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51 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.
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 · Baščaršija
A cosy courtyard bar tucked behind Baščaršija specializing in house rakija (try the walnut or honey) plus tavern food — a relaxed local spot for a long…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Skenderija/Wilson
Yugo-nostalgia café-bar plastered with Tito memorabilia and old partisan iconography, with a garden of military relics. A only-in-the-Balkans hangout.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilidža
A Sarajevo knifemaker turning out handmade blades from a workshop in Ilidža — practical kitchen and outdoor knives made by hand, one at a time.
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…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Various rivers
The clear, cold rivers of the northwest — the Una, Pliva, Sana and Ribnik — are renowned for grayling and trout fly fishing, with permits and guides…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
Baščaršija's goldsmiths' street — a glittering row of jewellers and zlatari working gold, silver and filigree just steps from the Gazi Husrev-beg mosque.
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…
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 beloved basement live-music club where local jazz, funk and blues acts play to a packed, dancing room — a cornerstone of the city's music scene.
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 · Baščaršija
The coppersmiths' lane of Baščaršija — workshops hammering coffee sets, dishes and ornaments by hand, as they have for centuries.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A gloriously faded old cinema turned legendary kafana — its Monday/Tuesday live sevdah nights, when a house band plays old Bosnian songs and the whole…
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…
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 · 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)…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
A handful of village houses in the country's highest settlement offer simple summer beds and home-cooked meals on the Bjelašnica plateau — the rare chance…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
BiH's highest and most remote permanently-inhabited village (~1,495 m), a cluster of stone-and-shingle houses on the Bjelašnica plateau above the Rakitnica…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
No menu — you tell the open kitchen your likes and dislikes and the chefs improvise a fusion tasting. A cult lunch spot with global flavors.
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…
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,…
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 · Baščaršija
A snug cellar jazz-and-blues bar in the old town with live music, low light and a devoted regular crowd — the soulful end of Sarajevo nights.
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 · Šipovo
A UNESCO-listed remnant of ancient beech forest near Šipovo — one of the last primeval beech stands in the country, recognized internationally and barely…
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…
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 · Baščaršija
Bosnian coffee is a ritual, not a drink — served in a džezva with rahat lokum and a sugar cube to bite, sipped slowly in the bazaar where the copper džezvas…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
Deep inside the Perućica primeval forest, a ~75-m waterfall is the classic viewpoint of the Sutjeska guided forest walk — seen across the canopy from the…
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 · Foča (Tjentište)
The country's oldest national park, home to Perućica — one of Europe's last primeval forests — the Maglić massif (2,386 m, BiH's highest), the Skakavac…
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.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
A vast secret nuclear command bunker built into a mountain for Tito, declassified and now part Cold-War museum, part contemporary-art biennial — kilometres…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča (border)
A heart-shaped glacial lake beneath Maglić, technically just over the Montenegrin line but classically reached on the demanding day-hike from Sutjeska NP.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Highlands
The mega-trail linking the Dinaric Alps from Slovenia to Albania threads its most spectacular "White Trail" section through BiH — Bjelašnica, Visočica,…
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…
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…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Sarajevo (Koševo)
The 1984 Olympic ice arena beside Koševo — public skating, hockey and the city's biggest concerts, rebuilt after the war.
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.
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…