{"id":1302238,"date":"2026-10-26T09:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302238"},"modified":"2026-10-14T20:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:15:07","slug":"bosnia-herzegovina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/bosnia-herzegovina\/","title":{"rendered":"Bosnia And Herzegovina"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1302240,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Bosnia and Herzegovina country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Bosnia and Herzegovina Travel Guide","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"Ottoman bridges, Austro-Hungarian streets and a war that ended in 1995 and is still visible on the walls. One of the cheapest and most affecting countries in Europe.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302240","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac11 | Dorm bed, from\n1984 | Sarajevo hosted the Winter Olympics\n\u20ac2 | A beer\n2.5h | Sarajevo to Mostar by train","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Where east and west meet, literally","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Sarajevo has a line in the pavement marking where the Ottoman town ends and the Austro-Hungarian one begins. Stand on it and you can look one way at wooden shopfronts and a copper bazaar, and the other at nineteenth-century apartment blocks. Few cities make their history so legible.\n\nThe recent history is equally present. The city endured the longest siege of a capital in modern warfare, from 1992 to 1996, and the evidence is in the buildings, the cemeteries on the hillsides and the Sarajevo roses \u2014 mortar scars filled with red resin. It is not hidden and locals will talk about it if you ask respectfully.\n\nMostar, two hours south, has the rebuilt Ottoman bridge that men dive from into the Neretva. Beyond both, the country is mountains, rivers and villages, with rafting on the Una and Tara and some of the last unlogged forest in Europe.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Languages | Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian. English is common with younger people\nCurrency | Convertible mark (BAM), pegged to the euro\nEmergency | 112\nTap water | Safe in Sarajevo and most towns\nTipping | Round up, or 10% in restaurants\nCoffee | Bosnian coffee is a ritual, not a drink. Allow an hour\nHow long to stay | Five days for Sarajevo and Mostar, a week with the mountains\nBest months | May, June and September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Buses link everything, and the country is small enough that nothing takes a full day.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Sarajevo | Ottoman bazaar, Austro-Hungarian boulevards, and the most affecting recent history in Europe. |  | 1302473 | Sarajevo is a beautiful Balkan city in Bosnia. You\u2019ll love the pace and all the sights to take in | \nMostar | The rebuilt sixteenth-century bridge, divers, and an old town that empties beautifully in the evening. |  | 1302474 | Lovely intimate city among the mountains. Short drive from beautiful waterfalls and hikes, great people and cheap food. | \nBanja Luka | The second city, on the Vrbas river, with rafting above it and almost no foreign visitors. |  | 1302475 |  | \nTrebinje | Southern, sunny and wine-growing, an hour from Dubrovnik and a fraction of the price. |  | 1302476 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Bosnia is a history trip and an outdoors trip, and most people find it is both.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Culture | purple | culture | Ottoman, Habsburg and Yugoslav layers, and a recent war. | The Tunnel of Hope museum; Ba\u0161\u010dar\u0161ija bazaar; Mostar bridge at dawn | Ba\u0161\u010dar\u0161ija; Tunnel Museum; Stari Most | Sarajevo; Mostar | culture\nBudget | teal | coin | Among the cheapest countries in Europe. | \u0106evapi for \u20ac4; \u20ac11 dorms; Coffee that lasts an hour for \u20ac1 | Sarajevo; Mostar; Jajce | Sarajevo; Mostar | budget-travel\nAdventure | green | backpack | Rafting, mountains and the 1984 Olympic slopes. | Raft the Una or Tara; Hike Bjela\u0161nica; Ski where the 1984 Olympics were held | Una National Park; Sutjeska; Bjela\u0161nica | Sarajevo | adventure\nCity break | blue | city | Sarajevo in three days, and it will stay with you. | Coffee in the bazaar; The yellow fortress at sunset; A walking tour with someone who lived the siege | Ba\u0161\u010dar\u0161ija; Latin Bridge; Vratnik | Sarajevo | city-break\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Grilled meat, burek and coffee rituals. | \u0106evapi in Ba\u0161\u010dar\u0161ija; Burek from a bakery; Bosnian coffee, done properly | Ba\u0161\u010dar\u0161ija; Mostar old town; Trebinje market | Sarajevo; Mostar | food\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Sarajevo, cheaply, and later than you expect. | Bars along Ferhadija; A rakija with strangers; Live music in the old town | Ferhadija; Sarajevo old town; Mostar riverside | Sarajevo; Mostar | nightlife","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Sarajevo's essentials are its history. The Tunnel of Hope, dug under the airport runway to supply the besieged city, is the single most powerful site in the country. The Ba\u0161\u010dar\u0161ija bazaar is Ottoman and still working, and the yellow fortress above the city looks over the hillside cemeteries at sunset.