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81 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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilidža
Sarajevo's main campsite — pitches plus villas on the green edge of Ilidža, 8 km from the Old Town and 4 km from the airport at the foot of Igman.
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.
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The northwest's airport, ~23 km north of Banja Luka, with a modest network (notably some Air Serbia and low-cost links) — the gateway for the RS west.
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…
Northeast Bosnia · Teslić
One of the largest spa complexes in the country, set in forested hills near Teslić — thermal-mineral water, pools, medical wellness and big spa hotels.
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.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilijaš
A forested protected area with a chain of accessible caves (the central "Main" cave is lit and visitable) plus easy trails, picnic meadows and pine air — a…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Airport & city
A car unlocks the country — most nature, villages and Herzegovina day-trips effectively require one.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Shared e-bikes and e-scooters have appeared in central Sarajevo (and seasonally elsewhere) for short, flat trips along the valley and riverside — handy for…
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…
Central Bosnia · Fojnica
A thermal-spa town in the central hills — the Reumal complex offers mineral pools, rehabilitation and wellness, long a Bosnian destination for "taking the…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A permanent photographic and multimedia memorial to Srebrenica, in the city centre — a powerful, dignified introduction for those who can't reach Potočari.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
The grandest Ottoman mosque in BiH (1531), centre of a vast endowment that built the bazaar, the bezistan covered market, a madrasa and a clock tower set to…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A lively, well-run central hostel that's the social hub of backpacker Sarajevo — clean dorms and privates, a buzzing common room and a good base for…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
Sarajevo's grand historic hotel (since 1882) right where the Ottoman bazaar meets the Austro-Hungarian centre — elegant rooms, a famous café-terrace, spa…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilidža
Sarajevo's historic thermal-spa suburb at Ilidža — thermal pools and an aquapark beside the green avenue to Vrelo Bosne, easily reached by tram from the centre.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
A boutique hotel built into a restored 15th-century Ottoman hammam in the heart of Baščaršija — guests can use the working Turkish bath.
Eastern Highlands · Pale
The biggest concentration of ski-in/ski-out beds in the country — hotels and apartments at the base of Jahorina's lifts, lively après-ski in winter and a…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
The last capital of the medieval Bosnian kings — a compact hill town with a fortress, catacombs, a Roman Mithraeum, the AVNOJ museum and a 20-m waterfall…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
The last seat of Bosnian kings — a hill town crowned by a fortress, with underground Christian catacombs, the Mithraic temple, the AVNOJ museum (where…
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
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…
Banja Luka & RS West · Prijedor
A forested national park northwest of Banja Luka crowned by the monumental Mrakovica WWII memorial — a soaring concrete cylinder honouring the 1942 Battle…
Central Bosnia · Kakanj
The medieval royal seat of the Bosnian kingdom — a Franciscan monastery and museum at Kraljeva Sutjeska and the ruined royal fortress of Bobovac in 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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
The Ottoman bridge beside the corner where Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, lighting the fuse of WWI.
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…
Northeast Bosnia · Maglaj/Tešanj
Two well-preserved hilltop old towns in the north — Tešanj's large medieval-Ottoman fortress above its bazaar, and Maglaj's compact citadel over the Bosna.
East Bosnia & the Drina · Višegrad
The 16th-century UNESCO bridge across the Drina immortalized in Ivo Andrić's Nobel-winning novel "The Bridge on the Drina" — eleven graceful stone arches…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
A 1984 Olympic mountain (peak 2,067 m) 30 km from Sarajevo — winter skiing on the slopes, summer hiking over open highland to Lukomir and Umoljani.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilidža
The forested Olympic plateau above Vrelo Bosne, with the abandoned 1984 ski-jump ramps (a haunting, photogenic ruin), cross-country trails, and cool pine…
Eastern Highlands · Pale
The country's biggest ski mountain (1984 Olympic women's events), 28 km from Sarajevo on the RS side — the most developed resort in BiH, lively in winter…
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…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
The country's oldest and grandest museum (1888) across four pavilions and a botanical garden — archaeology, ethnography, natural history, and its treasure,…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
One of the oldest Serbian Orthodox churches in the Balkans (16th c., on older foundations), half-sunken below street level, with a rich icon museum — part…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Sarajevo (Otoka)
Sarajevo's Olympic-size indoor pool in Otoka — a 50 m ten-lane pool plus a recreational pool, sauna and gym, open to the public daily.
