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
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.
Plan your visit
How this works
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Check the road locally
Snow, trails and phone signal change quickly. Look for current local information before you set off.
Lakes and watermills · Jajce
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.
What to see
- Pliva watermills The wooden mills between the two lakes are protected as a national monument.
- Small and Great lake Leave time for the lakes as well as the mills.
Before you go
- Two stops The mills are outside the centre of Jajce. Plan the lakes and the town as separate stops.
- For a longer stay Ask the host whether the stay is by the lakes or in town. They are different starting points.
Where to stay, eat and what to do
- Domaća radinost Naturgeist Maker · Jajce, Jajce
Homemade pasta from Jajce, with eggs, nettle and mushrooms.
- Domaćinstvo na kraju svijeta Stay · Pljeva, Šipovo
Two apartments, a local-food restaurant and bicycle hire in Pljeva, in the Pliva valley.
- Domaćinstvo Radoja Stay · Pljeva, Šipovo
A farm household with a restaurant at Pljeva, seven kilometres from Šipovo, near the springs of the Pliva.
- Etno kuće Miljevići Stay · Lubovo, Šipovo
Ethno cottages in the village of Lubovo, three kilometres from Šipovo, surrounded by forest and springs.
- Topić Sokić Maker · Šipovo, Šipovo
Biljana and Goran Topić make small batches of pressed fruit juices in Šipovo.
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