All four have stamped their visual legacy on the city: Minarets, bell towers and onion domes sit almost side-by-side all over town. Sarajevo sits at a historic crossroads between East and West, where four major religions – Islam, Judaism, and both Latin and Eastern Rite Catholicism – all meet. I would say, now is the time to visit this great city, which is seeing new hotels, shopping malls and other developments spring up, but remains affordable, welcoming and untrammeled by mass tourism. In fact, Bosnia and mainly Sarajevo is a place which is aptly described as rising from the ashes where the capital and other effected cities by the war have been rebuilt and got ready again to welcome travelers as one of the best destinations in Europe. When you suggest a Bosnian destination to any Saudi tourist he would just raise questions like, Is the war still going on there? Is it safe?. Regarding the list of the most popular cities on the continent, Sarajevo is listed in front of Dubrovnik, Granada and Manchester.Īrguably the most popular is Paris, and after the French capital, London, Amsterdam, Rome, Barcelona, Venice, Vienna are the most popular. Besides the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the list are the Ukrainian ,Hamburg, Porto, Zagreb, the capital of Malta-Valletta, Budapest, the capital of Latvia-Riga, and Valencia. Among the many tourist attractions are the Cathedral ,the Academy of Fine Arts and the Latin Bridge over the Miljacka river, where Arch duke Franz Ferdinand was killed, which was the trigger for the start of the First World War. On Bascarsija (Baščaršija), the old town from the Ottoman period, there is a Sebilj,( public water fountain).
Sarajevo found itself heavily influenced by the Roman, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empire, which can still be seen everywhere. Sarajevo is surrounded by Olympic Mountains and nice spring of River Bosnia. The city is famous for its traditional cultural and religious diversity. Sarajevo as the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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My stay was quite short but full of great experiences where I stayed 3nights and four days starting in Sarajevo, Mostar, Balagai-Pocitelj, Travnik and Jajce. I was invited –for the first time – to visit this lovely country over a familiarization trip (Fam-trip) organized by the Turkish Airlines with collaboration of the Ministry of Tourism in Bosnia and the Bosnian SEIC DMC investment company – the legal and official company promoting tourism in Bosnia.
#Nice clock tower free#
It is not very known for many tourists from the GCC area and most Saudis that Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina was listed on top ten of the cities must to visit according to the famous Virtualtourist – a free travel community website. JEDDAH- When Europe as a tourists attraction destination is mentioned most of tourists including people in the GCC area would think first of the following cities: Paris, London, Munich, Amsterdam, Vienna and others without least occur to them the other parts of Europe or the so-called Eastern Europe.