Morica Han: "Han-ging out for a coffee" Top 5 Page for this destination Sarajevo Restaurant Tip by TheWanderingCamel

Morica Han is much more than just a coffee stop - it's an historic part of old Sarjevo. Han is the local word for a caravanserai and Sarajevo, like all Ottoman cities, once had several. Morica Han is the best preserved. Like so many of the city's buildings, it was built in the mid-16th century with funds provided by Gazi Huzrev Beg but is known by the name of Mustafa Moric, who managed the han at one time.

Once the large courtyard would have been a bustling place, full of travellers and their animals, the ground floor around the court set up for trading, the upper floor providing rooms for the night for traders and travellers. The carpet and textile shop in the corner gives a hint of the trading that was carried out here but the donkeys and camels and bales of goods that would have filled the central space have long since been replaced with the chairs and tables of modern cafes and the noise (and the smells) of the past have given way to the sounds of friends talking and laughing, the aroma of coffee and the scent of apple smoke from the odd nargileh.

Address: Sarica 77
Comparison: least expensive
Price: less than US$10
Rating: 4
Theme: Local