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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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Places to start with

Five ways into the same country

Start from a place, a bed, an activity or a product. Each one leads to a real village and a real host.

Approximate village elevation, Bjelašnica

A place up close

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

Before you go

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Local goods and makers

Take something home

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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Plan your visit

How this works

You arrange it directly
For stays and visits we hand you to the host’s own contact or booking page.
Hosts confirm the details
We call the host, confirm the details and enter their corrections. Those pages carry the Verified mark.
No commission
Rural.ba does not book or charge. You arrange and pay the host directly.
Check the road locally
Snow, trails and phone signal change quickly. Look for current local information before you set off.

Guide

First time in the countryside: what to expect

Five things worth knowing before you set off to stay with a rural host.

Call ahead

Most households have no reception desk. Arrange a bed, lunch or a workshop by phone, and say how many of you are coming.

The food comes from the farm

Meals are cooked by arrangement, mostly from what the host grows. That is how it works at the Grabež household in Pecka and at Šadrvan on Zvijezda.

Seosko domaćinstvo Grabež →Seosko domaćinstvo Šadrvan →

The road depends on the weather

In mountain villages snow can close the approach. For Lukomir, ask locally before a winter trip.

Lukomir →

Signal is patchy

In Pecka the visitor centre warns that phone signal is limited. Save your directions before you leave.

Visitor centar Pecka →

Take something home

Cheese, preserves, wine or woollen socks are bought straight from the person who makes them.

Poljoprivredno gazdinstvo Sladojević →Behka Slivo →PG Bešlagić / Herbal HIKE →

Hosts in this guide

StaySeosko domaćinstvo GrabežVerifiedGornja Pecka · Mrkonjić Grad

Beds and traditional meals at a farm household in Gornja Pecka.

View →StaySeosko domaćinstvo ŠadrvanRavne · Vareš

A farm household for fifteen guests in the village of Ravne, at about 1,000 metres on Zvijezda mountain.

View →Visitor centreVisitor centar PeckaVerifiedGornja Pecka · Mrkonjić Grad

The visitor centre in Gornja Pecka, in the old school building. The starting point for trips, climbing, cycling and hiking.

View →MakerPoljoprivredno gazdinstvo SladojevićDragoraj · Ribnik

A family farm in Dragoraj: cheeses from its own cows’ milk, stone-ground wholegrain flour and grains.

View →StayBehka SlivoSinanovići / Tušila · Trnovo

A guesthouse in Sinanovići with home food production: fruit and berry jams, syrups, wild-apple pekmez and fermented preserves.

View →ActivityPG Bešlagić / Herbal HIKEVerifiedElezovići / Umoljani · Trnovo

Guided walks that combine hiking, herb gathering and local food, plus plant workshops at an excursion spot in Umoljani.

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For hosts and makers

Places to start with

Five ways into the same country

Lukomir, where the road ends

What to see

Before you go

Take something home

How this works

You arrange it directly

Hosts confirm the details

No commission

Check the road locally

First time in the countryside: what to expect

Call ahead

The food comes from the farm

The road depends on the weather

Signal is patchy

Take something home

Hosts in this guide

More guides

Do you run a household, a stay or make a product?