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CENTRAL  BOSNIA
Land of Kings and Viziers
Central Bosnia has a long and remarkable 
history.  It was the heart of the Bosnian 
kingdom in the early middle ages and became the
cultural, military and political center of the Ottoman
Empire in the earliest years of its conquer of Bosnia
and Herzegovina in the 15th century.  It has been
home to Bosnian Kings and Queens as well 
as Viziers. 
This delicate and fascinating mélange of 
western and eastern cultures marks the true 
character of Central Bosnia. This tiny kingdom, 
with its fortresses perched throughout the lush, 
green rolling hills of this region offers a warm 
and hospitable experience in the heart of Bosnia’s
cultural heritage. 

Travnik
Travnik was revered as the European Istanbul by 
medieval travelers. Tucked below the awe-inspiring peaks 
of Vlasic Mountain this town was renowned for its vital
military and political role in establishing the Ottoman
Empire’s stronghold in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Travnik 
is home of the famous Nobel Laureate Ivo Andric and 
his award winning novel ‘Bridge on the Drina.’  
His home is now a museum, paying tribute to 
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s most heralded writers.  
The town of Travnik is perhaps best known for its 
minaret skyline.  Beautifully designed Ottoman mosques 
are the trademark of this ancient settlement, and 
mark an era of greatness from the Ottoman Era.  
The green rolling hills, fresh mountain water sources, 
and a taste of the old world give Travnik a charm 
that few cities in Bosnia enjoy. Enjoy its simple but tasty
cuisine, its laid back but friendly people, its old but 
impressive architecture.  Enjoy Travnik, the eternal city. 

Mt. Vlasic  
Mt. Vlasic is Central Bosnia’s second highest peak.  
It has long been settled by Dinaric highland shepherd
tribes, who have roamed the lush mountain for many 
millennia. Vlasic is the regions most developed mountain
resort area, with excellent mountain accommodation all
year round.  Vlasic is popular ski centre for locals during
the winter months, with snowboarding and snowmobile
activities to compliment its mini-ski lifts.  It is more
famous, perhaps, for its cheese production. Vlasic Cheese
is sought after commodity throughout the entire region. 
Its rich, organic taste has become a favourite part of
Bosnia’s cuisine – with Vlasic cheese being a vital part 
of the famous Bosnian pastime of ’meza’. Meza is the
tradition of long eating and drinking sessions with friends,
where one makes a whole day of enjoying good food, 
drink and the company of friends.  
The highlands of Vlasic are ideal for hiking, walking,
mountain biking and even for the more extreme sports 
of paragliding and alpine climbing. Don’t miss the 
great taste of mother nature whilst visiting Central Bosnia.
Mt. Vlasic awaits you!

Visoko
It is thought that Visoko is host to the original site of
medieval Bosnian Kingdom.  It was here that the first 
charter from Bosnia, the Kulin Ban charter with
Dubrovnik, was written in the late 12th century. Visoko is
home to more nationally protected monuments that any
other municipality in BiH. Visoki, the ruins of the ancient 
fortress on top of Visocica Hill hovering over the town 
of Visoko was, until recently, believed to be the only 
heritage site on this hill.  
The recent discovery of what is thought to be the first
European Pyramids has put Visoko on the world map 
practically overnight. The ancient town of Visoki is 
apparently built on top of one of three pyramids that are
older than the pyramids of Giza!! The earth shattering
news has shed new light on European history on a 
whole, and is bound to make this famous trading and
handicrafts settlement one of the greatest attractions 
in all of Europe.  

Kraljeva 
Sutjeska
Kraljeva Sutjeska is one of the oldest medieval settlements 
in BiH. This remote, mainly Catholic village, is where the
last Bosnian Queen, Katarina was based before the
Ottoman invasion in 1463. The traditions from that era,
however, have been carefully preserved. The Franciscan
Monastery hosts some of the oldest library and relict
collections in the entire region. The ancient fortress of
Bobovac, well hidden in the thickly forested hills along 
the Bukovica River, is a national heritage site.  
It is also home to one of the few remaining original
Ottoman-era style homes, with the core of the ancient 
village preserved in its original form.  
This quaint area is an excellent place to discover the secret
wonders of the old life here. Kraljeva Sutjeska is an
authentic opportunity to mix and mingle with the locals,
try the delicious traditional foods and drinks, and walk
through the magical forest and hillside that leads to
Bobovac fortress. It’s the perfect place for a quiet and 
relaxing break with friends or family – and we recommend
you stay in the many B&B’s located in the village itself.
Kraljeva Sutjeska, an authentic taste of Bosnia’s 
Christian heritage.  

