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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Explore places
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
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.
Stay
Seosko domaćinstvo Marušić
Gornja Paklenica, Doboj
The upper floor of a house, with a kitchen, for four guests in Gornja Paklenica on the slopes of Ozren.
You can take full board or cook for yourself. The household grows blackberries and fruit and keeps bees, so it offers blackberry wine, homemade rakija and honey, along with fresh milk and meat. Lunch or a picnic can be arranged with notice.
Overnight stay, Food, Local goods
Open: all year
Ozren and Usora
- Domaćinstvo Roman Stay · Boljanić, Doboj
A farm household on the northern slope of Ozren, below Gostilj peak, known for paragliding.
- Sobe Ilić Stay · Kaluđerica, Petrovo
Ten beds in the village of Kaluđerica on Ozren, about 200 metres from the monastery of St Nicholas.
- Etno selo Kotromanićevo Stay · Šešlije, Doboj
Wooden cabins with twelve beds and a restaurant on the bank of the Veličanka river near Doboj.
- Farma Milo Selo Restaurant · Milino Selo, Lukavac
A farm with a restaurant and picnic grounds near Lukavac. Goats, sheep, cheese and programmes for children.
- Seosko domaćinstvo Spasojević Stay · Pridjel, Doboj
A family house turned guesthouse with a tavern, five kilometres from Doboj towards Ozren.
- Etno selo Usora Restaurant · Milan Polje, Teslić
A restaurant and six rooms of wood and stone on the bank of the Usora, 15 kilometres from Banja Vrućica.
- Gazdinstvo Gavrić Maker · Ostruža Donja, Stanari
A family apiary of 90 colonies with an orchard of old varieties at Ostruža Donja near Stanari.
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