What Sarajevo costs
The Tunnel of Hope, the cable car and two big museums break the bill; the bazaar, the Latin Bridge, the bobsled track and the day ticket save it.
- From the airport
- €2.56 (5 KM), bus
- Tram ride
- €1.12 (2.20 KM)
- Day ticket
- €3.63 (7.10 KM)
Sarajevo is cheap until the fourth ticket desk. A tram ride costs €1.12 (2.20 KM), and the bill breaks only when the Tunnel of Hope, the cable car and two big museums land on the same day. It pays to know what is free and which ticket really earns its price.
Everything per person, in euros. The day is the same basket across the site: a bed, two meals, city transport and admissions.
Where the bill breaks
Sarajevo is a cheap city until the ticket desks begin, and four of them carry most of the bill. The Tunnel of Hope takes cash in marks only, so draw money from a cash machine in town before you head out to Butmir, where entry is €10.23 (20 KM). Anyone who wants the audio guide adds a few marks on top: €1.53 (3 KM).
A return ride on the cable car up to Trebević is €15.34 (30 KM). The National Museum asks adults €10.23 (20 KM). The War Childhood Museum on Logavina comes to €7.67 (15 KM). Together the four add up to 85 KM at the full adult price, which is the figure to plan around, and of the four the Tunnel is the one worth keeping when money is tight. The airport taxi is the other cash bill, since drivers take no cards, and the ride into the centre runs €10–15 (20–30 KM). The airport bus into the old town is a fraction of that, because a single seat is €2.56 (5 KM). A hostel bed completes the picture, and on Hostelworld it is from €10 (dorm bed).
Where to save
The best of the old town costs nothing. Baščaršija, the Latin Bridge and the bobsled track on Trebević have no entry fee, and the track has no fence or guard either, so there is nobody to sell you a ticket. The two combinations are where you can lose money by mistake. The combined cable car and City Hall ticket replaces the two separate tickets, €15.34 (30 KM) and €5.11 (10 KM), but it is valid only on the day you buy it, so put both on the same day. Price: €17.89 (35 KM).
The Museum of Sarajevo sells one joint ticket for its five annexes, and it pays off only if you really see all five, since five single tickets at €2.56 (5 KM) each add up to more than the joint price: €10.23 (20 KM). Two time windows trim the rest of the museum bill. Between 18.00 and 19.00 from Tuesday to Friday the National Museum lets adults in at a lower price, and the War Childhood Museum is free on the last Thursday of the month from 17.00 to 19.00. A day ticket for the trams and trolleybuses pays from the fourth ride, because three single rides at €1.12 (2.20 KM) cost less than the day ticket and four cost more. The day ticket: €3.63 (7.10 KM). Food is where you save most, and the two staples sit at the bottom of the scale. Ćevapi: €4–6 (8–12 KM). Burek: €1.50–3 (3–6 KM).
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Sarajevo off the main path: houses, a bezistan and a bobsled track
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