Neretva River Mostar

Entry containing 15 photos titled: Old Bridge (Stari Most) , Old Town (Stari Grad), Koskin-Mehmed Pasha's Mosque, Herzegovina Museum, Neretva River

... a gdy sie obudzilam, bylismy w Sarajewie.   ENGLISH: We made a deal with our French buddies that we`d travel to Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with them, and afterwards - to Sarajevo. We left at 9:30, and already after half an hour we ...

... even though I started out without a plan, little research, and just the hope that I would eventually end up in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Even by my standards the journey was nuts.    Had good ole Ryanair not arrived thirty minutes ...

... ;This was followed by a few drinks in what looked like an expensive bar that turned out to be quite reasonable, along with Ben, Cheryl, Kirk, Lisa, Elisha and Sara. Bosnia and Herzegovina has been fantastic for the last few days but Croatia now awaits.. ...

... given building. But it wasn’t in the sense that parts of the city (mainly near the Neretva river) were so beautiful. The water was so blue and the mountains surrounding the city (seen from the river area, mainly) were so picturesque. The Muslim ...

... visit here worthwhile in itself. No matter how good the picture, it can't do justice to the site of the bridge stretching across the emerald waters of the Neretva river, and to see it lit up at night is the only reason you need to spend the night in ...

... of the city. Basically, during the war, the Croatians tried to push the Croatia/Serbia border to the Neretva river, basically eliminating Bosnia all together. They didn't succeed, but one side of the river is still largely Croatian owned and operated, ...

(S) The bridge in Mostar, spanning the Neretva River, connecting the Muslim and Christian Croat sides of the city of Mostar, is one of the most identifiable sites in all of Bosnia. It was built by the Ottomans in 1566. Sadly, the bridge was bombed into ...

... integrated city in all of the former Yugoslavia. Croats lived, and continue to live on the western side of the Neretva River and Muslims on the east (although they also control a small strip on the west bank). During 1993 the Croats instigated a ...

... . I actually nodded off a bit during one of the slower legs, then awoke to the gorgeous sight of the Neretva river, winding its way between cliffs and stark mountains before eventually getting slowed to a trickle by a dam some 20-30km out of Mostar. ...

... war. Our guidebook said that in 1995, the city looked like Dresden did post-WWII: all of the bridges (necessary because the Neretva River bisects the city) and all but one of the 27 Ottoman-era mosques had been destroyed. By 2004, the bridge had been ...