We drove from Makarska, Croatia to Mostar in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Traffic was not heavy and the views were quite spectacular as we climbed the mountain road towards the border. The scenery changed into beautiful and peaceful landscape of farms and small villages.
The
historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed
in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the
Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The
historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed
in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the
Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The city of Mostar is situated in a beautiful valley bedded between high mountains of Herzegovina. What makes this city known is it’s famous bridge. The Old Bridge was built by the Ottoman empire in 1565. The Old Bridge has been rebuilt (completed in 2004, almost 11 years after its destruction).
In the 1990s conflict, however, most of the historic town and the Old Bridge was destroyed. Flanking the bridge is the old cobbled Ottoman Quarter, a haven for the city’s artists and craftsmen, along with 16th-century mosques, old Turkish houses and endless cafés.
With its
hot summers and mild winters, Mostar is one of Europe’s sunniest cities.Be prepared for Your trip with:
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Visible signs of Mostar's troubled recent history.
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