SARAJEVO - In Your Pocket
SARAJEVO - In Your Pocket
SARAJEVO - In Your Pocket
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By bus<br />
Both of Sarajevo’s bus stations are busy places, especially<br />
the main one near the train station which serves the<br />
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and most international<br />
destinations. If you arrive here you can get a tram (number<br />
1) or bus into the centre or grab a cab for around 5-6 KM.<br />
There is also an ATM here and a few cafés and bars nearby<br />
if the journey has been long, gruelling or both.If you are<br />
coming from or heading to a destination in the Republika<br />
Srpska, Serbia proper or Montenegro you will arrive at or<br />
depart from Lukavica (aka Istochno Sarajevo) bus station in<br />
east Sarajevo. This station is on the fringes of the city and<br />
you can either get a taxi into town (about 25 KM) or a bus<br />
from the local terminal which is about a 200 metre walk from<br />
the station. Cash can be obtained from the machine at the<br />
nearby TOM shopping centre. Signage at this bus station is<br />
predominately in Cyrillic script. If you are getting a taxi to the<br />
bus station make sure your driver knows which one you want<br />
- you can do this by explaining your destination to him.<br />
By car<br />
Sarajevo’s roads are much improved from a few years ago<br />
but this in turn may have contributed to the ever-increasing<br />
volume of traffic. Coming in and out of town is fairly<br />
straightforward with good signposting to the Centar but once<br />
in the heart of town non-local drivers need to contend with<br />
narrow streets, lots of one-way and ‘No Entry’ roads and the<br />
local drivers, who tend to be impatient behind the wheel and<br />
don’t mind using their horn to give a blast to anyone too slow<br />
to respond to a changed traffic signal.<br />
Those used to congested inner-cities won’t find it too much<br />
of a problem but the more hesitant may be best to leave the<br />
car parked at or near their hotel and use public transport,<br />
taxis and foot-power for getting around, all of which are<br />
less stressful and will give you the opportunity to see and<br />
experience a lot more than if you are gripping the wheel<br />
and gritting your teeth. This also gets rid of the problem of<br />
finding somewhere to park in the car-crowded centre. Drivers<br />
are required by law to have their headlights on at all times.<br />
This is mainly for safety reasons and when you enter one of<br />
Bosnia’s long tunnels you’ll be glad it is so. Another safety<br />
factor to bear in mind is that roads can be hazardous during<br />
the winters, with ice, fog and snow providing a challenge<br />
to all but the most experienced of mountainous terrain in<br />
winter drivers.<br />
By plane<br />
Sarajevo airport (<strong>In</strong>ternational Airport Butmir) is small and<br />
rarely too busy, helping it avoid the long baggage, immigration<br />
and customs queues that plague many of Europe’s other<br />
capital city airports. It has the facilities found at most airports<br />
including tourist information and currency exchange, a bar<br />
and cafe, an ATM and a souvenir shop. There is no regular<br />
scheduled bus service to the centre so your best bets are<br />
to either prearrange a transfer through your hotel or grab a<br />
cab - there are usually quite a few lined up outside and the<br />
12km trip will cost about 20-25 KM (€10-12.50). As with all<br />
international airports, it’s not unheard of for taxi drivers to<br />
overcharge for a ride into town, especially if you’re a foreigner<br />
- make sure the metre is switched on before you depart.<br />
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By train<br />
Bosnia’s rail infrastructure was badly damaged during the<br />
war and has yet to return to pre-war levels of operation. Most<br />
international visitors arriving by train will be coming from<br />
Zagreb or Budapest on the daily trains which arrive at 18:30<br />
and 6:25 respectively. There is also a train to and from Ploče<br />
on the southern coast of Croatia which is worth looking into<br />
as the journey, via Mostar, is very scenic. Sarajevo’s train<br />
station is right near the bus station and you can get into the<br />
heart of town via a bus, tram or 5-6 KM taxi ride. There is<br />
no ATM at the station but there is one about 200 metres<br />
away at the bus station - just turn right when you come out<br />
of the station, go around and past the main post office and<br />
the bus station is straight ahead.<br />
Tourist information<br />
S a r a j e v o C i t y<br />
Administration Hamdije<br />
Kreševljakovića 3, tel.<br />
(+387) 33 20 83 40, fax<br />
(+387) 33 20 83 41, grad@<br />
sarajevo.ba, www.sarajevo.<br />
ba, www.sarajevo-tourism.<br />
com. This agency provides<br />
travel-related information on<br />
Sarajevo and its vicinity to domestic and foreign visitors,<br />
as well as to domestic tour operators and their partner<br />
tourist agencies from abroad.<br />
Tourism Community of FB&H Branilaca<br />
Sarajeva, no 21/II, tel. (+387) 33 252 928, fax<br />
(+387) 33 252 901, media@tourism.ba, www.<br />
bhtourism.ba.<br />
Tourist Community for the Sarajevo District<br />
Branilaca Sarajeva 21/IV, tel. (+387) 33 25 02<br />
00/(+387) 33 25 02 02, fax (+387) 33 25 02<br />
04, tour.off@bih.net.ba, www.sarajevo-tourism.<br />
com. <strong>In</strong>fo point (airport): Open: 10-17h, Monday-<br />
Thursday, 12-17h Friday-Sunday QOpen , Mon, Tue,<br />
Wed, Thu 10:00 - 17:00, Fri, Sat, Sun 12:00 - 17:00.<br />
Autumn 2009<br />
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