Holiday Inn Sarajevo

... say 'I told you so' to Stephen as not many people ever get this chance! After checking into the world-recognised Sarajevo Holiday Inn with its 'old Europe' friendliness and service (meaning they do it because they really are friendly, not because they ...

... the Turkish quarter and Austrian quarter then toured by ourselves until about 7.30 p.m.  Some rain while walking around.  The Holiday Inn still had the bullet holes in the front of the building from the war.  We also saw plenty of war ...

... wife. It was in my opinion the perfect museum --- cheap (75c), concise, and to the point. The next day I headed over to the Holiday Inn, which was built for the Winter Olympics in 1984, but is now a symbol of the city because it was the wartime home of ...

... office anywhere in town) and was strolling along a pleasant kind of boulevarde when I noticed, in all it's bright yellow glory, the Holiday Inn, sticking out like a shag on a rock in the middle of the rest of the drab city. I recalled that my trusty ...

... often prone to flooding. Inside the museum, we watched a short DVD about the conflict (one section showing a shell hitting the Holiday Inn) before venturing down into the tunnel itself. Running for only twenty metres now, Michael and I walked along its ...

... known as the most dangerous spot during the war. Our long walk continued east along “Snipers Alley” past the famous Holiday Inn where the CNN correspondents lived while covering the war.  Our goal was to stop at the train station so we ...

... in the middle of public parks, and lining the streets, all from the war. The talismanic yellow Holiday Inn, the only functional hotel during the Sarajevo Seige, where all world's news correspondents stayed, still maintains its ridiculous colour. Abandoned ...

... of the city and how it is still separated today between the Serbians, Bosnians and Croats. We could also see the famous yellow Holiday Inn where the journalists and aid workers were kept safe in the city during the war. Haris then took us to 'sniper ...

... also took us to the hillside where snipers used to sit and shoot down into 'Snipers Alley' that was located next to the Holiday Inn Hotel where all the worlds media would stay. The tour guide was also the hostel receptionist and he spoke with passion ...

... guy who was also traveling alone in Bosnia. We decided to team up and head to the Sarajevo Olympic stadium, one of the dozen cemeteries, the Holiday Inn (the home base for journalists during the war), the bridge were Franz Ferdinand was killed, another ...

... National History Museum and if time permits, the National Museum. The history museum was a mile's walk roughly, it was across from the Holiday Inn. We made it there in good time with about an hour to go before closing time. The museum, keeping in line ...