Must-see hotels in Bosnia & Hercegovina

  • Pansion Oscar

    Mostar

    Pansion Oscar is essentially a pair of family homes above a gorgeous garden bar, slap bang in the historical centre. The nine rooms are fairly simple,…

  • Hotel Latinski Most

    Sarajevo

    This cosy mustard-coloured hotel is ideal for WWI aficionados who want to survey the Franz Ferdinand assassination spot from directly across the river…

  • Termag Hotel

    Bosnia & Hercegovina

    The exterior looks like a Scooby Doo mansion but inside the Termag, traditional ideas and open fireplaces are given a stylish modern twist. Rooms have…

  • City Boutique Hotel

    Sarajevo

    The rooms in this centrally located hotel have contemporary decor with backlit ceiling panels and bathrooms behind big glass panels (the toilet doors are…

  • Medjugorje Hotel & Spa

    Bosnia & Hercegovina

    Positioned between the town centre and Apparition Hill, this snazzy modern hotel offers spacious rooms, a chapel and a fancy spa centre, should you have…

  • Villa Anri

    Mostar

    This friendly motel/hotel's eclectic decor creates a homely stylistic mishmash, throwing together pseudo-antique elements, attractive paintings, tacky…

  • Residence Rooms

    Sarajevo

    This friendly family-run hostel has high ceilings and widely spaced dorm beds, complemented by a 1940s-flavoured lounge with a piano and ample seating…

  • Hotel Konak

    Sarajevo

    This obliging family-run minihotel has six rooms and two suites with an effortless sense of style. There are excellent mattresses, a lift and a back exit…

  • Balkanarama

    Mostar

    Run by a very creative Anglo-Bosnian, this excellent hostel is one of Mostar's most popular. Quirky features include a central kitchen table fashioned…

  • Villa Una

    Bosnia & Hercegovina

    Tucked behind a main-road jewellery shop, this friendly 12-room guesthouse is very handy for the bus station. Half the rooms have semicircular balconies…

  • Hostel Backpackers

    Mostar

    With its graffiti-walls, water pipes in the lounge and music until late, this is Mostar's party hostel. It's easy to spot the colourful building on the…

  • Hotel President

    Sarajevo

    This upmarket hotel has ample-sized rooms with smart decor and top-quality mattresses. While the location is excellent, there's a noisy road on one side…

  • Hotel Blagaj

    Bosnia & Hercegovina

    Built in 2015, this professional 27-room hotel contrasts white and lavender-wash walls with sepia scenes of old Mostar. It's just beyond the main town car…

  • Hotel Porto Bello

    Trebinje

    While Porto Bello's rooms are a little lacking in character, the stone-walled taverna-style restaurant downstairs and the Old Town location have it in…

  • Hotel Safir

    Sarajevo

    For a place in this price range, the Safir goes that bit further than the competition. Stairways feature vibrantly colour-suffused flower photos, and the…

  • Hotel Mepas

    Mostar

    Mostar's first five-star hotel inhabits a corner of the large Mepas Mall complex. The bright, glitzy reception is on the ground floor, but rooms, pool and…

  • Opal Exclusive

    Bosnia & Hercegovina

    Hidden away but only 300m north of central Bihać, the Opal's spacious rooms have sturdy rosy-wood bedsteads and paintings in gilt frames. The best ones…

  • Hotel Story

    Sarajevo

    Transformed in 2016 from a hostel into a boutique-like hotel, this supercentral, friendly place has a mixture of elegant rooms and two-bedroom apartments …

  • Motel Deny

    Mostar

    Four of Deny's seven neat, unpretentious rooms overlook the old town's mill area, the best balcony views being from the smallest (102 and 202).

  • City Bridge Rooms

    Bosnia & Hercegovina

    There's no reception (booking essential) and some rooms are strange quarter-circles built into the sloping roof, but all are clean and come with air con,…

  • Moskva Motel

    Banja Luka

    One of a few motels that are within walking distance from the city centre, Moskva's attempts at cute floral decor sometimes spill towards kitsch, but the…

  • Hostel City Center

    Sarajevo

    Sociable and with a lived-in vibe, this is one of Sarajevo's best-established hostels. It has a spacious kitchen area and a lounge-lobby that's so relaxed…

  • Paviljon

    Bosnia & Hercegovina

    Perfectly central, the Paviljon's 13 rooms form a sharp modernist lozenge atop a popular riverside restaurant. The decor contrasts flashes of lime green…

  • Hotel Višegrad

    Bosnia & Hercegovina

    Spacious rooms and a perfect riverside location compensate somewhat for perfunctory service and bland decor, but with prices this reasonable it's hard to…

  • Savat

    Mostar

    Though it's one of Mostar's cheapest hostels, Savat is near to the old town, has a small shared kitchen, adequate beds, a summer terrace area and free use…

  • Hotel Zelengora

    Sutjeska National Park

    This central Foča hotel has renovated rooms with soothing cream decor and dark wooden flashes. Ask for a quieter room with a view of the river.

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