Mostar, for the most part is the tourist magnet for Bosnia and Herzegovina with its Old Town containing the famous Old Bridge. It is also located just a few hours from Dubrovnik and Split making it the perfect cruise ship excursion. It is therefore worth a look at sites such as CruiseMapper to decide what day would be best to visit, especially as some of the streets are narrow enough without hoards of tourists.
Mostar train station is located approximately 20 minutes from the centre. As you head towards the Old Town, the streets become pedestrianised with a mixture of smooth and not so smooth cobbles (just to balance each other out!) lined with restaurants…
It is then that the beginning of the Old Town comes into view. Now, one understands that cobbles are kept for authenticity, however, simply look at the below photo, for a tourist hotspot, are wheelchair users expected to roll around without any issues?
Unlike many Old Towns, the majority of cobbles are raised making for plenty of opportunities to get stuck in a wheelchair, especially in a manual chair with small wheels! Luckily, the Old Town is relatively small and in a horse shoe shape hence it doesn’t take too long to reach the famous Old Bridge. Although reconstructed in 2004 after the Bosnian War, the surface just doesn’t work for wheelchair users as you can see from the bottom of this photo…
Indeed, there was nothing for it but to physically walk up and carry the manual wheelchair, spectacular views from the top however…
As there are limited things to do in Mostar other than the Old Town and various museums, one researched things slightly outside of town and discovered the Fortica area situated high atop of a hill/mountain overlooking Mostar. Although the area contains a series of ruins, a glass walkway has been constructed jutting out from the cliff, definitely ones kind of thing! As per yesterday, we hailed down a conventional taxi and the driver agreed to wait for us at Fortica.
After twisting and turning around hairpin bends, we reached the main car park containing a restaurant and viewpoint, both of which are accessible…
To gain access to the glass walkway, it is necessary to walk down several flights of stairs, however, with the amount of exercise one is doing on this trip, a few more steps couldn’t hurt! Definitely worth it…
Although said walkway was opened in 2020, little can be said about the upkeep of the thing, several panels may need replacing soon?
Unfortunately, after this, the predicted stormy weather set in making it difficult to wander around without getting drenched. There are a few accessible museums to keep one occupied or various restaurants if that is your thing.
Tomorrow, one concludes this Bosnian adventure by flying back to Heathrow!