Eastern Highlands · Pale
A 2.5-km show cave near Pale with rich formations and cave-bear bone finds — an easy guided walk on a lit path close to Sarajevo.
Central Bosnia · Jajce
A rare urban wonder: a 20-plus-metre waterfall where the Pliva drops into the Vrbas right at the edge of Jajce's old town — one of the few waterfalls in the…
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 · Stolac
The most famous field of stećci — monumental medieval tombstones carved with mysterious figures, raised hands, hunts and spirals — part of the UNESCO serial…
Eastern Highlands · Pale
A smaller, family-focused resort above Pale with gentle ski/sledding slopes in winter and a year-round alpine coaster, zipline and panoramic restaurant —…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ferhadija
Sarajevo's neo-Gothic Catholic cathedral (1889) on the main promenade, its forecourt marked by "Sarajevo Roses" — shell-impact scars filled with red resin…
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 · Centar
A growing crop of boutique hotels and design apartments fills the centre between Baščaršija and Marijin Dvor — stylish mid-range beds within walking…
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Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar / Istočno Sarajevo
Crucial quirk: Sarajevo has **two** intercity bus stations.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Butmir
The country's main airport, 12 km southwest of the centre near Ilidža — the busiest gateway, served by a mix of legacy and low-cost carriers.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Rail is limited but the **Sarajevo–Konjic–Mostar–Čapljina** line down the Neretva canyon is one of the most scenic train rides in the Balkans — slow, cheap…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Sarajevo runs one of the oldest electric tram systems in this part of Europe (since 1895), trundling the length of the valley from Baščaršija to Ilidža,…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A 1969 sports-and-culture complex by the Miljacka — ice rink, sports halls, concerts, fairs and a warren of shops, right by the centre.
East Bosnia & the Drina · Srebrenica
The memorial centre and cemetery at Potočari commemorating the more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys killed in the July 1995 genocide — rows of white grave…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Trebević
An adventure park near the top of the Trebević cable car — alpine coaster (Sunnyland), zipline, mountain-bike trails and a viewpoint restaurant, all a short…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
A perfectly preserved 18th-century Ottoman-era family house turned museum — separate men's and women's quarters, courtyards, hand-carved wood and period…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · City-wide
Cheap, metered taxis you can hail or order by phone, Viber or WhatsApp — legit ones have “TA” plates. Sarajevo Taxi 1515, Crveni and Žuti.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
The 16th-century Sephardic synagogue, now a museum of Sarajevo's Jewish community — refugees of the Spanish expulsion who shaped the city for 450 years.
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija ↔ Trebević
The rebuilt cable car climbs from the edge of Baščaršija to Mount Trebević in a few scenic minutes — both a transport link and an attraction, opening up the…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Trebević
The city's home mountain, reached by the rebuilt Trebević cable car from Baščaršija in minutes — panoramic views, forest trails, a luge/adventure park, and…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Butmir (Ilidža)
The museum at the surviving stretch of the hand-dug tunnel under the airport runway that kept besieged Sarajevo supplied 1992–95.
Northeast Bosnia · Tuzla
A low-cost hub in the northeast (a Wizz Air base) with cheap flights across Europe — handy for the north, and sometimes for Sarajevo via a ~2.5 h transfer.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
Sarajevo's pseudo-Moorish 1896 landmark — once the National Library, shelled and burned in 1992 (two million books lost), now magnificently restored as a…
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…
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…
Central Bosnia · Travnik
Apartments, cottages and small hotels cluster at Babanovac on Vlašić — a budget-friendly highland base for skiing in winter and meadow walks (and that…
Central Bosnia · Zenica
A compact medieval fortress-village wrapped in a bend of the Bosna river north of Zenica — once a royal stronghold, now a tiny museum, mosque and a few…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilidža
The spring of the river Bosna at the foot of Mount Igman — a manicured park of clear channels, islets, footbridges and swans, reached by the leafy Velika…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
An award-winning museum built entirely from objects and stories of people who were children during the siege — a toy, a diary, a pair of shoes, each with…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Sarajevo (Koševo)
The 1984 Olympic ice arena beside Koševo — public skating, hockey and the city's biggest concerts, rebuilt after the war.