8 notable places within an hour's 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.
28 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Baščaršija, Sarajevo
Sarajevo's enchanting Ottoman-era old bazaar quarter where East meets West, filled with copper workshops, mosques, and ćevapi restaurants.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Latin Bridge
The historic Ottoman bridge where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914, triggering the start of World War I.
31 km · about 35 min drive
museum
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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
bridge
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
Ottoman 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'.
43 km · about 50 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.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Drina River House
A small wooden cabin on a midstream rock in the Drina near Bajina Bašta, visible from a riverside pull-in on the road south of town.
59 km · about 70 min drive
landmark
Mokra Gora and Šargan Eight
A narrow-gauge heritage railway looping in a figure eight through the hills near the Bosnian border, with station parking beside the main road.
59 km · about 70 min drive