Tunnel Museum: Bosnian & Yugoslav Wars Tour with War Veteran
5.0
(579)
🕑 4 hours
Free cancellation
Go on an in-depth exploration of the Siege of Sarajevo on this educational tour. Accompanied by a driver-guide, travel in an air-conditioned car or minivan through Sarajevo and learn about the city’s history. Visit the War Tunnel Museum, the abandoned Olympic bobsled track on Trebevic Mountain, a large Jewish cemetery, and the Ottoman-era Old Town, and hear stories about Sarajevo during the siege.
Languages:
English
Italian
📍Velika avlija Laure Papo Bahorete 2, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
🏢Operated by Info Bosnia Tours
Highlights
- ✓Travel comfortably in an air-conditioned car or minivan
- ✓Learn about the Siege of Sarajevo from your driver-guide
- ✓Opt for hotel pickup if you’re staying outside the city center
- ✓Visit the War Tunnel Museum, Old Town, and many other landmarks
What you'll see & do
- ✓The starting point is in front of Info Bosnia Tourist Information Center located on main pedestrian street Ferhadija, just next to “Sarajevo Meeting of Cultures”. After introduction, tour guide will lead the guests to the transportation and tour will start. On the way (25-30 minutes) we make a short introduction to the war theme and show important sites and buildings that later can be seen on the short movie played in War Tunnel Museum (we have noted few sites in description, but there are much more locations that we explain).
- ✓Markale massacres were two separate bombardments carried out by the Army of Republika Srpska targeting civilians during the Siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War.
- ✓The Eternal flame is a memorial to the military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The memorial was dedicated on 6 April 1946, the first anniversary of the liberation of Sarajevo from the four-year-long occupation by Nazi Germany and the fascist Independent State of Croatia.
- ✓"Sniper Alley" was the informal name primarily for streets Zmaja od Bosne Street and Meša Selimović Boulevard, the main boulevard in Sarajevo which during the Bosnian War was lined with snipers' posts, and became infamous as a dangerous place for civilians to traverse. The road connects the industrial part of the city (and further on, Sarajevo Airport and Tunnel o Hope) to the Old Town's cultural and historic sites. The boulevard itself has many high-rise buildings giving sniper shooters extensive fields of fire.
- ✓The museum is a cultural and scientific institution covering a wide range of areas including archaeology, art history, ethnology, geography, history and natural history. The Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated manuscript and the oldest Sephardic Jewish document in the world issued in Barcelona around 1350, containing the traditional Jewish Haggadah, is held at the museum.
- ✓With arrival to the Tunnel Museum, we will explain the position of Museum and famous mark in front of the entrance named "Sarajevo Rose". After seeing the short movie, one-hour long presentation starts that explains fall of Yugoslavia, the war in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and creation and importance of the Tunnel.
- ✓After the Tunnel, we head toward 84 Olympic mountain Trebević, which is the closest mountain to the center of Sarajevo and a first line during the Siege of Sarajevo. At the site, we have the opportunity to see and walk on hotel restaurant "8" and experience the most beautiful panoramic views of Sarajevo which are unfortunately the main positions of the enemy army.
- ✓Just under Trebevic Mountain lies the second largest Jewish cemetery in Europe. The cemetery contains unique shaped tombstones that can only be seen in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is believed their shape is influenced by medieval Bosnian tombstones that are named "Stecak".
- ✓From Jewish cemetery we are heading towards old Ottoman part of the city to visit Yellow Fortresses from which we can see Soldiers cemetery and resting place of first Bosnian president.
What's included
- ✓Hotel pickup (if required by guests who stay out of the Old Town of Sarajevo)
- ✓Transport by air-conditioned car/minivan
- ✓Driver/Guide
What's not included
- ✓Food
- ✓Hotel drop-off
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Specialized infant seats are available
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
🔒 Secure checkout
from
£ 31.00
Tunnel Museum: Bosnian & Yugoslav Wars Tour with War Veteran
5.0
(579)
🕑 4 hours
Free cancellation
Go on an in-depth exploration of the Siege of Sarajevo on this educational tour. Accompanied by a driver-guide, travel in an air-conditioned car or minivan through Sarajevo and learn about the city’s history. Visit the War Tunnel Museum, the abandoned Olympic bobsled track on Trebevic Mountain, a large Jewish cemetery, and the Ottoman-era Old Town, and hear stories about Sarajevo during the siege.
Languages:
English
Italian
📍Velika avlija Laure Papo Bahorete 2, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
🏢Operated by Info Bosnia Tours
Highlights
- ✓Travel comfortably in an air-conditioned car or minivan
- ✓Learn about the Siege of Sarajevo from your driver-guide
- ✓Opt for hotel pickup if you’re staying outside the city center
- ✓Visit the War Tunnel Museum, Old Town, and many other landmarks
What you'll see & do
- ✓The starting point is in front of Info Bosnia Tourist Information Center located on main pedestrian street Ferhadija, just next to “Sarajevo Meeting of Cultures”. After introduction, tour guide will lead the guests to the transportation and tour will start. On the way (25-30 minutes) we make a short introduction to the war theme and show important sites and buildings that later can be seen on the short movie played in War Tunnel Museum (we have noted few sites in description, but there are much more locations that we explain).
- ✓Markale massacres were two separate bombardments carried out by the Army of Republika Srpska targeting civilians during the Siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War.
- ✓The Eternal flame is a memorial to the military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The memorial was dedicated on 6 April 1946, the first anniversary of the liberation of Sarajevo from the four-year-long occupation by Nazi Germany and the fascist Independent State of Croatia.
- ✓"Sniper Alley" was the informal name primarily for streets Zmaja od Bosne Street and Meša Selimović Boulevard, the main boulevard in Sarajevo which during the Bosnian War was lined with snipers' posts, and became infamous as a dangerous place for civilians to traverse. The road connects the industrial part of the city (and further on, Sarajevo Airport and Tunnel o Hope) to the Old Town's cultural and historic sites. The boulevard itself has many high-rise buildings giving sniper shooters extensive fields of fire.
- ✓The museum is a cultural and scientific institution covering a wide range of areas including archaeology, art history, ethnology, geography, history and natural history. The Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated manuscript and the oldest Sephardic Jewish document in the world issued in Barcelona around 1350, containing the traditional Jewish Haggadah, is held at the museum.
- ✓With arrival to the Tunnel Museum, we will explain the position of Museum and famous mark in front of the entrance named "Sarajevo Rose". After seeing the short movie, one-hour long presentation starts that explains fall of Yugoslavia, the war in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and creation and importance of the Tunnel.
- ✓After the Tunnel, we head toward 84 Olympic mountain Trebević, which is the closest mountain to the center of Sarajevo and a first line during the Siege of Sarajevo. At the site, we have the opportunity to see and walk on hotel restaurant "8" and experience the most beautiful panoramic views of Sarajevo which are unfortunately the main positions of the enemy army.
- ✓Just under Trebevic Mountain lies the second largest Jewish cemetery in Europe. The cemetery contains unique shaped tombstones that can only be seen in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is believed their shape is influenced by medieval Bosnian tombstones that are named "Stecak".
- ✓From Jewish cemetery we are heading towards old Ottoman part of the city to visit Yellow Fortresses from which we can see Soldiers cemetery and resting place of first Bosnian president.
What's included
- ✓Hotel pickup (if required by guests who stay out of the Old Town of Sarajevo)
- ✓Transport by air-conditioned car/minivan
- ✓Driver/Guide
What's not included
- ✓Food
- ✓Hotel drop-off
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Specialized infant seats are available
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
🔒 Secure checkout
from
£ 31.00