Sarajevo Things to Do

 2 Reviews  One of the most stunningly beautiful buildings in Sarajevo is the Umjetnicka Akademija (Academy of Fine Arts), which sits on the banks of the Miljacka River. The Academy building was originally an... 

 gordonilla Says:  As with many of my Sarajevo tips, I experienced them after dark. We walked around the old centre and took in the art and crafts shops along with traditional... 

 gordonilla Says:  The Inscription:With Courage and the Jointly SpilledBlood of the Fighters of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian,Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian Brigadesof the... 

 gordonilla Says:  Sadly, we reached the bridge well after dark; so we did not see it in it's full glory of daylight. It is an Ottoman bridge, and the term Latin comes as it... 

 bonio Says:  look out for this free magazine, picked ours up at the airport but they're available all over the city. Has good info about most things you're likely to need... 

 bonio Says:  With it's own place in history, Archduke Ferdinand was shot here by one Gavrilo Princip which rapidly led to the start of WWI.It's a little uneven on the... 

 HORSCHECK Says:  The Market Hall (Gradska trznica, Markale) was built under the name "Markthalle fur Sarajevo" during Austro Hungarian times at the end of the 19th century. It... 

 TheWanderingCamel Says:  It was later than we thought when we set off to visit the Svrzina Kuca (Svrzo's House), and by the time we'd taken a wrong turn or two up the steep hills to the... 

 TheWanderingCamel Says:  Only the occasional passerby or a small knot of tourists stop to read the stone marker set low in the wall of the building on the corner across from the... 

 TheWanderingCamel Says:  Almost certainly, the first place everyone heads for in Sarajevo is Bašcaršija. They may not be able to pronounce it ( Barsh-CHAR -shee-ya - quite easy really)... 

 TheWanderingCamel Says:  If you've walked as much as we did around the city and you're staying near Bascarsija , you might want to grab a cab or take the tram to get to the National... 

 Rusket Says:  I am usually not the one to go for guided tours. But this one I would not ommit. It is arranged by Hostel Ljubicica, and costs 12,50 Euro. The visit to the... 

 Mina17 Says:  This building is right off of Bascarsija. It's called Vjecna Vatra (Eternal Flame) because there is a small ring of fire in front of the building that burns... 

 american_tourister Says:  The tunnel was dug by hand underneath the airport to connect the city with the outside world. The city was completely surrounded by Serbian forces and had only... 

 picek Says:  Hammam of Gazi Husrev-beg was built in 1537-39 and it is the most conserved hammam (public bath - in 16th century there were seven of them, even though almost... 

 picek Says:  It is a mosque in Logavina street in residental quarters above Bascarsija, built by Busajji hajji Hassan, a man of commerce and wealth in years 1555/56. Only... 

 picek Says:  Among the oldest mosques is Bascarsijska from 1528, built by hojja Durak (the mosque 'real' name is 'The Mosque of Havadza Durak). Construction material was... 

 picek Says:  How water is important in city for its aesthetic and functional value can be seen well in Sarajevo: it springs from numerous monumental buildings in many places... 

 picek Says:  Ages before, 'bravari' (the locksmiths) were the craftmen of the street and hence its name Bravadziluk. In 16th century renowned as Handan charshija (smiths... 

 picek Says:  The building of Ministry of health used to be Institute of Hygiene before and it is one of the representative buildings of post WWII era architecture, built in... 

 picek Says:  At one of the busiest Sarajevo intersections, on the edges of Old city centre, yet not at Bascarsija there are a green park with trees, cesmas (fountains) and... 

 picek Says:  It is second grandest Jewish sepulchral complex after that one of Prague yet its tranquility and continuity has been disturbed during the wars, again the last... 

 picek Says:  Sarajevo's connection with the world during the most recent war was the Tunnel – its construction was laid under the airport runway, connecting western part of...