Guided Tours in Mostar and Herzegovina

Mostar is small enough to explore alone, but a guide adds a lot here. The city’s story runs from the Ottoman bridge builders to the war of the 1990s, and local guides tell both. Beyond the city, a single day tour can link three sights that are awkward to reach by bus. Prices are in convertible marks (KM) unless a tour is sold in euros.

Old Town walking tours

Several local guides run tip-based walking tours of the Old Town, usually about two and a half hours. Meeting points vary by operator: the square in front of the Hamam Museum and Spanish Square (Španski trg) are common ones, so check the booking page for the day. A typical route covers the Crooked Bridge, Stari Most, the Kujundžiluk bazaar and the Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque. You can book a guided walk on GetYourGuide .

War history walks

Some guides offer a separate walk along the Bulevar and Spanish Square, the front line between 1993 and 1994. These are sober walks about a divided city. The former Ljubljanska Banka building, known as the Sniper Tower, is seen from the street only: its entrance is bricked up and the inside is unsafe. Treat the stop as a place of remembrance.

The Old Bridge Museum

The museum fills the Tara Tower on the east bank, a former Ottoman ammunition store run today by the Museum of Herzegovina (muzejhercegovine.com ). It tells how the bridge was built in 1566, destroyed by shelling on 9 November 1993 and rebuilt with traditional methods for its reopening on 23 July 2004. Below the tower you can see remains of older bridges found during excavations; at the top an observation deck looks over the Old Town. Expect a ticket of about 10 KM and check the hours at the door, as they change with the season.

Herzegovina highlights day tour

The most popular tour from Mostar links three places in one day:

  1. Blagaj: the dervish house (tekke) under a tall cliff at the Buna spring, about 12 km away.
  2. Počitelj: a walled Ottoman hill town above the Neretva, about 30 km south.
  3. Kravica: a horseshoe of waterfalls near Ljubuški, about 40 km away, with a pool for swimming in summer.

Entry fees are usually extra. Kravica charges 20 KM per adult all year and lets children under 7 in free (kravica.ba ). The tekke interior costs about 10 KM, and you need covered shoulders and knees (scarves are lent at the door). Compare day tours on Viator .

Rafting on the upper Neretva

Rafting tours run from Konjic, about an hour north of Mostar, never on the calm stretch in town. Neretva Rafting starts at Glavatičevo and covers about 18 km in three to four hours. Prices start at 90 KM for the basic trip and 120 KM with breakfast and lunch, with wetsuit, helmet, life vest and a licensed skipper included (neretvarafting.ba ). The season is May to October.

Wine tours

Tours to the cellars around Čitluk follow the Herzegovina Wine Route promoted by the cantonal tourist board (vinskacesta.ba ). Expect tastings of Žilavka and Blatina, the two local grapes.

Read more: things to do in Mostar and walking tours of Mostar .