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Sarajevo Tunnel of Hope
A preserved section of the underground tunnel that served as the only lifeline for besieged Sarajevo during the 1990s war, now a powerful museum.
4 km · about 5 min drive
EuropeBosnia and HerzegovinaFederation of B&H
Sarajevo
Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Europe
About Sarajevo
Sarajevo works well as a base: 10 minutes from Ilidža, 8km from Vrelo Bosne.
Sarajevo is in Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with about 700,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ilidža, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Sarajevo?
Within an hour or so of Sarajevo: Sarajevo Tunnel of Hope (4 km), Baščaršija, Sarajevo (6 km), Latin Bridge (6 km), Vrelo Bosne (8 km).
Are there any good drives near Sarajevo?
The nearest famous roads are Neretva Canyon Road (M17), Piva Canyon Tunnel Road and Piva Canyon.
Where is Sarajevo?
Sarajevo is in Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina, about 4 km from Ilidža.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 696,731
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Region
- Federation of B&H
- Timezone
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Coordinates
- 43.8486, 18.3564
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Worth the detour from Sarajevo
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Baščaršija, Sarajevo
Sarajevo's enchanting Ottoman-era old bazaar quarter where East meets West, filled with copper workshops, mosques, and ćevapi restaurants.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Latin Bridge
The historic Ottoman bridge where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914, triggering the start of World War I.
6 km · about 10 min drive
natural wonder
Vrelo Bosne
A landscaped park at the spring source of the Bosna river below Mount Igman, reached by a tree-lined avenue on Sarajevo's western edge.
8 km · about 15 min drive
waterfall
Skakavac Waterfall
A 98 m waterfall, among the highest in the Dinarides: hidden in forest above Nahorevo, a half-hour drive plus walk from central Sarajevo. A beloved local picnic escape that few visitors to the city ever find.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Lukomir
Bosnia's highest permanent village at 1,469 m on the Bjelašnica plateau: stone houses with cherry-shingle roofs, medieval stećci tombstones, and a dramatic view into the 800 m Rakitnica canyon. Gravel road passable in summer.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Konjic Old Bridge
A graceful six-arch Ottoman stone bridge from 1682 spanning the jade-green Neretva in Konjic, a natural leg-stretch stop on the celebrated Sarajevo-Mostar drive.
39 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Prokoško Lake
A glacial lake at about 1,635 metres on Vranica mountain surrounded by shepherds' huts, reached by a steep unsurfaced road from Fojnica.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Sarajevo
- 39 kmKonjic Old BridgeA graceful six-arch Ottoman stone bridge from 1682 spanning the jade-green Neretva in Konjic, a natural leg-stretch stop on the celebrated Sarajevo-Mostar drive.
- 52 kmNeretva Canyon Road (M17)Between Jablanica and Mostar the M17 hugs the turquoise Neretva through a deep limestone canyon: the scenic heart of the classic Sarajevo-to-Adriatic drive.
- 52 kmNeretva Canyon at JablanicaA deep river canyon followed by the M17 between Konjic and Mostar, passing the wartime Bridge on the Neretva museum site.
- 72 kmStari Most, MostarA rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman arch bridge over the Neretva, the centrepiece of a UNESCO-listed old town with paid parking nearby.
- 75 kmMehmed Paša Sokolović BridgeOttoman master architect Sinan's 16th-century, 11-arch bridge over the Drina at Višegrad, a UNESCO site immortalised in Ivo Andrić's novel 'The Bridge on the Drina'.
- 77 kmPiva Canyon Tunnel RoadA road threaded through more than fifty short tunnels along the wall of the Piva canyon above a startlingly green reservoir.
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