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71 places
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
The closest serious skiing to Sarajevo (30 km) and host of the 1984 Olympic men's events — steeper, more challenging pistes than Jahorina and an easy day…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
The signature day hike near Sarajevo — across open highland between the ancient villages of Lukomir and Umoljani along the rim of the Rakitnica canyon, past…
Herzegovina · Mostar
A riverside pub by the Crooked Bridge with craft beer, cocktails and frequent live music — the social hub of Mostar's old-town evenings.
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…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Sanski Most
A ~56-m waterfall plunging off a cliff near Sanski Most — tall, dramatic and little-visited, at its most powerful with spring melt.
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…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
A big lakeside campground on the turquoise Pliva Lakes outside Jajce — swimming, canoeing and fishing among the wooden watermills.
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 · 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.
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 · Mostar
The hill over Mostar topped by a large cross, giving the widest panorama of the city, the Neretva and the surrounding mountains — loaded with wartime symbolism.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Traditional Bosnian fare in the famous "house of spite" — the Ottoman home its owner had moved brick-by-brick across the Miljacka rather than let the…
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 seat of Bosnian kings — a hill town crowned by a fortress, with underground Christian catacombs, the Mithraic temple, the AVNOJ museum (where…
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
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…
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.
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)…
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…
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 · Foča
The climb to BiH's highest peak (2,386 m) from the Prijevor saddle in Sutjeska NP — a steep, rocky, sometimes via-ferrata-assisted ascent with Trnovačko…
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…
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…
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")…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica/Konjic
Tandem paragliding launches off the highland ridges around Bjelašnica and the Konjic area give long, scenic flights over canyons, lakes and mountains — no…
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 · 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 · Konjic/Mostar
Crossing the "Herzegovinian Himalaya" — a demanding, waterless, exposed traverse over Prenj's serrated limestone peaks, rewarded with wild horses, chamois…
Central Bosnia · Fojnica
A glacial lake at ~1,635 m on Vranica mountain ringed by traditional shepherds' huts (katuni) and grazing horses — one of the most postcard-perfect highland…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica/Visočica
A deep, wild canyon (up to ~800 m) slicing between Bjelašnica and Visočica, threaded by trails linking the highland villages of Lukomir and Umoljani — raw,…
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 · Konjic
Konjic and the Neretva valley are trout country — riverside restaurants serving grilled and smoked trout on the way south toward Mostar.
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.
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 · 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…
Herzegovina · Mostar/Trebinje
BiH sits just inland of the Croatian coast: Mostar and Trebinje are easy hops to Dubrovnik and Split by bus or car (Trebinje–Dubrovnik is under an hour).
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 · Nahorevo
A 98-m free-falling waterfall in protected forest just north of the city — a short hike through beech woods to a dramatic plunge that roars in spring…
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…
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…
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…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
Basic mountain huts within Sutjeska NP (around Orlovačko jezero and the Prijevor saddle) are the bases for Zelengora lake-hopping, the Maglić ascent and the…
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…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
Rafting the Tara — the deepest river canyon in Europe — and the green Drina out of Foča.
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
The Tara, joining the Drina near Foča, carves the deepest river canyon in Europe — emerald water between sheer walls, the classic backdrop to Drina/Tara…
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…
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 · 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,…
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,…
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…
Herzegovina · Trebinje
Trebinje's leading commercial winery with a hilltop tasting house and restaurant overlooking vineyards — polished tours and a strong Žilavka/Vranac range.
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.
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The Vrbas cuts a green canyon south of Banja Luka (Tijesno gorge) — turquoise rapids, cliffs and the region's rafting and kayaking artery, host to past…
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The Vrbas canyon's limestone walls host sport-climbing crags and a via ferrata route — Banja Luka's vertical playground, easily combined with rafting on the…
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The Vrbas canyon south of Banja Luka — host of past world rafting and kayak championships — delivers punchy whitewater through the Tijesno gorge plus calmer…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
A high massif within Sutjeska NP scattered with glacial tarns — the "mountain eyes" — Orlovačko, Kotlaničko, Bijelo and Crno jezero among them, linked by…
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.
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,…