, a small ski lift in winter and…
Herzegovina · Tomislavgrad/Mostar
A high plateau (~1,200 m) between the Čvrsnica and Vran massifs holding Blidinje Lake, the dramatic Hajdučka vrata rock arch, the Dugo Polje stećci…
Herzegovina · Tomislavgrad/Livno
One of the largest reservoirs in Europe, a vast open water on the Livno plateau increasingly known for windsurfing and kitesurfing thanks to reliable summer…
Herzegovina · Mostar
An adventure park on the heights above Mostar with a long zipline across the canyon, a skywalk viewpoint, climbing and a café — big-view thrills overlooking…
Herzegovina · Trebinje
A modern Serbian Orthodox monastery on Crkvina hill above Trebinje, modelled on medieval Gračanica in Kosovo, with frescoes and a sweeping view over the…
Herzegovina · Mostar
Riverside terrace over the Radobolja stream near the Old Bridge — trout, grilled meats and stuffed vegetables with the water rushing below.
Herzegovina · Livno
Guided horseback rides on the Livno plateau bring you close to the famous wild-horse herds and across open karst pasture — a memorable, gentle adventure for…
Herzegovina · Mostar
Mostar's family-run hostels and pansions are famous for warm hosts and legendary day-tours of Herzegovina (Blagaj, Počitelj, Kravice, Počitelj).
Herzegovina · Mostar
The hill over Mostar topped by a large cross, giving the widest panorama of the city, the Neretva and the surrounding mountains — loaded with wartime symbolism.
Herzegovina · Čapljina
A Mediterranean karst wetland and major bird reserve — over 240 species — explored by photo-safari boat through reed channels and lakes.
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 · Mostar
A 17th-century mosque beside the Old Bridge whose minaret you can climb for the postcard view straight down onto the bridge and the Neretva — the classic…
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…
Herzegovina · Livno
A western highland town famous for its wild-horse plateau, its cheese (Livanjski sir), Buško Lake and a striking minaret-and-fortress skyline — frontier…
Herzegovina · Livno
Hundreds of free-roaming wild horses graze the Kruzi/Krug plateau above Livno — descendants of working horses set loose decades ago, now a famous (and free)…
Herzegovina · Mostar
Herzegovina's jewel — the rebuilt Old Bridge, the cobbled bazaar, the divers and the Mediterranean light.
Herzegovina · Mostar
Herzegovina's small airport just south of Mostar — limited scheduled and seasonal/charter traffic, useful when flights are running, otherwise the region is…
Herzegovina · Mostar
For the brave (and trained), the Mostari diving club will teach and supervise a jump from the Old Bridge into the cold Neretva, 24 m below — a centuries-old…
Herzegovina · Konjic/Mostar
A fierce limestone massif between Konjic and Mostar, nicknamed the Herzegovinian Himalaya for its jagged, arid peaks (Zelena glava 2,155 m) and home to wild…
Herzegovina · Blidinje
One of Herzegovina's mightiest massifs above Blidinje, holding the Diva Grabovica canyon and the natural rock arch of Hajdučka vrata ("Outlaws' Gate")…
Herzegovina · Mostar
An award-winning 17th-century Ottoman residence in Mostar's old town that's both a national monument (open to day visitors) and a boutique hotel — sleep in…
Herzegovina · Neum
BiH's single seaside town — a sheltered Adriatic bay of stepped hotels, pebble beaches and seafood, splitting Croatia's coast in two and offering a cheaper…
Herzegovina · Neum
Tiers of hotels and apartments climb the hillside over Neum's bay — BiH's only seaside resort, popular with families for cheaper-than-Croatia beach holidays.
Herzegovina · Neum
BiH's only stretch of Adriatic coast (~24 km) — a sheltered bay of pebble beaches, hotels and seafood, noticeably cheaper than neighbouring Croatia.
Herzegovina · Čapljina
A stacked stone Ottoman-Mediterranean village tumbling down a hillside above the Neretva — fortress, mosque, hammam and the medersa, draped in fig and…
Herzegovina · Konjic/Mostar
Crossing the "Herzegovinian Himalaya" — a demanding, waterless, exposed traverse over Prenj's serrated limestone peaks, rewarded with wild horses, chamois…
Herzegovina · Stolac
The most famous field of stećci — monumental medieval tombstones carved with mysterious figures, raised hands, hunts and spirals — part of the UNESCO serial…
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.
Herzegovina · Mostar/Trebinje
BiH sits just inland of the Croatian coast: Mostar and Trebinje are easy hops to Dubrovnik and Split by bus or car (Trebinje–Dubrovnik is under an hour).
Herzegovina · Mostar
The UNESCO-listed 16th-century Ottoman arch over the Neretva, destroyed in 1993 and painstakingly rebuilt — Mostar's soul and one of the Balkans' iconic…
Herzegovina · Stolac
One of the country's oldest continuously inhabited places — the UNESCO Radimlja stećci necropolis, an Ottoman old town on the Bregava river, the Begovina…
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.
Herzegovina · Ravno (Popovo polje)
The largest and most biodiverse cave in BiH — named for the strong wind at its mouth — with underground lakes, flowstone halls and a famous trove of cave…
Herzegovina · Mostar to Trebinje
A long-distance cycling and walking route following the abandoned narrow-gauge "Ćiro" railway from Mostar through Herzegovina toward Trebinje and on to…