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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

What to eat in the countryside

From pita and buckwheat uštipci to trout, cheese and Žilavka: the dishes and where to try them.

Pita, uštipci and pura

On Bjelašnica, pita comes with homemade bread, buckwheat uštipci and corn pura. Behka Slivo in Sinanovići is known for the pita it also bakes for other hosts.

Motel restoran Čardak Umoljani →Behka Slivo →

Lamb and dishes under the sač

In Tušila the lamb comes from the family flock on the mountain pastures. On Zvijezda, lamb and veal are baked under the sač.

Restoran Visočica →Gajina kuća →

Trout

Near Ribnik you eat trout right by the river, from the farm’s own pond.

Poljoprivredno gazdinstvo Simetić →

Cheese and kajmak

In Dragoraj a family makes 13 to 14 cheeses from its own cows’ milk.

Poljoprivredno gazdinstvo Sladojević →

Wine, cider and rakija

Herzegovinian cellars keep to Žilavka and Blatina. Above Kiseljak cider is made from old apple varieties, and on Ozren there is blackberry wine.

Podrum Ostojić →Obiteljska vinarija Škegro →Agroturizam Bohorina →Seosko domaćinstvo Marušić →

Hosts in this guide

StayMotel restoran Čardak UmoljaniUmoljani · Trnovo

Accommodation and a restaurant serving rural Bosnian food: pita, homemade bread and pastries, buckwheat uštipci and corn pura.

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 →RestaurantRestoran VisočicaTušila · Trnovo

A rural restaurant in Tušila serving local cuisine, to eat in or take away.

View →StayGajina kućaStrica · Vareš

Bed and breakfast in the village of Strica near Vareš, on the slopes of Zvijezda, above 1,000 metres.

View →RestaurantPoljoprivredno gazdinstvo SimetićRastoka · Ribnik

Trout from the farm’s own pond and home cooking beside the Rastoka river near Ribnik.

View →MakerPoljoprivredno gazdinstvo SladojevićDragoraj · Ribnik

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

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