City, Central Bosnia
Sarajevo
The capital, and the one place almost every Bosnia trip is built around. Compact centre, layered history, good food.
Destinations
Where to Go in Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a one stop country, but it is also not a country where you should try to see everything. These are the places most trips are built from, and the reasons to choose one over another.
Cities and towns
Sarajevo and Mostar anchor most itineraries. Banja Luka, Jajce and Trebinje are the places that make a route feel like a country rather than two stops.
National parks
Una in the northwest and Sutjeska in the southeast are both worth a night or two, but they sit at opposite ends of the country and rarely belong in the same short trip.
Regions
Herzegovina in the south is dry, warm and Mediterranean in feel. Central and northern Bosnia are green, mountainous and cooler. The difference shapes when you go.
Cities and towns
City, Herzegovina
Mostar
Herzegovina's main draw. Busy by day in summer, much calmer in the evening once the day groups leave.
City, Northern Bosnia
Banja Luka
The largest city in the north, on the Vrbas river. A practical first stop if you arrive from Zagreb.
Town, Central Bosnia
Jajce
A fortress town where the Pliva drops into the Vrbas. Small enough for an afternoon, good as a stop between north and centre.
Town, Eastern Herzegovina
Trebinje
The far south, close to Dubrovnik. Warm, slow and built around a stone old town, vineyards and the Trebisnjica river.
National parks
National park, Northwest Bosnia
Una National Park
River country in the northwest: waterfalls, rafting and small riverside towns around Bihac.
National park, Southeast Bosnia
Sutjeska National Park
Bosnia's oldest national park, with old growth forest and the country's highest peaks near the Montenegrin border.
If you are still deciding how these fit together, the Bosnia travel guide covers distances and trip length, and the itineraries show routes by number of days.
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