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Bosnia and Herzegovina travel guide

What to see, what to eat, when to go and itineraries by real travelers.

  • 14 places to see
  • 7 local dishes

Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeastern Europe. Situated on the Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest, with a 20-kilometre-long (12-mile) coast on the Adriatic Sea in the south. Bosnia has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. Its geography is largely mountainous, particularly in the central and eastern regions, which are dominated by the Dinaric Alps. Herzegovina, the smaller, southern region, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city.

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What to see in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  • Blagaj Tekke

    Blagaj Tekke

    Blagaj, Herzegovina-Neretva

    Blagaj is a historic village and protected heritage site in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the south-eastern region of the Mostar basin, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton.

  • Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque

    Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque

    Sarajevo

    The Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque is a Sunni mosque in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Built in the 16th century, it is the largest historical mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the most representative…

  • Kravica Waterfalls

    Kravica Waterfalls

    Ljubuški, West Herzegovina

    Kravica Waterfall is a large tufa cascade on the Trebižat River, in the karstic heartland of Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Ljubuški and 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Mostar.

  • Pliva Waterfall

    Pliva Waterfall

    Jajce, Central Bosnia

    The Pliva Waterfall is located by the town of Jajce, in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the river Pliva meets the river Vrbas.

  • Sebilj Fountain

    Sebilj Fountain

    Sarajevo

    The Sebilj is an Ottoman-style wooden fountain (sebil) in the centre of Baščaršija Square in Sarajevo. The original Sebilj was built by Mehmed Pasha Kukavica in 1753, but it was destroyed in a fire in 1852.

  • Stari Most

    Stari Most

    Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva

    The Old Bridge, also known as the Mostar Bridge, is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

What to eat in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  • Ćevapi

    Ćevapi

    Sarajevo

  • Burek

    Burek

  • Baklava

    Baklava

  • Sarma

    Sarma

  • Bosanski Lonac

    Bosanski Lonac

  • Ispod Sača

    Ispod Sača

When to go

The months when this country is one of our destinations of the month.

  • July

    Mostar32°C

    In late July divers leap from the Old Bridge into the Neretva in a centuries-old competition, under hot summer skies.

Itineraries in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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