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Our Sarajevo Old Town Walking Tour starts from the Meet Bosnia Travel agency every day at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM.
This tour is one of the best ways to explore the rich history and most significant landmarks of Sarajevo, a city known for its diversity, hospitality, and food.
In this small-group tour, you will be able to feel Sarajevo with all your senses and find out why this beautiful city is known as the “Jerusalem of Europe”.
At the beginning of our Sarajevo Walking Tour, we will see the Old Orthodox Church, one of the oldest religious objects in Sarajevo. Its archaic foundations are unique and reminiscent of early Christian churches. artistic creations of the medieval goldsmiths together with other valuable collections can be found in the museum next to the church.
The oldest and busiest part of Sarajevo is called Bascarsija where the ancient streets intersect to make an elaborate maze of crafts, food, and coffee. Consequently, the most recognizable landmark of Sarajevo is Sebilj, a wooden fountain located in Baščaršija square. The legend says that drinking water from here means that you will definitely come back to Sarajevo. You can try testing this yourself during our Sarajevo tours.
Besides, walking through the old town you will learn about Gazi Husrev-bey and the mosque he built in the city centre. At the time it was the most prominent object in the country. Nearby one of the most beautiful mosques in Bosnia you can find a unique Clock Tower. Most certainly, it is famous for showing an unusual standard of time for the modern world. You will get to know why. Moreover, we will walk through the oldest shopping centre in Sarajevo “Bezistan” – an old bazaar from the Ottoman period.
Sarajevo City Hall is the most representative Austro-Hungarian-era building in Bosnia. Since 1949 the building was the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today it is once again the seat of the local government.
In the 16th century, Sarajevo welcomed thousands of Jewish settlers who reached the Ottoman empire escaping the persecution in the Iberian peninsula. Living in Sarajevo alongside Muslims and Christians the new inhabitants of the city were reminded of their ancient homeland. Therefore they gave Sarajevo a new name, Little Jerusalem. The Old Jewish Temple is located in the Old Town and it houses a valuable collection of exhibits pertaining to Jewish traditions and customs in the Balkans.
After the line where East meets West in Sarajevo, our local Sarajevo walking tour guide will continue in the direction of the modern part of the city connected to the arrival of the Habsburg monarchy. On this Sarajevo tour, you will see the Sacred Heart Cathedral and the statue of Pope John Paul II who visited Bosnia two times. All the while our Sarajevo guides will try to uncover many hidden gems for you and recommend things to do in Sarajevo, known only to the locals.
Also, on the Sarajevo walking tour, you will be able to see the first modern hotel in Sarajevo and hear the stories about the first Waltz dance and the celebrities that stayed here. Our recommendation is to drink Bosnian coffee and Sacher cake in the famous Viennese Café, within the hotel. Lastly, the Tour ends on the notorious Latin Bridge known throughout the world as the place where WWI began.
Vilkan was an amazing guide. He went well beyond the expected, answered all our questions and recommended local restaurants and other stores and explained the local viewpoint on history and politics. All while fasting without water for Ramadan. We cannot more highly recommend his tour.
Great tour. It lasted more than 3 hours in the end. Our guide showed us the restaurants to go to, also suitable for vegetarians.
We visited shops and our guide patiently waited for us outside.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TOUR I HAVE EXPERIENCED, IN THE WORLD! I even had two tours with Meet Bosnia Tour. The first one was the Mostar Kravice Blagaj, and the other one is this walking tour.
While the first one offers a beautiful scenery, nature, lots of good stories; the one that impressed me so much was actually the walking tour with Arna, around the city. It was surprisingly a high demand, with 30+ people joined, and it happened during the Eid al Adha, which I suppose to be a public holiday for most Bosnian people, yet she still ran the tour, because she looked at how many people had already came and looked forward for the tour, which we appreciated it a lot. And due to the big group, she ofc, made effort to speak louder, so that everyone can capture the story and the explanation clearly. She even provided us Baklava Ducan, so good!
The history is so rich, she explained each of them so clearly, so passionate, and I can feel each story is from the heart. You can feel and imagine how the events happened, how your soul was consumed of the events, and how she always mentioned all the Bosnian people wanted is just friendship from all countries in the world.
I would super recommend this tour for you to join, find Arna! You will love her!
Sending you lots of love, from Indonesia!
Alan was our guide, a 17 year old with a 50 year old knowledge base of Sarajevo. He was great and the tour gave us a wonderful overview of where we needed to go back and spend more time. Highly recommend especially once you first arrive in the city.
Very helpful introduction to Sarajevo. Our guide was so eloquent and informative. We learned a lot and her practical recommendations were also really helpful. She even went above and beyond by helping us order our lunch at a local restaurant! Thanks very much.