Western Balkans - Bosnia & Hercegovina (PDF Chapter)

This is the Bosnia & Hercegovina chapter from Lonely Planet’s Western Balkans guide-book.

Craggily beautiful Bosnia and Hercegovina is most intriguing for its East-meets-West atmosphere. 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 bargain­value skiing.

• pad around Bašcaršija’s fascinating Turkic-era alleyways and down heart-stopping Bosnian coffee and the nation’s best burek and cevapi in Sarajevo
• maps
• gawp as young men throw themselves off Mostar’s magnificently rebuilt stone bridge at the centre of the city’s old Ottoman quarter
• transport
• watch the waterfall tumble photogenically past castle-crowned Old Town in Jajce
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sarajevo, Hercegovina, Mostar, Blagaj, Trebinje, Western Bosnia, Una River Valley, Survival Guide.