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20 places
East Bosnia & the Drina · Višegrad
A purpose-built stone "town" by filmmaker Emir Kusturica at the edge of Višegrad — a theatrical mash-up of Byzantine, Ottoman, Renaissance and socialist…
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The green, riverside capital of Republika Srpska — Kastel fortress, leafy boulevards, a famous nightlife and the Vrbas canyon's rafting on the doorstep.
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.
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
The capital of the northwest, strung along the luminous turquoise Una — the base for Una National Park, Štrbački buk, rafting and the Una Regatta.
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
A Drina-and-Tara town that's the undisputed base for Tara/Drina rafting and Sutjeska National Park — the gateway to the wildest corner of the country, with…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
A handsome Neretva town with a fine Ottoman stone bridge, woodcarving tradition, Tito's secret nuclear bunker, and rafting and Boračko Lake nearby — the…
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 · Mostar
Herzegovina's jewel — the rebuilt Old Bridge, the cobbled bazaar, the divers and the Mediterranean light.
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 · Čapljina
A stacked stone Ottoman-Mediterranean village tumbling down a hillside above the Neretva — fortress, mosque, hammam and the medersa, draped in fig and…
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…
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…
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…
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 —…
Northeast Bosnia · Tuzla
The north's biggest city, built on salt — home to Europe's only inland salt lakes (with beaches in summer), a lively student scene, and the birthplace of…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Višegrad
A Drina-side town defined by Andrić's UNESCO bridge and Kusturica's purpose-built Andrićgrad — a literary pilgrimage on the eastern border, with green-river…
Central Bosnia · Zenica
The industrial heart of central Bosnia on the Bosna river — better known to locals for steel and football than tourism, but a useful hub with the Vranduk…