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Mostar main tourist attractions

Located on the bank of the Neretva River, Mostar is the administrative center of Herzegovina canton and the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The historic town of Mostar is the most beautiful town in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the Old Bridge Area and Mostar’s old town were proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Old bridge in Mostar

Old Bridge in Mostar

Mostar is a bilingual town, divided by the Neretva River, Croats live on the western part of the Neretva and Muslims on the eastern side.

Mostar historic town attractions

The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th century as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries. Read the rest of this entry »