Thursday, October 27, 2011

SARAJEVO – MOSTAR TRIP (18.-20.2011)!



SARAJEVO – MOSTAR
18.- 20. November 2011

Welcome to west part of Balkan Peninsula, region reach in natural resources, cultural heritage and history. Bosnia and Herzegovina was ruled by Otoman Empire for 500 years. Under Austrian empire the 1st world war started with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo (1914). We will visit capitol city of Sarajevo (Olympic city in 1984) and famous Mostar city in the valley of river Neretva.

Itinerary

1st day, Friday, 18.11.2011.: Portorož-Koper-Sarajevo

Departure from main bus station of Portorose at 3:00 am and departure from bus station in Koper (at the market place) at 3:15 am. We will drive through city of Novo Mesto (SI), Zagreb (CRO) and Slavonski brod (CRO). We will arrive at Sarajevo in the afternoon. Upon arrival in Sarajevo we will enjoy guided panoramic drive. We will see rich architecture, statues and monuments from different historic periods and important buildings such as Old Town, Markale Market, Skenderija, Building of Presidency of FBH, Olympic  sites: stadium  Kosevo  and sports hall Zetra, Parliament, National Museum, Marshal Tito Barracks – Campus of University of Sarajevo, Sniper Alley, Building of RTV, Ali-pasha’s fields, Oslobodjenje – Dnevni avaz, Stup, Ilidza and Butmir. After panoramic drive we will accommodate in the Hotel and depart to the old city centre “Baščaršija”- the hart of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The old city centre is a great culinary experience! You will have an opportunity to eat “čevapčiči” (meat fingers), “burek” (special pie) and a Turkish black coffee with special “ratluk” dessert candy. In the evening we will have a special dinner in the local restaurant (extra payment) where we will experience the spirit of Baščaršija.

2nd day, Saturday, 19.11.2011.: Sarajevo

Breakfast in the hotel and departure to tunnels beneath the airport of Sarajevo – “Tunel Spasa”, (Tunnel of Salvation). In the war years of 1992-1996 the tunnel was the only connection with the world and an important logistic rout for the inhabitants of Sarajevo. We will have a presentation of the modern history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the presentation we will continue to the outskirts of Sarajevo – the spring of river Bosna and enjoy free  time for lunch. After lunch we will have a guided tour of other famous sites of Sarajevo (Gazi Husrev-begov mosk, catholic church, Sefardsko mahalo and Sinagog, House of Svrzia, Princip bridge, Vijećnica library, House of Inat, Sebilj, Morića han, etc. In the evening we will enjoy night life of Sarajevo in the local discotheque (additional payment).

3rd day, Sunday, 20.11.2011

Breakfast in the Hotel and departure to Mostar (city of sun). On the way there we will stop in town of Jablanica (memorial of battle for Neretva in 2nd world war). We will visit UNESCO protected bridge of Mostar (famous bridge which has unique architecture features and was destroyed in the Yugoslavian war and then rebuilt with old mason techniques), Turkish house and the mosque Tabačica. After free time for lunch we will depart back to Slovenia (arrival in late night hours).


PRICE
International students of UP Faculty of Tourism Studies Portorose: 82,50 EUR*
International students of University of Primorska: 125 EUR

PRICE INCLUDES
·         Bus transfer, 2x B&B, local tour guide, entrance to Tunel Spasa

IMPORTANT!!!
·         All international students have to have valid health insurance for Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and a valid ID!
·         In case of cancelling the participation there is an organizational fee of 4,28% of the price of the trip (3,53 EUR  or 5,35 EUR).

ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS
15 EUR for organized evenings which include:
·         Friday; Pub of Sarajevo (live music, snacks, discounted prices, transfer)
·         Saturday; entrance fee in the “Basement” discotheque, discounted prices of cocktails
·         Animation program of BTK crew

PAYMENT
You can pay from 7.11.2011 till 11.11.2011 in the student council office (105, first floor next to the computer room), from 11:00 till 14:00.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For questions please refer to ekskurzije.turistica@gmail.com


*Student council of UP FTS is covering the transport costs



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