Sarajevo City, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Travel and Tourism

Sarajevo City, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Travel and Tourism. Sarajevo is capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its population is little less than half a million which also makes it the biggest city in the country. The city has long and rich history that has been marked by many different cultures. Having in mind this, Sarajevo and its inhabitants proud themselves with the traditional religious diversity, having adherents of Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Judaism coexisting there for centuries. Sarajevo is a city that encompasses the very best of both East and West and it is rarely seen anywhere in the world that Orthodox and a Catholic church, a mosque and a synagogue are found within easy walking distance of each other. The largest travel guide book and digital media publisher in the world, Lonely Planet, named Sarajevo as one of the top ten cities to visit in 2010. The people in Sarajevo are very friendly and there is very little crime. Old Town Baščaršija cobbled streets, mosques and Oriental style shops at the heart the city; Latin Bridge location of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that sparked the beginning of World War I; Vrelo Bosne source of the Bosna river, beautiful park and picnic spot; Vijećnica (City Hall); Gazi Husrev bey's mosque one of world's finest examples of Ottoman architecture; Morića Han (Morić Inn) the only preserved Ottoman Inn in Sarajevo; Sebilj (Fountain); Bosnian Historical Museum shows moving display on the siege of Sarajevo from 1992-1995; National Museum displays of the natural and human history of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sarajevo Tunnel Museum built during the siege of Sarajevo to connect the city with free territory; Alija Izetbegović Museum museum of first Bosnian and Herzegovinian president... Read more