Vranduk
Vranduk settlement is unique due to its fascinating 
geographic location. The town was strategically built 
on a peninsula like strip of land that veers out from the
mountain side along the River Bosna. Vranduk was the
gateway of the Bosnian Kingdom towards Hungarian 
controlled northern Bosnian. Its strategic significance made
it an important settlement in the early and mid medieval
period. After the Ottomans conquered most of Bosnia by 
the 16th century, it flourished as a small trading settlement
between Central and Northern Bosnia.
Today Vranduk remains a tiny gateway community. 
The core of the town is the Vranduk Castle, which has 
been fully restored and is one of the greatest tourism 
attractions in the Zenica-Doboj Canton. There are fun 
arts and crafts workshops for children, as well as 
opportunities to see how the local women hand craft
traditional carpets, socks and wool jumpers. The quiet
atmosphere is ideal for a day trip with the family and one
can picnic in the castle grounds. There are café and a small
restaurant facility on the premises and the walk around the
Vranduk is highly+ recommended! Vranduk Castle, the
gateway between east and west.  

Prusac
Many hundreds of years ago a horrible drought 
wrought the area of Prusac. Crops were failing and
people feared starvation.  It is said that an old man, 
Dedo Avaz – a respected and highly religious man, took
to the hills to pray for water. After forty days of solid 
praying there was a massive split in the rock were 
he was perched. From the split came a gush of water, 
and that water source saved the village of Prusac from 
the drought.  Since then Prusac has become the largest
Muslim pilgrimage in Europe. It is visited by hundreds 
of thousands of pilgrims each year.  
That’s not all Prusac has to offer though. Prusac is 
located high on the hilltops in remote Central Bosnia.
Surrounded by thick forest the townspeople have a long 
tradition of carpentry and woodwork. Local handicrafts
from this region are of exceptionally high quality, 
both in wood crafts and wool. Many of the workshops 
are open for visits as well as the old watch tower, the
ancient ruins of the medieval fortress, and the many
mosques that dot the hillside. The pilgrimage site can 
be reached by vehicle but the walk through the forest in both
inspirational and exhilarating. Prusac is not only 
a holy site, but soul food for nature lovers as well!
ACCOMMODATION
Travnik
Hotel Lipa: Bosanska bb, 511 - 604
22 rooms (44 beds) / 10 apartments (30 beds); (42 KM per room)
Pansion Onix: itarnica(board and lodging & restaurant; single bedroom 35 KM;
double bedroom 60 KM) 7 rooms (20 beds): 032 512 182; 
Motel Konzul:  Pirota; 514-295
7 rooms (14 beds) / 1 apartment (3 beds); (single bedroom 52 KM)
Hotel Aba:  Šumece 169; 032 511-462
6 rooms (9 beds) / 1 apartment (75 KM)
Motel Bajra: Dolac on Lašva; 032 516-110; 15 rooms (34 beds; 40 KM per person)
Hotel Bosna; Donje Puticevo bb; 030/708-150; 707-777; 
(single bedroom 48 KM; double bedroom 86 KM)
Vlasic
Pahuljica; Šišava bb, Babanovac; phone: 030 54 00 22; fax: 030 54 00 21
e mail: info@pahuljica.com; www.pahuljica.com; 80 beds (75 KM per person)
Vlašic; Babanovac; phone: 030/540-690; 030/540-691; hotelvlasic@bih.net.ba
26 rooms (16 double rooms - 7 three-bed rooms - 3 suites)
Hotel Babanovac; Babanovac; 061/537 008
24 beds (42 KM per person)
