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Bosnia and Herzegovina, beyond the towns

Villages, hosts, trails and local produce across the country. Find a place, arrange it directly with the host and take something home.

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Five ways into the same country

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Lukomir, where the road ends

Stone houses with shingle roofs and a tradition of woollen handwork. Lukomir is a place to learn how life on the mountain works.

What to see

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      Cheese, flour, preserves, pasta and woollen socks. You buy directly from the person who makes them: call, agree, then collect or order.

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      • You arrange it directly

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      Head for the countryside

      A free guide to the countryside of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Find a village, arrange your stay directly with the host and take something home.

      Places

      • Lukomir Stone houses with shingle roofs and a tradition of woollen handwork. Lukomir is a place to learn how life on the mountain works.
      • Umoljani Studeni potok, the Gradina herders’ settlement and the Sedrenik mills are three reasons to come to Umoljani.
      • Mlinčići na Plivi The watermills between the Small and Great Pliva lakes are about five kilometres from Jajce. The lakes and the town make two different parts of one trip.
      • Ribnik Several springs join into the short river Ribnik, which meets the Sana at Velije. Here water and forest trails lead the way.
      • Pecka Rocks, dry-stone walls and the springs of the Sana define Pecka. The visitor centre warns that phone signal is limited.
      • Borak i izvor Lištice The Borak canyon and the source of the Lištica are at Široki Brijeg. Footbridges over the river were installed through the Cycling Rural project.
      • Guča Gora A village on the slopes of Vlašić near Travnik, known for its Franciscan monastery of 1859 and the Carine pine forest.
      • Kraljeva Sutjeska A village in central Bosnia which, with nearby Bobovac, was the seat of the Bosnian kings. Today it is kept by its Franciscan monastery and old Bosnian houses.
      • Vranduk A village on the left bank of the Bosna near Zenica, beside the medieval fortress that guarded the way into central Bosnia.
      • Bobovac The medieval royal fortress of Bobovac, first recorded in 1350, was the seat of the Bosnian kings until 1461. Below it are the villages of Mijakovići and Dragovići.
      • Martin Brod A village on the Una known for its tufa barriers, waterfalls and old watermills. This is where the Unac joins the Una.
      • Ostrožac A village on the left bank of the Una, 12 kilometres from Bihać, with a fortress first recorded in 1286.
      • Krupa na Vrbasu A village near Banja Luka on the river Krupa, known for its waterfalls, nine watermills and rafting.
      • Bratač A village on the Nevesinje plateau, at 850 to 1,160 metres, beside the sinking river Zalomka. Known for the stone bridge Ovčiji brod, dry-stone walls and cheese aged in a sheepskin.
      • Vranci A hamlet of blacksmiths and craftsmen near Kreševo, at 680 metres, in country rich in ores and minerals.
      • Stupe A village four kilometres from Livno, below the Krug plateau where semi-feral horses live.
      • Ravno A village in the Adriatic hinterland, on the edge of Popovo polje, among karst, vineyards and sinking rivers. The Vjetrenica cave is nearby.
      • Gornji Srebrenik A village on Majevica below the medieval fortress of Srebrenik. A charter written at its foot in 1333 is the first written record of Srebrenik.

      Areas

      • Bjelašnica A mountain of high villages, stone houses with shingle roofs, herders’ settlements and marked trails.
      • Pecka and Mrkonjić Grad A village in the high Krajina between Mrkonjić Grad and Šipovo, known for its climbing crags, the springs of the Sana and a visitor centre in the old school.
      • Ribnik A corner of the Krajina with springs and short, cold rivers, and farms that make cheese and flour and raise trout.
      • Pliva valley From the watermills between the Pliva lakes near Jajce to the villages upstream, the Pliva valley is water, old mills and home cooking.
      • Western Herzegovina The Borak canyon at Široki Brijeg and the wine country around Čitluk and Ljubuški, with family cellars of Žilavka and Blatina.
      • Central Bosnia From the slopes of Vlašić near Travnik to royal Bobovac above Vareš: monasteries, fortresses, village houses and home cooking.
      • Ozren and Usora A wooded mountain near Doboj, with a monastery, marked trails and a paragliding launch. To the west, towards Teslić, runs the Usora.
      • Una valley Tufa waterfalls, watermills and old fortresses along the Una, from Martin Brod to Ostrožac.
      • Vrbas and Banja Luka Waterfalls and mills on the Krupa, truffles and rafting, a short way from Banja Luka.
      • Livno and Duvno A plateau with semi-feral horses, three rivers with their springs, and Buško lake; over the pass, the Duvno plain with a vineyard at almost a thousand metres.
      • Eastern and southern Herzegovina Karst country from the Nevesinje plateau through Stolac and Popovo polje to Trebinje and Neum: stećci, the Vjetrenica cave, the Zavala and Tvrdoš monasteries, cellars of Vranac and Žilavka, and the Ćiro cycling trail.
      • Majevica and Brčko A wooded mountain in the north-east, with Srebrenik fortress and marked trails. On its northern slopes, towards Brčko, there are vineyards and fish ponds.
      • Eastern Bosnia From Romanija to the Drina, the Tara and Sutjeska: mountain huts, riverside guesthouses and farm cheese.
      • Rama The mountain country of Prozor-Rama, with villages at about 940 metres and views of Vranica and Čvrsnica.
      • Posavina The plain along the Sava in the north, with orchards, the Franciscan monastery at Tolisa and small family farms.
      • Semberija The fertile plain between the Sava and the Drina around Bijeljina, where roses and lavender grow beside the wheat.

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