4 nights, Breakfast
24 August 2021
From £339
Bosnia is a fitting location for Muslim travellers and best visited in summer to enjoy the clear skies along the Adriatic coastline. The modern history sheds a dark shadow of it's past, however, today Bosnia is a destination that is home to beautiful landscapes and unique culture. Bosnia is a year-round destination and visiting in October, you can experience Bosnia’s ski season in the Jahorina Mountains.
Sarajevo is Bosnia’s cosmopolitan capital welcomes the Adhan, followed by the sound of church bells and calls to prayer echoing just streets apart. In its capital lies a church, Mosque and Synagogue all walking distance of each other, an accurate reflection of the city’s diverse and inclusive nature. Using Sarajevo as your base, head to the beautiful cities of Mostar and it's iconic bridge, Srebrenica with its sombre history or the natural beauty of the Kravice waterfall.
Take the Cable Car up to the sites of the 1984 Winter Olympics and walk along the former luge and bobsleigh tracks. Visit the spot where the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914 and tour Sarajevo in its olden trams. Head out the city and visit the towns of Travnik and the region of Herzegovina. Tour the old Masjids of Sarajevo and walk through the old town enjoying the local cuisine and coffee.
The cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina is less likely to be experienced in a museum but rather in what they coin as ‘living museums.’ The customs and pastimes are best found in everyday life where you can catch a glimpse of old and new world Europe – preserving their ancient past.
Halal food is readily available in Bosnia. The most popular and numerous restaurants in town are traditional and Dalmatian. Traditional restaurants offer excellent menus including; sarma, begova corba (chicken stew), teletina (veal), filled peppers, sitni cevap (veal stew), and grilled lamb just to name a few. Both the traditional and Dalmatian restaurants specialize in fresh and saltwater fish dishes. The local trout, pastrmka, is always a good buy.
Bosnia has many mosques around the country including the Ferhat Pasha Mosque, the Gazi Husrevbeg Mosque and the Ali Pasha Mosque. The Emperor's Mosque, the oldest mosque built in the Ottoman era can be found in Sarajevo. A popular place to visit is Srebrenica, located to the north of the country is most well remembered for the massacre of Bosniak Muslims in the 1990's.