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All-in-One Free Tour with Neno & Merima / history, cuisine, culture...

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Excellent (235 ratings)

Sarajevo

Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes

Languages: English

Guru: Neno & Merima

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Registered on 15 February 2020

We are Neno & Merima and we want to share stories of our amazing city and country. In our tours we will show you all the must see sights but also some of the beaten path sights. In each of our tour we also infuse our personal stories ans experiences. Our motto is: Come as guests and leave as friends :) Our tours are listed in Lonely Planet guidebook and highly recommended by TripAdvisor community with certificates of excellence and more than 800 excellent 5 stars reviews. More about us :) Neno I'm 38 years old, born and raised in Sarajevo. I have a degree in political sciences, so history and politics are my passion. As a young boy, I also experienced the siege of the city so I decided to share my stories and to tell my guests more about the recent war. But I will show you more than that. For me the history of my country and city is more than just the recent war. In free time I also like to travel and so far I visited 40+ countries. Merima Im 38 years old. I have degree in fine arts. Im very interested in culture and history. In free time passionate painter. Im happy to share my experiences and the stories from Sarajevo, old and recent ones. I cant wait to meet you.

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

In 2 hours small group tour we cover Sarajevo's 500-year-old history from the Ottoman Empire, to Austro Hungarian times, continuing to the period of Yugoslavia, then the 92 -95 war to present times. If you want to see some must-see sights in the city center like Latin bridge and to hear the WWI assassination story but also some off the beaten path sights like the ugliest building in the city, then this tour is for you. We will talk about the life in the past but also about life today in Sarajevo. We cover many iconic landmarks on this tour and the ITINERARY will include:

- Serbian orthodox cathedral
- Ashkenazi synagogue
- Latin bridge and WWI Franz Ferdinand assassination
- Bascarsija ( Old market from Ottoman times)
-Morica han ( Ottoman hotel)
-Emperor mosque
-Hotel Europe
-City hall
-Spite house
-Papagajka ( ugliest building in the city)
-Food recommendations, local customs and traditions...

We are looking forward to showing you around our beautiful city and taking you off the beaten path to see a local's perspective and get the most out of your trip to Sarajevo.

For any other info about the tour etc feel free to contact us :)
Above this description click on "GURU: Neno & Merima" and you will find contact form.

Please come to the meeting point 5-10 min before the start of the tour. Don't be late for the the tour. We will wait participants at the meeting point maximum 5 min after the scheduled start of the tour!

We require a valid phone number to verify your reservation (Whatsapp, Viber,SMS,Call) This helps to prevent fraudulent bookings. Providing a fake phone number may result in the cancellation of your bookingl

If you decide not to participate please cancel your tour on time.

Thank you :)

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Pozorišni trg - Susan Sontag, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina

National theater square also known as Pozorisni trg - Susan Sontag. Guide will be at square side of the National theatre (Narodno pozoriste). DONT WAIT at the river side! Guide will hold A4 size blue foot print logo. If its busy on the square ( some event, manifestation etc) guide will wait on the sidewalk next to square where pharmacy is ( Apoteka)!

Outside visit

Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos

Outside visit

Sarajevska katedrala

Outside visit

Papagajka

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).