Balkanarama

Mostar


Run by a very creative Anglo-Bosnian, this excellent hostel is one of Mostar's most popular. Quirky features include a central kitchen table fashioned from beer crates, and seats made from container pallets. There's a brilliant rooftop terrace.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Mostar attractions

1. Muslibegović House

0.09 MILES

Ring the bell to be ushered into this walled Ottoman courtyard house, built in the late 17th century and extended in 1871. Its main function today is as…

2. Karadjoz-bey Mosque

0.1 MILES

Mostar's biggest and, some might say, most beautiful mosque was built in 1557. Heavily damaged during the war, it has since been completely renovated with…

3. Bišćevića Ćošak

0.15 MILES

Built in 1635, this is one of Mostar's very few traditional Ottoman houses to retain its original appearance, albeit now with trinkets for sale and a…

4. Trg Musala

0.2 MILES

Trg Musala was once the heart of Austro-Hungarian Mostar. Today the square is a messy mishmash of architectural styles around a fountain garden. While the…

5. Džemal Bijedić Memorial House

0.26 MILES

Part of the four-headed Museum of Hercegovina, this small archaeological and ethnographic museum occupies the former house of Džemal Bijedić, a former…

6. Nesuh-aga Vučijaković Mosque

0.26 MILES

Originally built in 1564, this attractive domed mosque has no set opening hours but its friendly young imam may show you around if he's there. Its…

7. Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque

0.26 MILES

Entered from a gated courtyard, this 1618 mosque (substantially rebuilt after the war) has a dome painted with botanical motifs and punctuated by coloured…

8. Hamam Museum

0.34 MILES

This late 16th-century bathhouse has been attractively restored with whitewashed interiors, bilingual panels explaining hammam (Turkish bath) culture and…