A very interesting city
Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina Capital
Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina capital is the largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an estimated population of 369,534. The Sarajevo metropolitan area, including Sarajevo, East Sarajevo and surrounding municipalities, is home to 608,354 people.
The photo above is in the Baščaršija district of the Old Town and is only about 80 meters from my hotel.
Sebilj
The Sebilj is a pseudo-Ottoman-style wooden fountain (Sebil) in the centre of Baščaršija square in Sarajevo built by Mehmed Pasha Kukavica in 1753. It was relocated by Austrian architect Alexander Wittek in 1891. It is also frequently called “the pigeon square”.
Painting of The Sebilj
I saw this in a coffee shop just near the The Sebilj and thought it looked so good I would include it in this post.
Hotel Kovaci
The location is perfect, the rooms are average for the price of $70 aud per night. Breakfast is very average indeed but I would stay there again purely for the location. For a very good room rate just book through THIS LINK.
Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina Capital, close to Kavaci hotel
The tram is right at your doorstep of the Kovaci hotel. You can catch the number 1 tram straight to the Bus & railway station. A word of caution, make sure you validate your ticket inside the tram, I didn’t and had to pay a $20 aud fine to a couple of Bosnian thugs, c’est la vie. 🙂
Avaz Twist Tower
The Avaz Twist Tower is a 176 m tall skyscraper, construction began in 2003 and was finished in 2008.
View from the tower
I imagine the snow on the mountains is normal for March.
Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina Capital
The view from the tower really give you an appreciation of the layout of the city.
Foyer of Avaz Twist Tower
This huge interesting sculpture dominates the foyer of the Avaz Twist Tower.
Cevapcici
Ćevapi has its origins in the Balkans during the Ottoman period, and represents a regional specialty similar to the kofte kebab. I had one in Dudbovnik and was rather disappointed, however in Bosnia they were perfect, in fact I ate them three days in a row, twice for lunch and once for breakfast.
Donner Kebab
Another specialty is the Donner Kebab originally from Turkey, delicious but for me the Cevapcici wins hands-down. 🙂
Every day they play
They also debate every move in loud voices while playing, the onlookers shout advice to the opponents.
Chess in Sarayevo
I think I have got you now.
Orthodox Church
By now you can probably see there are many photo opportunities in Sarajevo.
Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina Capital, Taslihan
Taslihan was built in 1543 as the Ghazi Husrev-Bey’s waqf. It had a fountain, mosque, yard, shops and storage rooms.It was severely damaged in several fires that struck Sarajevo.
Favorite pastime is drinking coffee
No different to most other European cities, drinking coffee on the side-walk while being bought up to date with the latest gossip.
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque
During the Siege of Sarajevo, Serbian forces purposely targeted many centers of the city’s culture, having suffered a significant amount of destruction, the reconstruction of the Mosque started with foreign help in 1996, right after the war.
Bascarsija Sarajevo
Baščaršija was built in 1462 when Isa-Beg Isaković built the Ishaković han, in addition to its many shops. At that time, most of the inhabitants of Sarajevo lived in the vicinity of the Emperor’s Mosque. Therefore, Isa-Beg Isaković built a bridge across the Miljacka to focus the main Sarajevo suburb and a new economic center of the city, Baščaršija.
Sarajevo tram
The trams are not too flash, they can also be expensive if you don’t validate your ticket on board. I was lazy and paid a $20 fine when two Bosnian thugs checked my 50 cent ticket and found I had not validated it, c’est la vie. 🙂
Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina Capital Dveri restaurant in
I had dinner at this highly rated restaurant two nights in a row, it was very close to my hotel and quite unique. The veal soup was sensational, I returned the 2nd night just to have it again.
Dveri veal soup
Tripadvisor rate Dveri 9th out of 339 restaurants in Sarayevo.
Dveri is quite unique
Many thanks to TripAdvisor once again for helping me find another terrific restaurant.
Farewell from Sarajevo
Thanks for visiting my Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina Capital photo blog, I’m heading back to Zagreb for one night before taking a train to Budapest.
A-One hotel on Beach Road
For a great room rate at the A-One hotel opposite the beach just book through THIS LINK.
Mostar in Herzegovina was a real surprise packet.
After Sarajevo I went back to Zagreb.
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