Sarajevo

Fri 20/9/24

The journey from Lukomir to Sarajevo was an equally scenic one so the 1 hour 30 mins drive went by without us noticing. We decided to wash our car as it was really dirty from the off roading and we stopped by at a DIY car wash  place. A local lady helped explained to us how to use the coin machine and operate the washer. It only cost us 4 BAM for the car wash which we paid by cash (coins) at the machine.

coin operated car wash machine

After the car wash, we drove towards our hotel Ibis Sarajevo booked through the Accors app for 101 BAM for 1 night with breakfast paid by credit card and setoff with some points redemption. We reached the hotel at 1pm but we managed to check in our room before the check in time at 3pm.

Not much plan today, as this was our second visit to Sarajevo. We only planned to go to Baščaršija to buy some souvenirs and have late lunch there. From the hotel, we walked to the Alipašino Polje tram station and took the tram to Baščaršija station. The tram ticket cost 1.8 BAM per person which we bought from the train driver by cash. The tram ride to Baščaršija (16 stops) took 33 mintues. 

It was drizzling when we arrived at Baščaršija so we decided to have lunch first in a restaurant. We randomly chose Kolobara Han for lunch. We had cevapi and dolma with tea and coffee which cost 42 BAM. The taste was so so only but it was sufficient to fill our tummies. 

dolma for lunch

It was still raining after we finished lunch and didn't want to wait out so we proceeded to buy some scarves, smoked figs and lokum (Turkish delight) as souvenirs. I prefer the Turkish made lokum as the Bosnian ones tasted too sweet as it had chocolate fillings. 

roofed bazaar at Baščaršija

Sebilj, a wooden fountain Baščaršija landmark

Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque

Before going back to our hotel we bought our final burek for the trip for takeaway and then made our way back to Baščaršija tram station. We got an older tram this time and the train driver didn't have enough coins to pay the balance so we paid 2 BAM per person for the same number of tram stops from Baščaršija to Alipašino Polje. 

At the hotel we had our welcoming drink of latte at the hotel rooftop cafe before retiring for the day. Tomorrow we would be going back to Malaysia after a 7 night trip around Bosnia and Herzegovina.

rooftop cafe at Ibis Sarajevo