Best Sarajevo Walking Tour | Small Group, Local Guide
Description
Within a single 500-metre radius, Sarajevo's Old Town holds mosques, churches, a synagogue, Ottoman bazaars, and Austro-Hungarian architecture — all still in daily use, all within walking distance of each other. Nowhere else in Europe does that exist. This three-hour walking tour is built to make sense of it — giving first-time visitors the historical and cultural context that turns a beautiful old town into a place they actually understand. Starting at the Latin Bridge — where the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 triggered World War I — the route moves through Baščaršija's old bazaar, along Coppersmith Street, past the Sebilj Fountain, through the Gazi Husrev-Bey Mosque complex, and on to Sarajevo Cathedral and the grand City Hall. You will cross the exact line where the Ottoman East meets the Austro-Hungarian West — one of the most quietly remarkable moments on any walking tour in Europe. Small group, local guide, three hours at a steady pace.
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We will speak about the start of the First World War and its consequences. You will learn about the most important event that happened in modern history in Sarajevo.
On our way from the Latin Bridge, we shall see the Emperor's mosque and Konak Residence. When we arrive at the church we will speak about the importance of St. Francis order in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We will mention as well the Bosnian Kingdom and unique church that was existing there. We will round up our stop there with the explanation about the Sarajevo Brewery.
Sarajevo City Hall is one of the most amazing architectural structures in Sarajevo, but the stories about the City Hall will grab your attention. We will tell the story of its building, destruction, and revival. You will get there as well instructions about the Yellow Fortress and options for exploration of the hills in Sarajevo.
Coppersmith street is one of the last streets which is following the tradition of craftsmanship in Sarajevo. That will be our first destination in the marketplace area where we will explain to you our cuisine, how to drink coffee and where to eat. We will also create an introduction for the Old Town are known as Baščaršija.
Baščaršija is the core of the Old Town and place from where everything started. We will recreate times of the Ottoman Empire, tell you a story about the Caravans and Sebilj Drinking Fountain, and introduce you with our pigeon square.
Caravan-Saray's in Sarajevo was one of the most important objects that influenced trade in during the Ottoman Empire. Learn about what kind of hosts Bosnian people truly are.
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(28)
Very nice city walk with personal memory of the guide and a lot of historical input. It was a lot of fun, time passed incredibly quickly.
Wonderful walking tour around Sarajevo to get to know the history life today advice and recommendations about where to eat what to see lots of general info and I was able to try local Burak and sweets such as locum and baklava and tea..it was a wonderful start for my visit here really helpful and it was more like walking around with a local rather than a guide highly recommended and dont miss this tour.
Thank you so much Suzanne! We are glad to be back and that you are our first guest :D
This tour has not been available for over a year, yet they take bookings and your money. Luckily, they will return your money after you waste your time and money to call them internationally.
We were not operating during that period, but the full refund has been issued to you. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you visit Sarajevo again, I would be happy to offer you a complimentary private walking tour as a gesture of goodwill. Please feel free to contact me at almedin.ux@gmail.com.
Went to location and waited 30 minutes in the rain. No one showed up. Later learned company Viator teamed up with went out of business over a year ago. Wasted an entire evening. Number of other tours with a firm more reliable than Viator that could have taken. Very disappointed and frustrated.
We were not operating during that period, but the full refund has been issued to you. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you visit Sarajevo again, I would be happy to offer you a complimentary private walking tour as a gesture of goodwill. Please feel free to contact me at almedin.ux@gmail.com.
I booked the sunset tour to make the most of a business trip to a city I'd never previously visited. Almedin Memović, the CEO of Tallest Tourguide Tours, personally walked me around his city. Both the booking experience and the meeting instructions were perfectly clear. Almedin is passionate about Sarajevo, his home and a city that everyone thinks that they know a bit about (the assassination that led to WW1, the Winter Olympics, the recent civil wars) but that is, actually, only a small part of the story. This small but fascinating melting-pot of a city has much to see and the sunset tour was perfect for me as I was on a tight programme. Almedin, who seems to know everyone in Sarajevo, takes you off the main touristy routes and shows you streets and workshops that could be in Marakech or Istanbul, as well as more baroque/classically European areas. Almedin is perfect at juding his tourists, and knows precisely the right bar/shop to go to for a rest (and all of the tourist routes). My highlights were the Jewish quarter, where Almedin regaled me with how the religious communities worked together to preserve ancient items that the Nazis were desperate to aquire, the simple, rather modest memorials to the fallen in the infamous siege (one memorial in particular, from 1992, showed, from the names of the victims, how indescriminate war is) and, left to the end, the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. During our tour two things shone through: Almedin's astonishing level of knowledge (he never failed to answer my questions) and his passion for tour guiding. I have done a few of these walking tours, from Berlin to Lisbon and Marackech, and this was, easily, the best. I would also add that Sarajevo is a hidden gem - less publicised than other tourist spots (your Dubrovoniks and Venices, for example!) but a wonderful city with charming, welcoming hosts and stacks of stuff to see. And the Tallest Tourguide company is highly recommended to do help you see it...
Very good tour. Excellent guide Damir. Very knowledgable, flexible and sympathetic. Happy to recommend.
Woohoo, We are glad that you liked it. Recommend Tallest Tour Guide and you will get a pint of beer on us - no joking! Kind regards, Almedin
We almost missed out on this tour because they had planned on cancelling all their tours for the day because of the fog but thank god they didn't cancel because this tour was well worth it. The guide has a vast knowledge of history mixed with his own personal experiences which was great. His food recommendation was probably the best we got on the whole eurotrip.
This was a really fun tour to take on our first night in Sarajevo, that happened to be New Year's Eve. Almedin Memovic ("Tallest Tour Guide") is a lot of fun, he knows very well the story of the shooting which started World War I. He also knows good places to hang out if you need a rest. He showed us the main sites in the Old City and told stories with passion, emphasizing the positive relationship between the Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities.
Dear, Thank you for being great! You were on our last tour in 2019 and it will be remembered with that Proseco on the tour. Thank you so much for the review, ALmedin
My tour guide was Eldar. The tour was very good and at the correct pace for maximum enjoyment. I learned a lot and Eldar was great in showing me the highlights of his city. Thank you Eldar I really appreciate your expertise and your hospitality on the tour.
Dear Mark, We really appreciate this great review you left for us and we are happy you enjoyed the tour! This way of presenting our country to our foreign guests is what we are striving for. We wish you the best of luck in your future adventures travelling around the World. Best Regards, Tallest Tourguide Team
Too bad we did not have more time to make other visits with this agency because the free visit we did with them was awesome. The guide was passionate and exciting
Greetings, Thank you for taking your time to write this great review, we really appreciate it! Best regards, Tallest Tourguide Team
