Craggily beautiful Bosnia and Hercegovina is most intriguing for its East-meets-West atmosphere born of blended Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian histories filtered through a Southern Slavic lens. Many still associate the country with the heartbreaking civil war of the 1990s, and the scars from that time are all too visible. But 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 bargain-value skiing.
Last few pictures of Bosnia and Herzegovina (on the way to Croatia), we have really enjoyed our tour, people were very friendly, the roads were in a good condition and we had nice weather. We can only recommend the visit of this hidden gem in Balkan.
We arrived late afternoon at the oldest and biggest national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It’s home to the last virgin forest in Europe. You will find here also the highest peak in the country – Maglic Mountain (2386 m). Sutjeska is also familiar with the Battle of the Sutjeska...
We made a few stops on the way to Sutjeska National Park. The countryside of Bosnia and Herzegovina is amazing and we had really great sunny weather. We got also some good shots of our truck standing on the fields near friendly local cows – they really loved and enjoyed this shooting...
Early morning we hit the road to get to Blagaj, where we visited a Dervish Monastery and natural wonder – source of river Buna. This 600 years old monastery is situated at the base of a cliff, next to the source of the river Buna, it’s a unique and picturesque series of buildings...
We arrived late afternoon tired and frustrated (after searching the Cross Mountain in Medjugorje). But few mugs of Nektar beer, while watching these excellent waterfalls, recovered our minds. Its place, where the Trebižat River plummets in a broad 25m-high arc into an emerald pool. In...
Another stop on the way to Kravica was Medjugorje. We spent two hours finding the way to famous cross on the top of the mountain, but we did not find it. We saw the cross, but the way was so badly marked, that we got lost few times. Also google maps had wrong directions. Medjugorje has...
On the way to Kravica we passed Počitelj – the medieval pearl of Herzegovina. This fortified village lies on the banks of the emerald green river Neretva, some 30 kilometers south of Mostar. The village itself is set within a natural karst amphitheater. The first mentioned writing comes...
We arrived late night to the largest city in Hercegovina, with a small but thoroughly enchanting old town center. At dusk, the lights of numerous millhouse restaurants twinkle across gushing streams, narrow Kujundžiluk bustles joyously with trinket sellers and, in between, the...
On the way to Mostar, we passed the famous Bridge on Neretva near Jablanica. During the Second World War, Bosnia was the scene of some of the fiercest battles between the Yugoslav Partisans (the Communist guerrilla-resistance) and the Axis Powers. The bridge got destroyed three times:...
We made a great effort to get to Lukomir, it took us 3 hours to get near the village, but a heavy storm destroyed our plans to make a visit to this old settlement. On the way back to the valley we had a hard time keeping our scooter on an unused muddy and rocky road. The village of...