Mostar Multi-Day Trips Across Herzegovina

November 7, 2026

Mostar rewards an overnight stay. The coach tours from the coast leave by late afternoon, and the city is quieter in the evening and early morning. With two or three nights you can add the best of Herzegovina, and with more you can link Mostar to Sarajevo or the Adriatic. Prices are in convertible marks (KM).

Two nights: Mostar and the classic loop

Day 1: the Old Town. Cross Stari Most, visit the Old Bridge Museum in the Tara Tower (about 10 KM), climb the minaret of the Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque, and look at the Bišćević and Kajtaz houses. Watch the bridge divers in summer.
Day 2: the Herzegovina loop by car or tour: Blagaj and its spring (12 km), the walled town of Počitelj (30 km) and the falls at Kravica (40 km; adults 20 KM all year, under 7 free, parking extra, per kravica.ba ).

Three nights: add Stolac, Čitluk or Međugorje

A third day can go to Radimlja near Stolac, where carved medieval tombstones form part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing, or to the wine cellars around Čitluk on the Herzegovina Wine Route. Brkić, founded in 1979, makes only Žilavka and Blatina. Međugorje, the Catholic pilgrimage village, is about 25 km away on Mostar Bus line 48.

Sarajevo and Mostar by rail

ŽFBH runs two trains a day each way between Sarajevo and Čapljina via Mostar, about 2 hours between the two cities along the Neretva canyon. In the 2026 timetable the trains leave Sarajevo at 07:15 and 16:46. Mostar departure times and fares are not published online, so check zfbh.ba or ask at the station; buses cover the route too. A common plan is two or three nights in Sarajevo, then the morning train south and two nights in Mostar.

A rafting night at Konjic

Konjic, about an hour north, is the rafting base for the upper Neretva. Neretva Rafting runs trips from Glavatičevo, about 18 km of river, from 90 KM. It also sells packages with a night at its camp: rafting with one night and four meals costs 215 KM, and two nights with five meals cost 340 KM (neretvarafting.ba ). The season is May to October. Konjic is also where the Cold War bunker ARK D-0 can be visited on pre-booked guided tours.

On to the coast

Dubrovnik is about 2.5 to 3.5 hours away by road, depending on traffic and the border. It works better as the next stop on a route than as a day trip there and back. Trebinje, in the far southeast of Herzegovina, is another overnight on the way. Cyclists can follow the Ćiro Trail, a bike route on the old narrow-gauge railway between Mostar and Dubrovnik, about 157 km in all.

Where to stay

The Old Town has small heritage hotels, among them Muslibegović House, an Ottoman mansion that is also a National Monument. Compare stays on Booking.com and book early for July and August.

Tips

Herzegovina is hot in summer: start the loop early.
Carry KM cash for entry fees and buses.
A hire car makes the loop easier; tours cover it in one day without one.