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22 places
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Sarajevo's most atmospheric fine dining, set across four rooms of a restored Austro-Hungarian villa.
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 · 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.
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.
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 · 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 · Above Baščaršija
The postcard view of the whole valley with Vijećnica below — the terrace U2's Bono and various dignitaries have eaten on.
Central Bosnia · Prozor-Rama
A photogenic emerald reservoir with the Franciscan monastery of Šćit on a peninsula reaching into the water — calm, scenic and uncrowded, with lakeside lodging.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
Tiny, rustic, fairy-tale-cosy spot off the bazaar with hanging herbs and hearty Bosnian-country plates. Charming and reliably good.
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.
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 · Centar
A growing crop of boutique hotels and design apartments fills the centre between Baščaršija and Marijin Dvor — stylish mid-range beds within walking…
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 · 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
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 · 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,…