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HI EVERYBODY¡ I VISIT SARAJEVO BY 18,19 JULY ONLY 2 DAYS MORE OR LESS.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOMEONE FROM THIS CITY.CAN ANYONE GIVE ME ADVICE ABOUT WHAT TO VISIT? FIRST TIME IN BOSNIA..ANY OTHER PLACE IN BOSNIA TO VISIT I MUST SEE?
THANK YOU¡
TONI

3 days ago I was there for 1 week.Sarajevo and Mostar.You must see those 2 places.Sarajevo is a turkish muslim city in the middle of the europe.Mosques and old turkish quarter ,old covered bazar,open market and Mostar old bridge and old turkish quarter.

Hi. I visited Sarajevo in September 2006. In Sarajevo you must visit the Bascarsija, the old Turkish quarter for good eastern style shopping and if you have room get a Turkish coffee set, preferably made with tin, not copper, if you wish to use it. Copper is ok for just a decorative souvenir. For food, try cevapcici at any of the cevabdzinicas there. Do try something sweet, especially if you like chocolate and perhaps try a boza drink, where you buy some sweets. Walk along in the Bezistan, covered bazaar in the Bascarsija and walk along Ferhadija street in the evening during korzo, when everyone walks around to enjoy the evening, talk and to eat some food or have coffee/tea. Perhaps you will want to see the old Olympics site. Please understand that part of it is now a graveyard, but this is part of Sarajevo's recent history and is a testament to what the people there have suffered and survived. They are truly strong and good, courageous people. Please do try to get to the Tunnel Museum near the airport. This is not a fancy site but is very important as the tunnel kept the city alive during the war. You will likely need a taxi to take you there as it is out a ways but it is well worth seeing. Do also try to go by Gazi Husrev Bey's mosque near Bascarsija as well. This a very important, perhaps most important mosque in southern Europe. There is also the Cathedral of Jesus Heart on Ferhadija street and not far is a small Orthodox church to visit as well, if you are interested in the religious sites.
If you are to visit Mostar, you must expect it would take much of the day if you intend to start out at Sarajevo and return to Sarajevo. If you are done visiting Sarajevo and then go to Mostar, that is fine too. We ate the Restroan Labirint on the east side of the river. Excellent fish, if you like it. There is also a little traditional village, perhaps the last one like it in Europe, just south of Sarajevo. It is called Lukomir. I enjoyed seeing the very traditional way people live there, in harmony with the environment. It is a day trip where you start at Sarajevo and come back. There is also a national Park, Sutjeska National park, with one of the last primeval forests in Europe. It is near the border with Montenegro. For the Lukomir or national park trip, please check out the website http://www.greenvisions.ba/gv/clanak.php?lang=2&ids=95 for Lukomir and http://www.greenvisions.ba/gv/clanak.php?lang=2&ids=94 for the Sutjeska National Park hike. The home page for Green Visions is http://www.greenvisions.ba/gv/index.php?lang=2
I don’t know if you have a place to stay, but I stayed at the Guesthouse Halvat. Their rooms are usually full, though. They were very kind to me. The website is here http://www.halvat.com.ba/. Valida is the owner and you can see if she is there and can advise on other places to stay if they are full. I think her brother and his wife have some rooms in their own home, but I am not sure.
If you can see Visoko or Travnik, north of Sarajevo, that would be good too. I didn’t get to see Travnik when I was there and did see Visoko, where the pyramids are. Very nice little town. Blagaj is not far from Mostar. It has a nice Tekija, home where dervishes used to live, and it is situated just next to the source of the Buna river. It is very relaxing and the water is so pure. You will enjoy the scenery on the way to Mostar and Blagaj, especially along the Neretva River. Is emerald green due to the limestone, very lovely.
I hope this isn’t too much information J. Feel free to let me know how your trip goes. You can email to me at whomp55@yahoo.com. Take Care. Zora.

For a short time in Sarajevo I would recommend having a guide who can tell you so much more about the city & the experience of living there under the siege than you would get from wandering around on your own. We had a wonderful guide - Fikret Kahrovic. He really brought the city to life for us. His details are on the attached web site if you're still looking.
http://kardrew.50megs.com/photo_13.html

His web site seems to be paying up a bit but Havtat guest house would put you in touch with him & his telephone number is 038733616928.