Bosnia and Herzegovina · Storytelling Tours

4-Hour Siege of Sarajevo Tour with Tunnel of Hope Museum

4 Hours Round trip from Sarajevo Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Explore the Graveyard on the Olympic Stadium, the resting place of siege victims
02 Discover the Tunnel of Hope Museum, a crucial lifeline during the Bosnian War
03 Walk along Vrbanja Bridge, a site of historical significance during the Siege of Sarajevo
04 Visit the Historical Museum, home to more than 400,000 artifacts

Learn about the Siege of Sarajevo, the siege of Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital and one of the longest sieges of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. During the siege, it lasted a year longer than the siege of Leningrad in WW2, while 11,000 civilians were killed or went missing and about 1,500 children were killed. This tour offers insight into one of the most devastating chapters in Sarajevo's modern history through key sites connected to the conflict.

Learn about the Siege of Sarajevo, the siege of Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital and one of the longest sieges of a capital city in the history of modern warfare.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access No

City Sarajevo

Languages Croatian, English, Serbian, Turkish

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Siege of Sarajevo Highlights

Visit the following sites:

Graveyard on the Olympic Stadium; right outside the Kosevo Stadium, a soccer field became a graveyard to bury some of the 10,000 people who died in the Siege of Sarajevo.
Tunnel of Hope Museum, constructed between March and June 1993 during the Siege of Sarajevo in the midst of the Bosnian War.
Vrbanja Bridge, a bridge across the Miljacka River in Sarajevo.
Historical Museum, founded on 13 November 1945, holds more than 400,000 historical artifacts.