Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Bradt Travel Guide

by Tim Clancy

Book Overview

Continuing Bradt's focus on the newest nations of Eastern Europe, this is a detailed travel guide to the ex-Yugoslavian country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, now fully recovered from its years of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841621617
• ISBN13: 9781841621616
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource for an off-the-beaten-track location

It is unfortunate that so few guides to BiH exist, but thankfully the Bradt guide is excellent enough to stand on its own. I lived in BiH for two years, and every expat I know had a copy of this book to help organize travel in the region. The historical overview and explanations of important customs are wonderful additions that help give travelers an inside look into Bosnian culture. Given that BiH is still recovering from the war in the 1990s, it can be extremely hard to plan a trip there without some inside knowledge; this guidebook provides that inside advantage to travelers who don't live in BiH or speak the language. An excellent addition to any travel library, this Bradt guide is a must-have for anyone planning to travel to BiH!

Bradt Guide: Clancy, T. (2007). Bosnia & Herzegovina (2nd ed.)

Very comprehensive guide book with a succint and fair hihstorical presentation. The author maintaind neutrality while carefully presented Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian views of the wars started in 1992 that ravaged the country. However, it is inexcusable to still have (in the second edition published in 2007!) "Yugoslavia consiting of Serbia and Montenegro" (p.37). Furthermore, stating that "for all practical purposes, Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian languages are one and the same" (p.47) is either ignorant or preposterous and should be taken out of this, otherwise, well researched and presented book. Several outstanding details testify to the author's understanding of the local customs: on p. 89 the description of the workings in the post office is hillarious. The culture of coffee and the special way to drink coffee in Bosnia is described on page 81. Interestingly enough, the author had arbitrarily divided the country in six parts and dedicated one chapter to each, covering most of the interesting places, places to stay, and places to eat. I did expect a bit more about the town Pocitelj (p.176) which the Index erroneously locatesd on p. 177. Same for the town Radimlja, p. 179, shown in the Index on p.180. The map in the front calls Vetrjenica Caves, but in the text on p. 181 it is correctly spelled Vjetrenica! Overall, an indispensable guide book for anyone contemplating to travel to these lands.

Excellent Buy !!!

This is an excellent book. Very well written and inspiring and funny. Bought a copy for myself adn loced it so i had to purchase another copy to give to a friend as a gift. Would highly recomend it. !

Extremely useful

I made two trips to Bosnia and both times referred frequently to this book. Mr. Clancy provides a great mix of history, geography, tourist and cultural information. His love for this country and its people illuminate every chapter. I recommend this book to everyone who wants to learn more about Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina : The Bradt Travel Guide (Bradt Travel Guide)

Well researched and impartial guide to a beautiful place with an incredibly turbulent history. Very insightful and honest. BiH's tourism infrastructure may not be the well oiled machine that your find in other European destinations - but that just increases the joys of travelling the paths less travelled and very soon, this too will change. I would have appreciated more information on travel times between towns/cities. For a first time traveller to the region, this book has proven invaluable. Overall: 4.5 stars!