Sarajevo

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Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a lively city of 400,000 people, nestled in a valley, mainly within the Bosniak(Muslim)-Croat Federation, but with parts in the Republika Srpska.

	sarajevo Travel Guide : 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Eat 6.1 Budget 6.2 Mid-range 7 Drink 8 Sleep 8.1 Budget 8.2 Mid-range 9 Contact 10 Stay safe 11 Cope 12 Get out 12.1 By Bus 12.2 By Train 13 External links

Understand

The bridge in Sarajevo where Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian assassin setting off WWI

Sarajevo is one of the most historically interesting cities in Europe. It is the place where the Eastern Orthodox east, the Ottoman south and Continental Europe met up. For this reason it has had something of a turbulent past but also has at times been a great example of multi-cultural integration.

Today the city has physically recovered from most of the war damage. Sarajevo is a cosmopolitan European capital that is a delight to visit. The people are very friendly, be they Serb, Croat or Bosniak. There is very little crime, not nearly as many tourists as on the Dalmatian coast and a wealth of architecture (not to mention history) to see.

Get in

By plane

Sarajevo Airport (http://www.sarajevo-airport.ba/assets/English.htm) is connected with major European cities by a number of airlines.

• Belgrade with JAT Yugoslav Airlines (http://www.jat.com/)
• Budapest with MALEV (http://www.malev.com/)
• Copenhagen with SAS Snowflake (http://www.flysnowflake.com/)
• Istanbul with Turkish Airlines (http://www.turkishairlines.com/)
• Ljubljana with Adria (http://www.adria-airways.com/)
• Milan Malpensa with Alitalia (http://www.alitalia.com/)
• Munich with Lufthansa (http://www.lufthansa.com/)
• Prague with Czech Airlines (http://www.csa.cz/)
• Vienna Schwechat with Austrian Airlines (http://www.aua.com/)
• Zagreb with Croatia Airlines (http://www.croatiaairlines.hr/)

By train

Interrailnet (official Interrail website) has a good map of the Bosnian rail network (http://www.interrailnet.com/images/timetables/carte31.jpg)

From Croatia

A train leaves Zagreb daily at 08.57, arriving in Sarajevo at 18.24.

Via Mostar

There is another train route from Plo?e in Croatia to Sarajevo via Mostar. Apparently a very beautiful route.

Trains depart daily at

• 05:30, arriving in Sarajevo at 09:04
• 16:00, arriving in Sarajevo at 19:57

See Croatian Railways (http://www.hznet.hr) website for more information. There is also a train every day to Budapest. It leaves at 20.20 and arrives in Budapest at 08.48 the following day

By car

By bus

A few buses from Dubrovnik and Split, more if you change in Mostar You can also take the bus from Belgrade.

Get around

'New Sarajevo' at dusk as seen from a hill overlooking the old town

The center of Sarajevo is served by two tram lines and a number of bus lines. Tickets should be purchased in advance from kiosks on the street or from the driver, where they cost slightly more (around 1KM). Tickets should be validated upon boarding the vehicle and are valid for a one way trip only. Changing tram or bus means validating a new ticket.

See

• At the heart of Sarajevo is the city's Turkish Quarter. The cobbled streets, mosques and Oriental style shops are a world away from Europe, and when the call-to-prayer music starts, one could be forgiven for thinking that they were actually in the Middle East.

• The Sarajevo Film Festival is held annually, during August. http://www.sff.ba/

• The Sarajevo tunnel museum shows the tunnel which was used to ferry supplies into the besieged city during the conflict and is next to the airport.

Do

• Walk along the roads up one of Sarajevo's surrounding hills for fantastic views over the city.

Eat

Budget

Sarajevo has countless shops selling burek (meat pie, sold in layers by weight), cevapi and pizza stores.

Mid-range

• Inat Kuca, Veliki Alifakovac 1, Bascarsija. An old Turkish house by the river converted to a lovely restaurant selling hearty stew-like meals.
• Park Princeva, Iza Hrida br. 7 (+387 61 222 708). Slightly more expensive than Inat Kuca, also serving Bosnian food. Located on one of the hills of the city, you have a beautiful view, especially around sunset, when you can hear the prayers from the mosques all around the valley.

Drink

Sleep

Budget

There are numerous houses around town offering accommodation in rooms for as little as 3KM per night (around 1 euro), although they can be hard to find. Best bet is to go to one of the accommodation bureaus near the old town and find somewhere for a night (at their prices, with their 500% markup), then arrange with the landlord/lady to stay on for their own rate.

Mid-range

• Pansion Cobanija charges KM100 (?50) per person per night, for a room with a private bathroom and satellite television. The rooms are clean and well-kept, and a continental breakfast is provided.

Contact

Stay safe

The former parliament building in the center of Sarajevo

There are still many minefields and unexploded ordinances in the Sarajevo and its surrounding suburbs. Never go into damaged buildings and always stick to paved surfaces. Areas that are not cleared are marked by yellow tape or signs, but still not all minefields are identified.

Cope

Get out

By Bus

• There are several buses a day to Mostar, which all leave from the bus station (adjacent to the railway station). Journey time is approximately two hours.

• If you want to go to Podgorica in Montenegro you will have to take a bus from 'Srbsko Sarajevo' on the outskirts of the city. The buses leave about twice a day. You will need to take a tram out to the Serb bus station (separate from the main bus station) to catch the bus. Discovering the exact time the bus leaves will be problematic without actually making the trip out to the station. The bus ride to Podgorica takes about 6 hours but is an absolutely amazing ride through some wonderful country (mostly through Republika Srpska).

By Train

There is a daily train to Zagreb, via Banja Luca, departing at 9.49am

A train to Mostar leaves in the evening after 6pm, and then on to Ploce, in Croatia.

For those heading to Hungary, a train departs at 8.20pm every evening for Magyarboly, via Osijek, in Croatia.

External links

• Sarajevo city website (http://www.sarajevo.ba/)

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