After several years of waiting and two failed attempts, I finally managed it: I reached the Balkans. Over the course of two weeks, I backpacked across Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia with two friends.
I have a lot to write about after the trip, but while I put metaphorical pen to paper, here are a couple of my favourite shots which show the highlights of the fortnight.
Sets from Game of Thrones filming in Dubrovnik
The sunset from Split’s promenade
Final resting place of Marshall Tito
Zindan Gate at the Kalemegdan Fortress, Belgrade
Inside Diocletian’s Palace in Split
Fountain in the courtyard of Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, Sarajevo
The martyr’s memorial cemetery, Sarajevo
Pigeon Square, Sarajevo
Rooftops in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik from the city walls
Along the Neretva river in Mostar
Live music in the centre of Split
Austro-Hungarian architecture in Sarajevo
Stari Most in Mostar
Kravice waterfalls
The domes of Dubrovnik’s old town
Trinkets in Kazandziluk / Coppersmith Alley, Sarajevo
Remains of the fortress at Počitelj
The Sun Salutation in Zadar, Croatia
A ruined building in Mostar
View over Sarajevo
View of the Adriatic from the island of Šolta
Church of Saint Sava
If this leaves you hungry for more, check out my Balkan posts on instagram here.
Beautiful shots John, can’t wait to read all about your adventures. I can say I’m quite jealous 😉
Thanks Vlad. I am just reading up on your travels in Portugal thinking the same – maybe next year we should just swap holidays?
Being an old fuddy duddy, I don’t do Instagram so I hope you’ll be posting a few articles here as well.
Don’t worry, I will be writing plenty on the trip in the next few weeks/months. You will be sick to death of Bosnia by Christmas, you’ll see…
Awesome you did the Balkans in so short a time..I was ambitious to cover 4 countries but ended up with 2 ( Croatia and Bosnia) then a little bit of Belgium as I had to take the flight from there..cool pictures!
We were a bit stretched for time, really. We only had about a day in Serbia, which was a shame – still it’s definitely a region worth seeing. Which places did you visit?
Spent a couple of days each in: Pula, Dubrovnik, Mostar, Sarajevo..a drive through Zaghreb, and an afternoon on a beach in Rijeka before flying out to Brussels the next day..we spent about 15 days in total which was cool..( only two countries Croatia and Bosnia)…was fun!
Gorgeous. I am very excited to be heading to the Balkans myself in under 2 weeks, though not the same areas as yours 🙂
Lucky you. Where abouts are you headed?
Flying into Belgrade, staying in eastern Croatia, will be doing a circle from Vinkovici to Budapest to Zagreb to Vinkovici, and hopefully hitting up some Croatian castles along the way.
Any recommendations for these spots?