Sights in Mostar - Croatia and Slovenia - page 677

$ Villa Fortuna is an exceptional value, located in a nondescript urban neighborhood
a few minutes' walk farther away from the Old Bridge. Owners Nela and Mili Bijavica
rent eight tasteful, modern rooms above the main office of Fortuna Tours. The courtyard
in front offers free, secure parking, and in back there's a pleasant garden with a traditional
Herzegovinian garden cottage (Sb-€30, Db-€40, apartment-€80, these prices if you book
direct by email, breakfast-€5, non-smoking, air-con, free Wi-Fi, Rade Bitange 34, tel.
036/580-625, mobile [phone] or 063-299-189, www.villafortuna.ba ,
[e-mail] ). Fortuna Tours can also put you in touch with locals renting
rooms and apartments.
$ Pansion Č ardak, run by Suzana and Nedžad Kasumovi ć , has five straightforward
rooms sharing a kitchen and Internet nook in a stone house set just back from the bustling
Crooked Bridge area (Db-€50-60/€45, higher price is for bigger room or room with terrace,
Tb-€75/€60,Qb-€90/€70,cashonly,breakfastatnearbyrestaurant-€3-4,air-con,freeWi-Fi,
free parking, Jusovina 3, tel. [phone], mobile [phone], www.pansion-cardak.com ,
[e-mail] ).
$ Pansion Nur, run by Fe đ a, a relative of Suzana and Nedžad (above), has four simpler
but cheaper rooms and a shared kitchen (twin Db-€40/€35, Db-€50/€40, Tb-€60/€50, suite-
€70/€60, cash only, no breakfast, air-con, free Wi-Fi, free parking, Jusovina 8b, tel. 036/
580-296, mobile [phone], www.pansion-nur.com , [e-mail] ) .
$ B&B Shangri La fills a gorgeously restored Austro-Hungarian building on a hill
above the Old Town, squeezed between war ruins. The eight rooms come in all different
sizes, but all of them are modern and nicely appointed (Db-€41-58 depending on size
and amenities, breakfast-€6, air-con, free Wi-Fi, free parking, Kalhanska 10, mobile
061-169-362, www.shangrila.com.ba , [e-mail] , Nijaz).
$ Villa Botticelli, overlooking a charming waterfall garden just up the valley from the
Crooked Bridge, has five colorful rooms at affordable prices (Sb-€30, Db-€40, breakfast-
€3, air-con, free Wi-Fi, Muje Bjelavca 6, enter around back along the alley, mobile
063-319-057, www.villabotticelli.com , [e-mail] , Snježana and Zoran).
Eating in Mostar
MostofMostar'stourist-friendlyrestaurantsareconvenientlyconcentratedintheOldTown.
If you walk anywhere that's cobbled, you'll stumble onto dozens of tempting restaurants
charging the same reasonable prices and serving rustic, traditional Bosnian food. In my ex-
perience,themenusatmostplacesarevirtuallyidentical—thoughqualityandambiencecan
vary greatly. As eateries tend to come and go quickly here, and little distinguishes these
places anyway, don't be too focused on a particular spot. Grilled meats are especially pop-
ular—read the “Balkan Flavors” sidebar, on here , before you dine. As for local wines, most