Must-see attractions in Mostar

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar, Old Bridge

    Stari Most

    Mostar

    The world-famous Stari Most (meaning simply 'Old Bridge') is Mostar's indisputable visual focus. Its pale stone magnificently reflects the golden glow of…

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Kajtaz residence of the XVIIIe century also called the Turkish house

    Kajtaz House

    Mostar

    Hidden behind tall walls, Mostar's most interesting old house was once the harem (women's) section of a larger homestead built for a 16th-century Turkish…

  • The Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar is located in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was built in 1965 in honor of the Yugoslav Partisans of Mostar who were killed during World War II in Yugoslavia.

    Partisan Memorial Cemetery

    Mostar

    Although this cemetery is sadly neglected and badly vandalised, fans of 20th-century socialist architecture should seek out this magnificent memorial…

  • Hamam Museum

    Mostar

    This late 16th-century bathhouse has been attractively restored with whitewashed interiors, bilingual panels explaining hammam (Turkish bath) culture and…

  • War Photo Exhibition

    Mostar

    This collection of around 50 powerful wartime photos by New Zealand photojournalist Wade Goddard is displayed in the western tower guarding Stari Most,…

  • Koski Mehmed Pasha S Mosque Above The River Neretva

    Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque

    Mostar

    Entered from a gated courtyard, this 1618 mosque (substantially rebuilt after the war) has a dome painted with botanical motifs and punctuated by coloured…

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    Muslibegović House

    Mostar

    Ring the bell to be ushered into this walled Ottoman courtyard house, built in the late 17th century and extended in 1871. Its main function today is as…

  • Small stone bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

    Crooked Bridge

    Mostar

    Built around 1558, this pint-sized bridge crosses the tiny Radobolja River amid a layered series of picturesque millhouse restaurants. The original bridge…

  • Španski trg

    Mostar

    In the early 1990s, Croat and Bosniak forces bombarded each other into the rubble across a front line that ran along the Bulevar. Even now, several shell…

  • Bišćevića Ćošak

    Mostar

    Built in 1635, this is one of Mostar's very few traditional Ottoman houses to retain its original appearance, albeit now with trinkets for sale and a…

  • Mostar Peace Bell Tower

    Mostar

    While some might ponder whether this disproportionately large church bell tower (along with the whopping great cross on the hill above) speaks more of…

  • Old Bridge Museum

    Mostar

    This somewhat sparse museum inhabits one of the defensive towers that guard either side of Stari Most. Visits start by climbing the five storeys for…

  • Trg Musala

    Mostar

    Trg Musala was once the heart of Austro-Hungarian Mostar. Today the square is a messy mishmash of architectural styles around a fountain garden. While the…

  • MuM

    Mostar

    Strong on poetry, far less so on content, the slightly baffling 2014 annex of the Museum of Hercegovina has a dozen showcases on ethnographic lines and…

  • Ljubljanska Banka Tower

    Mostar

    Of several ruined structures remaining around Španski trg, perhaps the most disturbing is the triangular multistorey skeleton of what was once a bank…

  • Nesuh-aga Vučijaković Mosque

    Mostar

    Originally built in 1564, this attractive domed mosque has no set opening hours but its friendly young imam may show you around if he's there. Its…

  • Džemal Bijedić Memorial House

    Mostar

    Part of the four-headed Museum of Hercegovina, this small archaeological and ethnographic museum occupies the former house of Džemal Bijedić, a former…

  • Karadjoz-bey Mosque

    Mostar

    Mostar's biggest and, some might say, most beautiful mosque was built in 1557. Heavily damaged during the war, it has since been completely renovated with…