\n\nWalking tours led by people who lived through the siege are widely available and are the best money you will spend here. They are frank, personal and not performative.\n\nMostar's bridge is the postcard and it is genuinely beautiful, particularly before the coach parties arrive from the Croatian coast around eleven. Blagaj and the Kravice waterfalls are a half day each from it, and the Una river in the northwest is where the country goes to raft and swim.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Tunnel of Hope | The most affecting museum in the country\nWalking tours | Led by people who lived the siege. Worth every mark\nMostar early | Coaches arrive around 11:00 and leave by 16:00\nKravice falls | Swimming under waterfalls, 40 minutes from Mostar","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_food_body":"\u0106evapi \u2014 small grilled minced-meat sausages served in flatbread with onion and kajmak \u2014 are the national dish and cost \u20ac3 to \u20ac5 for a portion that will defeat most people. Sarajevo and Banja Luka argue about who does them best.\n\nBurek here means specifically a meat-filled pastry, and the cheese, spinach and potato versions have their own names. Any bakery sells them for a euro or two.\n\nBosnian coffee is a ritual: served in a d\u017eezva with a copper tray, a cube of sugar and a piece of Turkish delight, and it is meant to take an hour. Doing it quickly misses the point entirely, and at about \u20ac1 it is the cheapest hour in Europe.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"\u0106evapi | \u20ac3\u20135 a portion, and enormous\nBurek | \u20ac1\u20132 from any bakery\nBosnian coffee | About \u20ac1, and meant to take an hour\nA full meal | \u20ac6\u201310 in most of the country","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Sarajevo's nightlife is cheap, friendly and spread along Ferhadija and the streets off it. A beer is around \u20ac2, the bars mix students with an older crowd, and live music is common rather than occasional.\n\nThe city is culturally mixed, so alcohol is served openly in most places and not at all in some \u2014 both are unremarkable and neither needs comment.\n\nMostar has a smaller scene along the river, and in summer the old town bars stay busy after the day visitors leave, which is when the town is at its best anyway.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Prices | A beer around \u20ac2, among the cheapest in Europe\nFerhadija | The main strip in Sarajevo, busy every night\nRakija | Homemade fruit spirit, strong, and offered generously\nMostar | Best after the day trippers leave in the late afternoon","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"Buses are the network and they are cheap and frequent between the main towns. Sarajevo to Mostar is about \u20ac10 and two and a half hours. Note that Sarajevo has two bus stations serving different entities of the country \u2014 check which one your ticket uses.\n\nThe Sarajevo to Mostar train runs a couple of times a day, takes a little longer and follows the Neretva canyon, which makes it one of the most scenic cheap rides in Europe.\n\nA car helps for the national parks and the villages, and roads are mountainous and slow. Journey times are considerably longer than distances suggest, and satellite navigation underestimates them.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Sarajevo\u2013Mostar | \u20ac10 by bus, or take the train for the canyon views\nTwo bus stations | Sarajevo has separate stations. Check which yours is\nJourney times | Mountain roads. Allow considerably more than the distance suggests\nDubrovnik | Buses run from Mostar and Trebinje in a few hours","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Bosnia and Herzegovina costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"This is one of the cheapest countries in Europe. Dorms start around \u20ac11, a portion of \u0107evapi is \u20ac4, a beer \u20ac2, and a coffee that occupies an hour costs about a euro.\n\nMostar in peak summer is the only place prices climb noticeably, driven by day trips from the Croatian coast, and even then it remains inexpensive by Adriatic standards.\n\nThe convertible mark is pegged to the euro at a fixed rate, which makes mental arithmetic easy. Cash is still used widely outside the cities, and ATMs are common in towns.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac11\nA day, all in | \u20ac30\u201340\n\u0106evapi | \u20ac3\u20135 for a portion that feeds most people\nCurrency | Convertible mark, pegged to the euro. Carry cash outside cities","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Bosnia is safe for travellers and crime against visitors is rare. Sarajevo and Mostar are comfortable to walk around at night.\n\nThe one genuine, country-specific hazard is landmines. Areas near former front lines are still being cleared, they are marked with signs and tape, and the rule is absolute: stay on paved roads and marked paths in rural areas, and never enter an abandoned building or field that has not been explicitly cleared.\n\nBeyond that, mountain weather and driving are the usual cautions. Medical facilities in rural areas are limited, so insurance matters.