A city which “wakes up with light for centuries”
The city of Mostar is the cultural, political and financial centre of Herzegovina. Already with the first encounter with this beautiful city, you will feel its diversity which makes it so special. Its charm rests in its streets interwoven with the spirit of many different civilizations which have dwelled here, the spirit felt in its numerous young and hospitable people and its architecture. This university centre of the region has always been and has remained the city of bridges and the city of youth.
Ivo Andric, world famous Nobel Prize winner once wrote: “When you spend a night in Mostar, it is not the sound that wakes you up in the morning, but – the Iight”. Mostar is the city of flowers and greenery, famous for its blossorn. celebrated so many times by poets and poems, flowering sometimes as early as February and creating a strikingly beautiful and dreamy image that can offer only inspiration. Mostar has a very particular and pleasant Mediterranean climate that can be rarely found elsewhere. It lies at a distance of only 60 km from the Adriatic Sea.
In the city itself and in its vicinity there are many unique locations with historical and cultural treasures the most prominent beaning the Old Bridge, made some and dating back to the Middle Ages , which joins the left and the right bank of the Herzegovinian pearl – the river Neretva. There is some historical evidence testifying to the fact that life has continued in this region since pre-historic times. The oldest written document mentioning Mostar dates back to the 15th century.
As a city, Mostar has a complete urban infrastructure, road and railway transport and a modern airport. A number of beautiful parks, sports terrains, museums, galleries and clubs make it an ideal place for living offering people positive excitement that stays in their memory for long time.