Kelly; Babanovac; 061/140-781
26 beds (40 KM per person)
Villa Ugar; Babanovac; phone: 030/540-140; 061/143-399
info@villaugar.com; (55 KM for single room and 83 KM for double room)
Oaza boarding house
061 770 962 / 061 181 000
Libertas boarding house; Babanovac; mobile: +387 61 797 993, +387 63 333 829;
www.libertas.co.ba
"Karaula" Ski Club Hut; Babanovac; phone: 535 809; mobile: 061 154 543
Youth lodging (60 beds; 35 KM for grown-ups; 30 KM for children)
VISOKO
Motel San Remo Location : Motel San Remo is located in the center of Visoko.
address: Donja Mahala 7, Visoko; tel: +387 (0) 32 738 651 languages : 
English. Rates: single with breakfast : 50 KM, Apartment 1/2 with breakfast : 120 KM 
Pansion Bon Deno Location : The pansion is located along the old regional road Visoko
Kakanj, 3 kilometers north from Visoko and 13 kilometers away from Kakanj. address:
Zimca 1, Visoko. tel: +387 (0) 32 742 544, (0) 61 793 096 languages :  English
rates: Single with breakfast : 50 KM, Double 1/2 with breakfast : 100 KM 
Pansion La Pam Location : The pansion is located along the old regional road Visoko
Kakanj, 3,5 kilometers north from Visoko and 12,5 kilometers away from Kakanj.
address: Donje Mostre bb,Visoko. e-mail : lapam@bih.net.ba, tel: +387 (0) 32 740 180,
(0) 32 740 179 languages : English, rates: Single with breakfast : 35 KM, Double 1/2 with
breakfast : 55 KM 
Pansion Musinbegovic Location : The pansion is located along the old regional road
Visoko Kakanj, 3 kilometers north from Visoko and 13 kilometers away from Kakanj.
address:Zimca bb, Visoko tel: Medzid Hadzimehmedagic +387 (0) 61 691 139, lan-
guages : English, rates: Single with breakfast : 35 KM, Double 1/2 with breakfast : 45 KM 
Kraljeva Sutjeska
Hotel Premium Location : The Hotel is located in the center of Kakanj town, about 30 kilo-
meters from Zenica and 12 kilometers from Kraljeva Sutjeska. address: Zeljeznicka bb
Kakanj. tel: +387 (0) 32 771 900, web : http://www.premium.co.ba, e-mail :  premi-
umh@bih.net.ba, languages : English, rates: single with breakfast : 55 KM
Double with breakfast : 90 KM 
Motel Tiron Location : The Motel is located on the road M-17, Sarajevo-Zenica, about 1
kilometer from the center of Kakanj town, 30 kilometers from Zenica and 12 kilometers
from Kraljeva Sutjeska. address: 311. brdske brigade bb Kakanj tel: +387 (0)32 557 280
e-mail : motel.tiron@bih.net.ba, languages : English, rates: single with breakfast : 50 KM,
Double with breakfast : 80 KM 
Pansion Kameni dvorac Location :  The Pansion is located on the road M-17 Sarajevo-
Zenica, about 30 km from Zenica and 12 kilometers from Kraljeva Sutjeska. address:
Catici bb Kakanj,  tel: +387 (0) 32 775 144 languages: German, rates: Single with break-
fast : 50 KM, Double with breakfast : 80 KM
PRUSAC
Hotel Vrbas Location : The new facility is located in the centre of Donji Vakuf town, about
12 kilometers from Bugojno and 6 kilometers from Prusac. Address: Trg Ibrahim-bega
Malkoca 1, Donji Vakuf;  Phone : +387 (0)30 204 130; E-mail hotelvrbas@bih.net.ba;
Languages : English, German; rates: single with breakfast :39KM, Apartments 1/3:94 KM 
VRANDUK/ZENICA
Dom Penzionera 1 Zenicke brigade1d; tel: +387 32 419 424; fax: +387 32 414 488. 
Hotel Internacional Bulevar Kulina Bana 28; tel: +387 32 401 888; fax: +387 32 416
944.  The Internacional is the best of three socialist era hotels on Bulevar Kulina Bana.  
