Itineraries
Where to stay
The old town near the Old Bridge for first-timers on foot; the streets around the Franciscan church for a quieter base; a car helps for Kravice, Počitelj and Blagaj.
The areas: Old town, West of the old town, Blagaj.
Where to stay in Mostar: areas and adviceHotels in MostarPlaces to see
All things to do in Bosnia and HerzegovinaShrineBlagaj TekkeA 16th-century house of prayer and meditation beside the spring of the Buna River.Entry: Dress modestly; check entry at the gate
ChurchFranciscan Church of Saints Peter and PaulA church and monastery with a library of over 50,000 volumes and Italian paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries.Entry: Dress modestly; check visiting times
MuseumHamam MuseumThe only preserved hamam in Mostar, built in the late 16th century and now a museum.Entry: BAM[fee]
MosqueKarađoz-beg MosqueA mosque built in 1557 to a plan by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan.Entry: Dress modestly; check visiting rules
MosqueKoski Mehmed Pasha MosqueA domed Ottoman mosque of 1618 or 1619 on the Neretva cliffs in the old town.Entry: Dress modestly; check visiting rules
NatureKravice WaterfallA semicircular tufa waterfall about 28 m high on the Trebižat River, above a water amphitheater 120 m wide.Entry: Pay at the gate
MarketKujundžiluk Old BazaarThe cobbled bazaar lanes beside the Old Bridge, with craft shops, cafés and restaurants.Entry: Pay as you go
MuseumMuslibegović HouseAn Ottoman-style house of the late 19th century with a courtyard, open as a house museum.Entry: BAM[fee]
ViewpointOld Bridge (Stari Most)The 16th-century stone bridge, rebuilt after 1993 and part of a UNESCO-listed old town since 2005.Entry: Free to visit
MuseumOld Bridge MuseumA museum in the Tara tower with the bridge reconstruction, its archaeology and a view over the old town.Entry: BAM[fee]
NeighborhoodPartisan Memorial CemeteryA 1965 memorial park by the architect Bogdan Bogdanović, with 661 tombstones.Entry: Open-air memorial
NeighborhoodPočiteljA walled hillside town first mentioned in 1444, with Ottoman and Mediterranean building styles.Entry: Check entry at the gate
RuinsStjepan Grad Fortress, BlagajThe ruins of a medieval fortress on a hill above Blagaj, taken by the Ottomans in 1473.Entry: Open-air ruins