Bosnia and Herzegovina travel tips

Is Bosnia and Herzegovina safe?

2 guides, each rated 1 to 5 with the reason — and two lists per place, where you are comfortable and where to pay attention. Nowhere is called dangerous; the specific thing is what helps.

4.5 average across 2 guides · Safe

Sarajevo Safe

Comfortable, and the old town is walked late. The 1990s are visible — shell scars, the cemeteries on the hills — and are not a hazard now. Landmines remain in the hills outside the city; stick to marked paths and never step into a taped-off area. Pickpockets on the tram at rush hour.

Comfortable: Baščaršija · Ferhadija · Vratnik · Marijin Dvor

  • the hills outside the city off the marked paths — landmines remain from the 1990s; never cross tape or leave a path
  • the tram at rush hour — pickpockets at the doors
  • taxis at the airport and the station — rounded-up fares; insist on the meter

Mostar Safe

Comfortable and small. The stone of the bridge is polished and steep — it has ridges for a reason, and it is glass in rain. Do not dive from it; the divers train for it. The hills around the town still have mines: marked paths only. Day-trip crowds mean pickpockets on the bridge at noon.

Comfortable: the old town · the bazaar · the river terraces

  • the bridge in rain — polished stone; the ridges are there for a reason
  • the hills around the town — mines remain; marked paths only
  • the bridge at noon — pickpockets in the day-trip crowd

The ratings are this site's own, from the guides' authors and the corrections readers send in; they are not an index. Read the general advice in travel safety tips.

The guides in Bosnia and Herzegovina