You’ll find a bargain if you’re prepared to haggle
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2pm
Have lunch at Tima Irma – a tiny family-run restaurant on a backstreet near Stari Most. The inexpensive food is high quality, and, unlike many Mostar restaurants, there is plenty of choice for vegetarians, including the huge soft-cheese salad. Meat-eaters should try the classic ćevapi – a type of skinless sausage – while everyone should feast on the warm flat bread.
4pm
If you aren’t staying at Muslibegović House, make sure you visit the small complex – one of the most significant examples of residential architecture in the country’s Ottoman period. Explore the 19th-century exhibits, from the house’s extension, and pause for a friendly chat with the current owners, who still live in several rooms of the house.
6pm
Stop off for a coffee at outdoor Koski Basta Caffe, and take in the views of the Stari Most and the river. Join the locals in having a Turkish coffee with a sweet treat – Turkish delights and pancakes are on offer – before heading next door to the Koski Mehmed Pasa Mosque. After climbing 89 steps to the top, and paying a small entrance fee, you are awarded with the sweeping 360-degree views of the old city. If you time it well, you can see the city at sunset, and take photos from inside the 17th-century courtyard.
Koski Mehmed Pasa Mosque
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8pm
Treat yourself to a long dinner at Hindin Han, an historic mill-cottage building looking out onto the river and surrounding countryside. Enjoy the unusual décor, while eating the traditional cuisine. Opt for the seafood, particularly local river trout. While away the evening looking out onto the river, trying out the different types of baklava for dessert.
Day two
10am
Take a taxi to the small village of Blagaj, just 15 minutes away. There you can wander the streets and shops of the tiny village, before reaching the spectacular Blagaj Monastery looking out onto a pool at the bottom of a cliff. With its romantic wooden architecture, it is worth spending some time wandering the Dervish monastery and taking in the atmosphere. Afterwards, take a short boat ride on the pool, which is the source of the river Buna, and try a taste of the pure water.
Blagaj Monastery
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1pm
For lunch, head to Restoran Vrelo, right next door to the monastery. It serves simple grilled seafood and salads.
3pm
Go back to Stari Most for one last photo, and have coffee and dessert at Lagero café. If you’re lucky, you’ll see brave locals stripping off to dive from the bridge, in a five-century old tradition, training for the annual July competition.
Every July locals dive from the city’s bridge
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City checklist
1. Taxis are cheap but most sights are walking distance, so don’t feel pressured to order one when the most you’ll have to walk is about 30 minutes.
2. Market prices start high. Make sure you haggle and never pay more than half the first suggested price.
3. The tourist office is at 39 Onešćukova (+387 61 561 451), just seconds from the Old Bridge, and is open till 8pm.
Top tip
The official currency is the Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (BAM), but almost everyone accepts euros.
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