Best places to run in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A 2067 m Olympic mountain 25 km from Sarajevo with marked ridge hikes to Hranisava and Vlahinja and access to highland shepherd villages.

A riverside village built around a dervish tekke at the foot of a cliff where the Buna spring emerges, with gentle waterside walking.

The only glacial lake in this part of Herzegovina, with emerald water at the foot of Prenj and gentle lakeshore walking and swimming.

Bosnia's third-highest mountain with the iconic Hajdučka vrata stone arch, a tough rocky ascent to a dramatic summit ridge.

A natural stone arch perched at the edge of a 2000 m cliff in the Čvrsnica range, a striking detour on the summit hike.

The hill rising over Mostar with a steep trail to a cross and panoramic views of the city, Neretva valley and surrounding mountains.

A forested Olympic plateau next to Bjelašnica with gentle marked trails and meadows, easy hiking and running close to Sarajevo.

A 1916 m Olympic ski mountain southeast of Sarajevo whose pistes and ridges make for open, breezy summer hiking and running.

Bosnia's highest village at 1469 m perched above the Rakitnica Canyon, the destination of a scenic upland walk past stone houses and pastures.

Bosnia's highest peak at 2386 m, a demanding semi-alpine climb from Prijevor pass with steep rocky sections and huge summit views into Montenegro.

A spectacular complex of stepped waterfalls where the Unac meets the Una, walkable on bridges and paths through the village.

The 16th-century UNESCO bridge over the Drina immortalised by Ivo Andrić, a flat walkable stone span at the heart of Višegrad.

A forested northern national park centred on the Mrakovica WWII memorial, with gentle woodland trails and quiet walking.

Northwest Bosnia's emerald Una River park with riverside trails linking viewpoints, waterfalls and historic sites.

The 2110 m summit of the Vranica range, a long hard hike from Prokoško lake rewarded with panoramic central-Bosnian views.

A rich Mediterranean wetland in the Neretva delta with flat marshland trails for birdwatching, walking and cycling.

A 22 m waterfall in the heart of Jajce where the Pliva drops into the Vrbas, viewed from short walkways below the old town.

Two linked turquoise lakes near Jajce famous for a cluster of tiny wooden watermills, with easy lakeside walking and swimming.

A stepped Ottoman-medieval hill town above the Neretva, climbed on stone stairways past the fort to a tower with valley views.

One of Europe's last primeval forests with trees up to 50 m tall, walkable only on a ranger-led trail down to a viewpoint over Skakavac waterfall.

A wild limestone range often called the Bosnian Himalayas, with sharp peaks and demanding routes between Konjic and Mostar.

A glacial lake at 1636 m in a wide basin under 2000 m peaks, a refreshing swim spot after a hike and a hub for Vranica ridge routes.

Bosnia's tallest waterfall at 98 m inside Skakavac Nature Park, reached on a roughly 10 km forest trail from Nahorevo above Sarajevo.

Mostar's UNESCO Ottoman bridge over the Neretva, the centrepiece of a stone-paved old-town walk between the two river banks.

The largest waterfall of Una National Park, a wide tufa cascade reached on a scenic riverside hike from Kulen Vakuf.

Sarajevo's wooded backyard mountain reached by cable car, with marked forest trails to the 1629 m peak and the abandoned Olympic bobsled track.

A sunny southern town with a walled old quarter, riverside Trebišnjica paths and surrounding hills for cycling and hiking.

A rugged 2088 m massif south of Sarajevo with alpine lakes and exposed ridges, popular with experienced hikers on the Via Dinarica.

A traditional highland village whose trail along Orlovac hill passes seven restored centuries-old watermills, a gentle scenic start to Bjelašnica hikes.

A rugged Herzegovinian massif rising sharply above Mostar, offering demanding rocky ascents with views over the Neretva valley.

A long limestone ridge facing Bjelašnica across the Rakitnica Canyon, with open crest hiking on the Via Dinarica.

A broad central-Bosnian mountain rising to 1943 m at Paljenik, with open highland pastures ideal for long walks and ridge hikes.

A 25 m, 120 m-wide tufa cascade tumbling into an emerald pool in Herzegovina, with an easy loop walk around the falls.

A scenic tufa waterfall on the Krupa stream above the Vrbas canyon, reached on a short walk near Banja Luka.

A high massif reached from Donje Bare through meadows and forest, with a broad summit plateau giving sweeping views over Zelengora and Sutjeska.

A protected spring park at the foot of Igman with wooden boardwalks over crystal-clear waters, an easy flat walk on Sarajevo's edge.

Bosnia's classic hiking mountain, a vast green massif around 2000 m dotted with nine glacial lakes and wildflower meadows linked by long ridge trails.