e-mail : zelezara@miz.ba, web : http://www.zeljezara.ba/internacional.html
languages :  English, German
Apartmani Fontana Zacarina 17, Zenica; tel: 032 403 309; 
email: restoran_fontana@yahoo.com; e-mail : fontana@zenica.ba, 
web : http://www.zenica.ba/fontana,  location : The Pansion is located in the centre of
Zenica town. Offers bed and breakfast accommodation. rates: Single with breakfast :
70 KM, Apartments 1/2 : 150 KM. 
Motel Almy Address: Vranducka bb, Zenica tel : +387 (0)32 446 070
e-mail : motel@almy.ba, web : http://www.almy.ba  location : The Motel is located at the
northern entry of Zenica, on the regional road M-17 from Doboj direction, about 2 kilo-
meters from center of the town. languages : English, rates: Single with breakfast : 62 KM,
Apartments 1/3 : 150 KM. 
Pansion Bistricak Address: Bistricak 15a, Zenica tel : +387 (0) 32 678 584
e-mail : zelezara@miz.ba, web : http://www.zeljezara.ba/bistricak.html
location : The Pansion is located on the picnic place Bistricak.. languages : English, rates:
Single with breakfast : 23 KM, Double with breakfast : 36 KM 
TOURIST INFORMATION
REGIONAL TOURISM OFFICES:
Tourism Office of Tourism Association of Zenica - Doboj Canton. tel: + 387 32 441 050;
e-mail: turzedok@bih.net.ba ; web site: www.turizam-zdk.net. 
The Tourism office is located in Marsala Tita street on number 73, in the premises of
department store Bosanka
Tourist Information Centre - Central Bosnia Canton
72270 Travnik, Bosanska 75 (opposite to the Tower Clock and Haji Alibey mosque)
phone/ fax: 030 511 588,   e-mail: tzsbk@bih.net.ba ; Work hours: Monday - Friday 08 -
16 hours. Staff members speak English and German language.
Travnik 
Town Museum of Travnik: Mehmed-paše kukavice 1; Phone - fax: 518 140; e-mail :
zmt99@bih.net.ba
Memorial Museum - The birth house of Ivo Andric; Zenjak 13; Contact telephone num-
ber of the curator: 061 479 607
VISOKO 
Visoko Town Museum Ulica Jalija, across from the municipality building just opposite
where the Fojnica River flows into the Bosna River. 
Green Visions, Radnicka bb, 71000 Sarajevo.  tel: +387 33 717 290, email:
sarajevo@greenvisions.ba, web: www.greenvisions.ba . Guided cultural and nature tours,
including the pyramid.
KRALJEVA SUTJESKA
Tourist Information Office desk Kraljeva Sutjeska is located in Kraljice Katarine street nr
7, at the Bus Station. There are clearly signs leading you to the info desk. tel: + 387 32
552 160, fax: +387 32 552 161, e-mail: kontakt@visit-ks.info, web: www.kraljeva-sut-
jeska.com. The staff speaks English and German.
Tourist Agency 'Katarina', Kraljica Katarine St., 72244 Kraljeva Sutjeska. tel: 032 779
091, mobile 061433 470, email: ivanb91@bih.net.ba,  www.turist-katarina.vze.com.  
Green Visions, Radnicka bb, 71000 Sarajevo.  tel: +387 33 717 290, email:
sarajevo@greenvisions.ba, web: www.greenvisions.ba . 
VRANDUK
Bisstours Address: Nikole Tesle 4, Zenica  tel : +387 (0)32 246 306
e-mail : bbabic@bih.net.ba, web : http://www.biss-tours.com.ba
Century tours Address: Stjepana Radica 4, Zenica tel : +387 (0)32 444 600
e-mail : centurytours@gmail.com, web : http://www.centurytoursdoo.com
Extreme sports club Scorpio Address:Nurije Pozderca 11, Zenica; phone : +387 32 410
417 e-mail : clubscorpio2004@yahoo.com web : http://www.scorpio.ba



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