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\nLandmines | Stay on marked paths and paved roads in rural areas. Not negotiable\nAbandoned buildings | Do not enter. Some are unstable, some are uncleared\nMountain roads | Slow, winding and poorly lit at night","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Bosnia and Herzegovina is not in the EU or Schengen, so time spent here does not count against the 90-day Schengen allowance.\n\nEU, UK, US, Canadian and Australian citizens enter visa-free for 90 days in a 180-day period. Passports should be valid for the duration of the stay.\n\nThe country has a complex internal structure \u2014 the Federation and Republika Srpska \u2014 but travel between them is unrestricted and you will only notice it in signage, alphabets and occasionally which bus station you need.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Not Schengen | Time here does not count against the 90-day EU limit\nVisa-free | 90 days for most Western passports\nCurrency | Convertible mark, pegged to the euro at a fixed rate\nInternal borders | None in practice. Two entities, one country to travel in","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Spring and autumn are best for the cities, summer for rafting and swimming, and winter for skiing on the 1984 Olympic mountains.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Sarajevo, which sits in a valley at 500m and is colder than Mostar. Mostar in July and August regularly passes 35\u00b0C.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 4 | 2 | Cold, snowy, and ski season on Bjela\u0161nica and Jahorina\nFebruary | 7 | 2 | Still winter. Cheapest month in the cities\nMarch | 12 | 2 | Thawing. Sarajevo pleasant and quiet\nApril | 17 | 2 | Spring. Green, cheap and almost empty\nMay | 22 | 3 | Excellent. Rafting season opens on the Una\nJune | 26 | 4 | The best month. Warm, rivers high, mountains open\nJuly | 29 | 5 | Hot. Mostar is very busy with coach trips\nAugust | 29 | 5 | Peak, and the hottest weeks in Mostar\nSeptember | 24 | 3 | Superb. Warm, quiet, and the light is good\nOctober | 18 | 2 | Autumn colour in the mountains, very good value\nNovember | 11 | 1 | Wet and cheap\nDecember | 5 | 2 | Cold, atmospheric Sarajevo, ski season starting","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, at Bosnian prices.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Prices are in convertible marks locally; these are euro equivalents at the fixed peg. Buses between towns are \u20ac7\u201315.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4\nMiddle of the road | 18 | 18 | 4 | 10\nComfortable | 30 | 30 | 7 | 18","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Sarajevo's film festival is the big one, and the bridge diving in Mostar is genuinely worth timing for.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"bosnia-and-herzegovina","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/bosnia-and-herzegovina\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Sarajevo Winter Festival | February and March | Sarajevo | Arts and music, running since the years before the war. |  | \nMostar bridge diving competition | July | Mostar | Divers from a 24-metre bridge into cold water. A tradition since 1566. |  | \nSarajevo Film Festival | August | Sarajevo | Founded during the siege and now the most important festival in southeast Europe. |  | \nUna Regatta | July | Biha\u0107 | A river festival on one of the cleanest rivers in Europe. |  | \nBa\u0161\u010dar\u0161ija Nights | July | Sarajevo | A month of free concerts and performance in the old bazaar. |  | \nSki season | December to March | Bjela\u0161nica \u00b7 Jahorina | Skiing on the 1984 Olympic mountains, at a fraction of Alpine prices. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Sarajevo has the most, and many owners run the walking tours themselves.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Bosnia and Herzegovina","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/bosnia-and-herzegovina\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"27","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_team_title":"","hw_hub_country_team_intro":"","hw_hub_country_team":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Bosnia and Herzegovina travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"Is Bosnia safe to visit? | Yes. Crime against visitors is rare and the cities are comfortable at night. The one country-specific hazard is landmines near former front lines: stay on paved roads and marked paths in rural areas, and never enter abandoned buildings.\nHow many days do you need? | Five days covers Sarajevo and Mostar with a day trip or two. A week lets you add the Una river, Jajce or the mountains, all of which see very few foreign visitors.\nIs Bosnia cheap? | One of the cheapest countries in Europe. Dorms from \u20ac11, \u0107evapi at \u20ac3 to \u20ac5, a beer for \u20ac2, and a day around \u20ac30 to \u20ac40. The currency is pegged to the euro, so prices are easy to read.\nIs it appropriate to ask about the war? | Generally yes, if asked respectfully \u2014 many people are willing to talk, and the walking tours are often led by people who lived through the siege. Read the room, do not press, and treat cemeteries and memorials as you would anywhere.\nHow do I get from Sarajevo to Mostar? | Buses take about two and a half hours and cost around \u20ac10. 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