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73 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…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
A friendly riverside auto-camp and youth hostel by the Pliva, a 200 m walk from Jajce's waterfall and old town.
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 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.
Banja Luka & RS West · Srbac
A Ramsar-listed mosaic of fishponds and oxbow lakes near the Sava confluence in the north — an important bird habitat (white storks, herons, waterfowl) and…
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.
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
The largest glacial lake in Herzegovina's mountains, below Prenj — a popular summer swimming, camping and rafting base near Konjic on the Neretva.
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
Riverside camping and eco-lodging on the turquoise Una near Bihać, run with the national park's rafting operators — pitch by the water, raft by day, grill…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
A big lakeside campground on the turquoise Pliva Lakes outside Jajce — swimming, canoeing and fishing among the wooden watermills.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilidža (Mratnjevače)
A small, family-run campsite at the foot of Igman by the Zujevina river — peaceful, spotless, and a short walk from the train into Sarajevo.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
Lakeside camping, bungalows and an "eco village" complex at glacial Boračko Lake near Konjic — swimming, pedalos, a restaurant and a launch point 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…
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 · 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 · Čapljina
A Mediterranean karst wetland and major bird reserve — over 240 species — explored by photo-safari boat through reed channels and lakes.
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 · Jablanica/Konjic
A long turquoise reservoir on the Neretva between Konjic and Jablanica, lined with little beaches, floating cafés and weekend houses — a favourite summer…
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…
Eastern Highlands · Pale
The country's largest ski resort and a 1984 Olympic venue — the most lifts, the most pistes and the liveliest base village, 28 km from Sarajevo on the RS side.
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…
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…
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.
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
A series of tufa cascades on the Krupa river feeding old stone watermills south of Banja Luka — a tranquil, lesser-known spot of falling water and historic…
Central Bosnia · Kupres
A high, snow-sure plateau resort in the southwest with reliable cold and good beginner/intermediate pistes plus cross-country trails — quieter and cheaper…
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)…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
A village strung along a fan of Una and Unac waterfalls — the Milančev buk and Veliki buk cascades, plus the medieval Rmanj Monastery.
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.
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…
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 · Konjic
The upper Neretva above Konjic offers scenic, accessible rafting an hour from Sarajevo — emerald water, easy logistics and a trout lunch to finish.
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.
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.
Northeast Bosnia · Tuzla
A unique salt-water lake complex in the centre of Tuzla — Europe's only inland salt lakes resort — with beaches, an "archaeological park" of recreated…
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…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
Two linked turquoise lakes (Veliko and Malo Plivsko jezero) outside Jajce, famous for the cluster of tiny wooden watermills (Mlinčići) straddling the…
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…
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 · Konjic
Konjic and the Neretva valley are trout country — riverside restaurants serving grilled and smoked trout on the way south toward Mostar.
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…
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.
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 1969 sports-and-culture complex by the Miljacka — ice rink, sports halls, concerts, fairs and a warren of shops, right by the centre.
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.
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…
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…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
A pretty Bjelašnica highland village famous for the little stone mosque a wartime legend says was spared from burning, plus the Studeni Potok stream,…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
The luminous turquoise Una runs right through Bihać over travertine steps and islets — town beaches, riverside cafés, the Una Regatta route and rafting all…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
Rafting the luminous turquoise Una through Una NP — from gentle family floats to the lively rapids below Štrbački buk.
Central Bosnia · Visoko
The hills around Visoko, promoted since 2005 as ancient "pyramids" — a claim rejected by mainstream archaeology but now a hugely popular alternative-tourism…
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…
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka (Rekavice)
A rafting basecamp in the Vrbas canyon south of Banja Luka — bungalows and pitches with rafting and kayak trips on the doorstep.
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 · Sarajevo (Koševo)
The 1984 Olympic ice arena beside Koševo — public skating, hockey and the city's biggest concerts, rebuilt after the war.
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…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
The signature 24-m cascade of the impossibly turquoise Una river — wooden walkways let you stand right over the thundering travertine steps.