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Matt Munro

Bosnia & Hercegovina

Craggily beautiful Bosnia and Hercegovina is most intriguing for its East-meets-West atmosphere born of blended Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian histories filtered through a Southern Slavic lens. Many still associate the country with the heartbreaking civil war of the 1990s, and the scars from that time are all too visible. But today's visitors are likely to remember the country for its deep, unassuming human warmth, its beautiful mountains, numerous medieval castle ruins, raftable rivers, impressive waterfalls and bargain-value skiing.

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Must-see attractions

  • War damaged National Library, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Sarajevo City Hall

    Sarajevo

    A storybook neo-Moorish striped facade makes the triangular Vijećnica (1896) Sarajevo's most beautiful Austro-Hungarian–era building. Seriously damaged…

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar, Old Bridge

    Stari Most

    Mostar

    The world-famous Stari Most (meaning simply 'Old Bridge') is Mostar's indisputable visual focus. Its pale stone magnificently reflects the golden glow of…

  • Kravica Waterfalls

    Kravica Waterfall

    Bosnia & Hercegovina

    There's a slightly unreal Disney-esque quality to this outstanding natural attraction, where the Trebižat River plummets in a broad 25m-high arc into an…

  • War Childhood Museum

    War Childhood Museum

    Sarajevo

    This affecting museum had its genesis in a 2013 book edited by Jasminko Halilović, in which he asked a simple question of survivors of the Sarajevo siege:…

  • Galerija 11/07/95

    Galerija 11/07/95

    Sarajevo

    This gallery uses stirring photography, video footage and audio testimonies of survivors and family members to create a powerful memorial to the 8372…

  • Sarajevo Cable Car

    Sarajevo Cable Car

    Sarajevo

    Reopened in 2018 after being destroyed during the war, Sarajevo's cable car once again shuttles people on a nine-minute ride, climbing 500m to a viewpoint…

  • Vrelo Bosne

    Vrelo Bosne

    Sarajevo

    Ever popular with local families, this extensive park is home to a patchwork of lush mini-islands at the cliffed mouth of the Bosna River. The classic way…

  • The beginning of the Sarajevo Tunnel, an 800m stretch under the airport.

    Tunnel of Hope

    Sarajevo

    During the 1992–95 siege, when Sarajevo was surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, the only link to the outside world was an 800m-long, 1m-wide, 1.6m-high…

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