Driving routes, distances and day-trip ideas nearby.
A ready week, day by day: highly rated places, lunches, tours and trips out of town. Ratings and opening hours come from Tripadvisor, distances are real driving distances.
An unhurried first day: the centre on foot, one landmark and a quiet dinner near where you're staying. Don't plan anything far — after travelling, getting your bearings matters more.
All day
A free day — the market, the waterfront, the next neighbourhood over.
Hotel check-in is usually from 2pm — if you arrive earlier, most places will store your luggage.
The fullest day: two or three key places back to back. Start early — queues build by midday at the popular ones, and the light is better for photographs after lunch.
All day
A free day — the market, the waterfront, the next neighbourhood over.
Carry some cash for markets and small cafés — cards are not taken everywhere.
A day for what needs time and attention: museums, historic quarters, and lunch somewhere locals actually go.
Afternoon
Lukomir Highland Village Hike
5.0· 120from €90
Lukomir Highland Village Hike — rated 5 from 120 reviews.
Many museums close on a Monday or Tuesday — check the opening hours before you set out.
Get beyond the city: the nearby towns and countryside are usually what stays with you. A rental car is the practical way — public transport on these routes is slow and infrequent.
All day
Mostar
Mostar is 126 km from Sarajevo, about 2h 2m by car. Leave in the morning so you're back before dark.
Book the car ahead: in season there is little left and the counter price is higher.
Rent a car in SarajevoA free day. Go back to wherever you wanted to linger, and add one or two places from the list you haven't reached.
Afternoon
War Times Experience in Sarajevo - Half Day Tour
5.0· 69from €39
War Times Experience in Sarajevo - Half Day Tour — rated 5 from 69 reviews.
Carry some cash for markets and small cafés — cards are not taken everywhere.
A good day for a guided tour: a guide tells you what the signs don't, and takes the driving off your hands.
All day
Tuzla
Tuzla is 120 km from Sarajevo, about 2h 19m by car. Leave in the morning so you're back before dark.
Book the car ahead: in season there is little left and the counter price is higher.
Rent a car in SarajevoA calm finish: a favourite spot once more, some shopping, a late lunch. Leave yourself room before the airport.
Afternoon
Utopia of Tito’s Yugoslavia, Tito’s Bunker & Siege of Sarajevo
5.0· 38from €85
Utopia of Tito’s Yugoslavia, Tito’s Bunker & Siege of Sarajevo — rated 5 from 38 reviews.
Allow twice what the map says for the airport run — it is never the quiet hour when you need it.
Where you can drive from Sarajevo.
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Top attractions
Restaurants and cafés
Lukomir Highland Village Hike
€90
War Times Experience in Sarajevo - Half Day Tour
€39
Utopia of Tito’s Yugoslavia, Tito’s Bunker & Siege of Sarajevo
€85
Sarajevo to Dubrovnik: Transfer With Herzegovina Tour
€130
Bosmal Arjaan by Rotana
from €153 / night
Swissotel Sarajevo
from €313 / night
Malak Regency Hotel
from €177 / night
Hotel President Sarajevo
from €176 / night
Source — Tripadvisor
Profoundly Chilling But Essential to Visit
All the exhibits and museums detailing the Bosnian war that we came across during 8 days traveling round the country hit hard but this hits hardest. Put away your tourist camera, make your way up the stairs of a quietly unpretentious building and prepare to be chilled to the bone. It doesn't fit easily into a relaxing…
Pino with the family
The food was very good. The spa/pool was nice and clean. We would have given this place 5/5 if it wasn’t for the beds. We stayed in the ”Wolf” room. The beds were way too hard. A pity they haven’t invested in better beds when everything else is so nice and good.
Food rip-off.
Beware fellow tourists...an over-priced terrible food restaurant. A successful brewery with tasty beer in a beautiful building but shocking bad quality food and service. I hope the Sarajevo tourist board check this managment/company up. Way below excellent Sarajevo standards which we love. Sadly the worst family food e…
avoid at all cost
Sh** hole. Avoid like the plague. Shabby slow uninterested service, shockin. Over salted food