Travel to Sarajevo: Where History and Modern Age Meet

Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in South-Eastern Europe. Sarajevo is the largest city of one of formal Yugoslav republics. This European metropolis is populated by 1 million people. One of its main characteristics is diversity, rich culture and history, rich night life and lots of places to visit if you travel to Sarajevo. 

Most of people from around the world get surprised by what they see when they come to visit Sarajevo. A decade of international news services reporting about war, victims and bombing made huge harm to this city's reputation. Before 1990s Sarajevo was known for its hospitality, great skiing destinations, monuments, archaeological sights and many more. 

Luckily, in past 10 years, capital Bosnia and Herzegovina is returning to world's map of best tourist destinations. More and more tourist come, enjoy it and then start sharing beautiful experiences with their friends. Today, more than half a million foreign tourists come to see cultural capital of Eastern Europe every year. Number is rising fast, which proves that image of Sarajevo is changing among people from other parts of the world. 

In 1984 today's Yugoslavian center of ski sports was host to winter Olympics. Three mountains were destination to world's skiing elite, and Sarajevo has shown that it can host the largest events at the time. 

Today, it is a modern city, a mixture of new age and oriental architecture, brought by Ottomans during 500 years of occupation of these lands.

Have you ever planned to travel to Sarajevo? Have you ever been to Sarajevo? Do you know someone who visited it?

I bet most of you learned about this city in context of wars, but actually it is much more than that. War happened long time ago now, and it is time to turn new sheet and hear story from the common people living in this part of world, and to blindly believe to what TV says.

I fell in love with Sarajevo, when I traveled to it for the first time. I have sister living there, and my first contact with this beautiful cultural center of Balkans.

Sarajevo lies on two rivers which are significant tourist destinations: Bosna river and Miljacka river. The latter flows trough the downtown area, and dozens of bridges are connecting northern and southern banks offering great views on both old and new city areas. Bosna river origins from 10 miles away from the Sarajevo, where you can enjoy beautiful scenery surrounded by woods and water turned into park (favorite weekend destination for thousands of people from this region).

Ilidza is western part of the city. This new city core is perfect for those who love to spend time in nature. Here you can find lots of parks, fountains, aqua park, enjoy walking or running by the river, and spend night in one of dozens clubs and pubs located in Ilidza. 

Besides that, Sarajevo offers lots of other opporutnities for tourists to see: museums, cinemas, fortress, pubs, shopping malls, restaurants, theaters...

The most recognizable part of City of the Sarajevo is Bascarsija (old city). 

Forgotten City: Sarajevo
During 1990s Sarajevo ended up at the margins of world's pages in all things but war. After the year 2000 it is coming back to the European and world's tourist stage as one of the must-see world locations.