Heritage guide · 2–3 hours from Sarajevo
Travnik, the town of the viziers and birthplace of Ivo Andrić, and Jajce, the royal town with a waterfall in its centre and watermills on its lakes.
Bosnia feature
The town of the viziers and a royal town with a waterfall in the middle.
Have coffee by the springs of Plava Voda, climb Travnik’s fortress, then watch the Pliva fall into the Vrbas at Jajce and walk to the watermills.
Read the full back story below, then plan your trip.
The back story
The town of the viziers, where Ivo Andrić was born, and the royal town of Jajce, with a waterfall in the middle of town.
Above the town of viziers
The medieval fortress above Travnik, with views over the old town and the Lašva valley.
Painted walls
Travnik’s mosque with painted façades, above a row of old shops.
Blue water
Cold springs below the fortress, with watermills, bridges and restaurants by the stream.
Where a Nobel laureate was born
The house where Ivo Andrić, Nobel laureate in 1961, was born in 1892, now a small museum.
A waterfall in town
The waterfall of the Pliva, about 20 metres high, right below the old town of Jajce.
The last royal seat
The walled hilltop fortress of the medieval Bosnian kings, above the old town.
Mills on the water
Two lakes upstream of Jajce, with a row of tiny wooden watermills on the stream between them.
A fortress on the Bosna
A small medieval fortress and village on a rock above a bend of the Bosna river.
By the springs
A restaurant by the springs of Plava Voda, for grills, trout and Travnik cheese.
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In the old town
A small hotel and restaurant in Jajce’s old town.
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A long day trip
Buses from Sarajevo to Travnik (about two hours) and Jajce (about three); a car makes it one easy loop.
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