Been there couple of times...
It's both good and bad (as with any Balkan country)...
Here are some tips:
- if you want more than burek and cevapcici you should visit this restaurant
4 sobe gospodje safije
- active night life (a lot of places offers live music and people there like to go out even on a working days)... one of the places you can go is
PivnicaHS
- if you drive your own car (or rental) keep a bigger distance from the cars in front of you especially taxis
- if you go into public transportation watch your belongings...
- be careful when taking a taxi since they might rip you off
- avoid talks about politics and war
- don't be surprised if you see muslim women wearing
burqa's that cover the whole face (sometimes eve the eyes)... These are not local women but mostly muslims from Saudi Arabia. They are coming there since they feel welcome there, and it's not forbiden to wear a Burqa there, it's in Europe and climate and is much better than in their country. You can see them in old city and in oriental cafes there.... you won't find them in pubs or places where they serve alcohol.
- their local currency is about 1/2 value of Euro so for 1 euro you should get 2 Bosnian Marks... also when you see the price just divide it by 2 and you'll get the price in euros...
- everything is quite cheap there compared to rest of the europe