My First Impressions of Mostar, Bosnia & Hercegovina

For starters, Mostar can only be reached by land by international tourists, either coming from the capital in Sarajevo or from Dubrovnik in Croatia and sometimes Split as well. Although a large number of tourists from Croatia coming to Mostar are day trippers from Dubrovnik (of the cruise ship package trips).

The Neretva River in Mostar.

So we came from Sarajevo with our rental car to Mostar, our 3rd stop in the Balkan road trip.

Bubbles and I were quite excited because we have seen a lot of pictures about this town. Little did we know that Mostar is a huge city and is the capital of the Hercegovina region.

We were not expecting to see a big city when we arrived in Mostar. It is the 5th largest city in Bosnia & Hercegovina after Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Tuzla and Zenica.

We have romanticized the beautiful pictures of Mostar Old Town thinking that the place is a small charming village with a nostalgic Old Bridge propped on the rocky cliffs with the Neretva River flowing through. Part of that was correct though.

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