Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Travel Blogs

THE THINGS I SAW (GOING TO TURKEY)
Jul 20, 2008 (8 photos)

... the early 1990's, the Serbs (Orthodox Christians), Croats (Catholics), and Muslims all blew up each other's houses.  And Bosnia & Herzegovina is made up of an almost even portion of each. They have a beautiful country, especially the southern ...

jumping from the bridge
Jul 27, 2008 (75 photos)

... , 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 ...

Fall Vacation Pt 4: Day Trip to Kotor & Mostar
Oct 10, 2007 (52 photos)

... had. The next day we left Dubrovnik to head back North, toward home. But first we detoured to the town of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mostar is famous for its Old Bridge, which was built 1557-1566 and, at the time, was the longest single-span stone ...

Vegas Baby
Jun 23, 2006

... to tell the young lady that I double checked and a verbal contract IS legally binding in Croatia.... But I digress. Mostar's a fun place. It's Bosnia's second city, or Herzegovena's first, depending on how you look at things like that. We stayed in a ...

A lazy day in Mostar
Dec 11, 2007 (3 photos)

... but it was closed by the time I got there. A missed opportunity. We tried to visit the two museums in Mostar, but one of them is closed all winter and the other is only open 3 hours a day and closed on Mondays so unfortunately was closed for the entire ...

Sarajevo to Mostar
Dec 10, 2007 (3 photos)

... an open valley and the number of dwellings and businesses started to increase I realised that the ride was nearly over and we would soon be in Mostar. On arrival I rang the Kriva Cuprija Motel where we were staying as they had offered to come and pick us ...

Vinny's Vision
Jun 23, 2006 (5 photos)

... this an option. It's that good. Don't go package, sort it out yourself for huge savings. Lovely women also. Mostar - The view of the destroyed and rebuilt Stari Most (old bridge) from the grounds of the 16th century Mosque is one of the nicest I've ever ...

The Bridge of Mostar
Jul 12, 2005 (8 photos)

... . So when we found out about Mostar and a 16th century bridge, we thought it would be interesting to see how Bosnia had recovered. Pre-war Mostar had been a small town with the focus on two religions separated by a river. Muslims on one side and ...

Senseless
Jul 13, 2005 (5 photos)

... time, as they never achieve anything. So, this is not about a chain or trying to achieve anything, just the facts. Plain and simple We wanted to go to Mostar for ages, so we bought a ticket from Kotor, and away we went. The reason why we wanted to go, ...

A tragic side of life - BOSNIA
Oct 15, 2005 (15 photos)

So I hopped in a car with a local Croat and headed to Bosnia. Our first stop was Medugorje. This is the second most pilgramiged place in the world. In 1991 two girls where hiking the mountain when they say the Virgin Mary spoke to them. People have ...

Dark and sharp mountains
Aug 15, 2003

Wonderful scenery, wonderful people (see issue 14 for more)

Mostar, back again
Aug 25, 2008

... /aug 31: i am still working on this. Yes, in my previous blog i said i wouldn't go to Mostar. However, i was in Tuzla today and the only bus for Travnik/Jajce already left. That would leave the following options... Banja Luka, Srebrenica, Sarajevo or ...

Marvelous Mostar
Nov 4, 2009

... into the war and the impact on the people of Mostar. Went up to the top of a nearby hill for an awesome view over Mostar and through the mouintains. Also some ruins from the war to climb around and explore. Bata took us to the best Burek house in Mostar. ...

Bosnia
Apr 21, 2006 (3 photos)

Zdravo! (Hello in Bosnian) After a long overnite ferry to Croatia and then a 4 hour bus ride we have arrived in Mostar Bosnia. It is a beautiful peaceful little city whose streets are lined with Turkish coffee shops and specialty stores. (By the way ...

Mostar
Aug 26, 2008

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Mostar
Jun 17, 2008

... thats what I am wanted to think. Anyways, in the city just next to each other there are Minarets, Mosques, Katolic and Orthodox Churces. In mostar the river that goes through the city, keeps the warm air clean and clean. It also splits the city to new ...

Bridge over River Neretva
Oct 7, 2007 (6 photos)

... .  The Old Bridge is beautiful in many ways... - Guest Blogger Dave PS.  This is where we began to see a lot of cats everywhere, and I do mean everwhere.  So if you are a cat lover, come to Herzegovina and the Croatian Dalmatian coast.

a Bridge of collective memory
Jun 8, 2009 (33 photos)

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Mostar
Jul 12, 2008

This is another really very beautiful city to visit on our trip

Mostar
Mar 25, 2007

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Bullet Holes and Surburbia
Mar 18, 2007 (12 photos)

We've finally made our way to a new country, Bosnia-Hercegovina and its quite an interesting location... A lot of funding has poured into the country, in an effort to rebuild the country that suffered so much during the war, and so the rebuilt bits have ...

Scars of War
May 29, 2009 (25 photos)

... themselves as Rooneys, Rolnaldinos, Messis, but as soon as they found out Jie was Chinese, their names changed to Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.  Mostar still bears the obvious scars of the war. The town is littered with sealed off, bombed out buildings - some ...

Mostar
Aug 26, 2006 (10 photos)

... having all these people to look after :) in the town there was also a tower called tara, which was cool. bosnia herzegovina also has a river and a mountain named after me, as i have been informed numerous times. i met this woman working in the museum ...

New old bridge reunites
Feb 4, 2007 (13 photos)

I never really imagined that I would visit Bosnia and Hercegovina, especially as the images of the conflict resonated in my memory, nevertheless it was with great anticipation that I boarded an early morning bus in Dubrovnik, bound for Mostar. It was an ...

Yep, we went to Bosnia
Oct 24, 2009 (26 photos)

Mostar is one of the main cities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but not the capital. We decided to come here on somewhat of a whim. The weather wasn't supposed to be good in Croatia so we figured we’d do a side trip here for a couple of days and then return ...

Apocalypse et renaissance
Mar 22, 2005 (4 photos)

... surprend. Le retour des terrasses, des cafes pris entre amis, de la fierte de leur ville. Le centre historique de Mostar a ete devaste mais meticuleusement reconstruit, un vrai enchantement pour les yeux. Il est midi, les mosquees lancent leurs cris, ...

(Re)building bridges
Jun 20, 2007 (15 photos)

I've arrived in my final destination in Bosnia and Hercegovina (technically the latter now), having come in on one of the most scenic train trips in recent memory. The guidebooks tout the ride for the scenery en route and they certainly don't exaggerate. ...

Contrasts
Jul 6, 2006 (8 photos)

Mostar is a fascinating place, not least of all for the bridge that everyone comes here to see. The front line of the war ran through the town, one half Serbian and the other Muslim and the damage is still very visible, especially along the main road into ...

Moseying around Mostar
Jun 6, 2008 (17 photos)

... it had been closed for years or something... creepy. ...If the photos haven't convinced you, let me say now, Bosnia = criminally, criminally underrated. I'm not sure the parents loved its quirky kinda "backwardness", but I completely and totally did, I ...

On the front lines
Jun 30, 2009 (10 photos)

Bullet holes are still everywhere, but the historic center has been restored.