Heritage guide · about 2½–3 hours from Sarajevo
The UNESCO-listed Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, the hero of Ivo Andrić’s The Bridge on the Drina, and Andrićgrad beside it.
Bosnia feature
Eleven arches over a green river, and a Nobel Prize-winning novel.
Walk the bridge at sunset, stand on the kapija where Andrić’s townspeople met, and explore Andrićgrad.
Read the full back story below, then plan your trip.
The back story
Eleven stone arches over a green river, a novel that won the Nobel Prize, and a town built in its honour.
UNESCO World Heritage
The 16th-century bridge over the Drina by Mimar Sinan, the hero of Andrić’s novel, a UNESCO site since 2007.
A town for a novelist
A small stone town built in honour of Ivo Andrić beside the bridge.
Inside Andrićgrad
A hotel inside Andrićgrad, steps from the bridge.
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About 2½–3 hours
By car or bus from Sarajevo, about two and a half to three hours to the east.
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