Traditional Bosnian Dinner with your Host Family in Sarajevo

This evening, I had the fantastic unforgettable experience of being hosted by a lovely Bosnian family, Vedo, his wife and their talented children. Vedo picked me up from my hotel right in time and took me to his lovely home. We had a great time talking about many aspects of our lives. They made me feel very welcome and at home. As I am vegetarian, they made a very tasty vegetarian dish following a nice soup and followed by a lovely Bosnian dessert and then, Bosnian coffee and home-made baklava.
Vedo and his lovely family are the type of people who you wish to see more like them in the world, the type of people who you feel you’ve known them for years, and the type of people who the world would be a more peaceful and beautiful place to live.
I feel visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina without experiencing the Bosnian hospitality wouldn’t be complete. So, thanks so much, Vedo and family for such an unforgettable evening.

I had a wonderful time at the Bosnian family. I was able to meet the mom and the dad. They did not speak any English but we found a way to communicate. The daughter was the host and she translated to her parents. I was able to learn from the host about Bosnian living. The meal was exceptional. I had soup, dalma, salad, stuffed paprika and veal. For dessert there was homemade baklava and apple pie (the pie was similiar to a strudel). The mom even gave me a piece of Baklava to take home. I highly recommend doing this tour. I was picked from the hotel and the host walked me back to my hotel

This concept is great: getting to know a place by meeting locals and entering their home and daily life. In Bosna it’s particularly wonderful because people there are so warm-hearted and easy-going!
Spending an evening with Vedo, his wife, children and mother-in-law was like visiting old, good friends!
The local food was delicious, especially the dessert- baklava!! 🙂
Thanks to chats with Vedo and his wife, I managed to get to know the newest, hot hits of traditional Bosnian music – sevdalinka!
Highly recommended tour!! Thank you!!

Vedo and his family hosted my family for a beautiful dinner in their home. It was our favorite evening of our week in Bosnia! Vedo kindly picked us up and drove us to his house then later returned us to our hotel. In between delicious dinner and dessert, Vedo gave my son soccer lessons, and then my son did not want to leave their house. Afterwards Vedo showed us magnificent views of the city and shared poignant stories of his childhood in Bosnia. We will always remember the wonderful evening with Vedo and his family!

Are there appropriate words to express how pleasant a welcome by locals can be?
The “Traditional Bosnian Dinner with your Host Family” exceeded all expectations. Yet one problem to mention…. The time together went way too fast!!!
Everything else was simply perfect! Besides an exceptionally pleasant discovery of local food by the guide’s particularly kind wife (it was delicious!), we experienced a very warm family. The chats with Vedo and his wife, as well as with their very clever son, went in all directions. Learned a lot also about the local culture and history, the host family were wonderful storytellers!
It became a remarkable evening, where you forgot for a moment you were just a tourist. It was like visiting friends you had not seen for too long. Next time we visit Sarajevo, we will definitely get back in touch 🙂
Thanks for the great memories!