Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
15 hand-picked places in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 6 landmarks, 3 museums, 4 mosques, 1 park and 1 shopping mall. Each has an editor's guide to what it is, when to go and what to know before you visit, with licensed photos. Start with the 2-day plan below, one area a day so you spend your time seeing rather than crossing town, or let the AI planner build a plan for your own dates, with restaurants, opening hours and live prices.
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The best-known places, grouped by how close they are to each other. Distances are straight lines; the walk is a little longer.
Sniper AlleySniper Alley was the wartime name for Zmaja od Bosne street and Meša Selimović Boulevard, Sarajevo's main road linking the industrial district and the airport with the old town and its landmarks.
Avaz Twist TowerThe Avaz Twist Tower is a forty-storey skyscraper in Sarajevo's Marijin Dvor district, about 172 metres tall, the highest building in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the whole of the former Yugoslavia.
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Tunnel of HopeThe Sarajevo Tunnel, called the Tunnel of Hope, of Life or of Salvation by Sarajevans, was dug in secret between March and June 1993 during the siege, under the runway of Sarajevo Airport, which the United Nations…
War Childhood MuseumThe War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo's Logavina quarter, near Baščaršija, opened in January 2017 and tells the experiences of children who lived through the Bosnian War through their own belongings, video testimonies…
Brusa BezistanBrusa Bezistan is an Ottoman covered market in the heart of Baščaršija, built in 1551 by the grand vizier Rüstem Pasha for the silk trade and named after Bursa in Turkey, where the silk came from.Gazi Husrev-beg's MosqueThe Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in the heart of Baščaršija is the largest historic mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the most important Ottoman buildings in the Balkans.
Emperor's MosqueThe Emperor's Mosque (Careva džamija), on the south bank of the Miljacka opposite Baščaršija, was the first mosque built in Sarajevo after the Ottoman conquest, completed in 1457.
Ali Pasha MosqueThe Ali Pasha Mosque in Sarajevo's Centar district, at the edge of Hastahana park, was built in 1560 to 1561 as an endowment (vakuf) of Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha, the Ottoman governor of the Bosnia Eyalet, after his death…
Ferhadija MosqueThe Ferhadija Mosque, or Ferhat Pasha Mosque, stands in Baščaršija on the pedestrian street that bears its name.
