"Mostar, the pearl of Herzegovina" a Mostar Travel Page by JLBG

We had never been to Mostar yet, then on our way back home from Albania, we had decided to visit it as a side trip. Mostar is only 110 km from Dubrovnik and 40 km from Neum, the Bosnian city on the coast. This is why that was only a short visit and we have to come back another time, on the occasion of a visit of Bosnia.

We arrived on June 1st at the end of the afternoon and left at 11 AM next morning as we wanted to be towards Rijeka (about 600 km) in the evening.

Everybody knows the name of Mostar. Before 1990, in what was then Yugoslavia, Mostar was one of the tourists’ leading destinations. During the 90’s war, Mostar sadly got another recognition as one of the places, among too many others, where the fights were merciless. The bombing of the old bridge that had given its name to the city was the most striking event.

This period is gladly over.

Minds have been pacified.

Most buildings and the old bridge have been rebuilt.

“Don’t forget!”

That occurred.

That might have occurred anywhere else.

That can occur somewhere else.

Don’t forget!

That must not occur again anywhere!