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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Sutjeska National Park

Sutjeska National Park is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s oldest national park, set in a valley between the Maglić, Volujak, and Snježnica mountains, on the border with Montenegro in the country’s southeast. The park contains M

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Vrelo Bosne

Vrelo Bosne (Source of the Bosna River) is a protected natural park at the foot of Mount Igman, in the Ilidža area near Sarajevo. This is where the Bosna River springs to life — the same river that supplies fresh water t

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Mount Trebevic

Mount Trebević overlooks Sarajevo directly from the southeast, and is one of the city’s closest and most easily reached natural destinations, accessible via the cable car departing from the Bistrik neighborhood. The firs

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Neum

Neum is the only town along Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entire coastline, making it the country’s sole access point to the Adriatic Sea. Bosnia’s coast runs just 20 km, and Neum sits about 50 km south of Mostar, 47 km north

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Prokosko Lake

Prokoško Lake is a glacial lake nestled in the heart of Vranica Mountain, at an altitude of about 1,636 meters, locally known as the “Mountain Eye.” It’s about 70 km west of Sarajevo, near the town of Fojnica. The lake r

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Pocitelj

Počitelj is a fortified medieval village on the left bank of the Neretva River, about 30 km south of Mostar on the main M17 highway. Počitelj’s fortified core was built in 1383 on the order of King Stjepan Tvrtko I of Bo

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Bihac & the Una River

Bihać is a city in the far northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the banks of the Una River, about 225 km (straight-line) from Sarajevo, or roughly 311 km by road. Bihać’s identity is closely tied to the Una River, one

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Travnik

Travnik is a city in central Bosnia, about 93 km from Sarajevo. Thanks to its strategic location, Travnik became the center of Ottoman power in Bosnia, serving as the seat of the Ottoman viziers from 1699 to 1850 — effec

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Jajce

Jajce is a city in central Bosnia, about 160 km from Sarajevo and 65 km from Travnik (roughly an hour’s drive). It’s the only town in Bosnia where a natural waterfall flows right in the town center. Jajce Waterfall forms

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Blagaj & Kravice Waterfalls

Blagaj and Kravice Waterfalls are two natural destinations south of Mostar, often visited together in a single day trip, and both appear frequently in Bosnia and Herzegovina tour itineraries. Blagaj Tekke: a small Ottoma

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Mostar

Mostar is a city in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the banks of the Neretva River, about 127 km from Sarajevo (roughly a 2-hour drive). The city’s name comes from “mostari,” the bridge keepers who guarded the Old Br

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Places

Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, sitting in a valley surrounded by towering Dinaric mountains along the banks of the Miljacka River. Known for its multicultural history, it packs mosques, Catholic and O