Fascinating Sarajevo Jewish Tour
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Fascinating Sarajevo Jewish Tour

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Ages 0-99, max of 35 per group
Duration: 3h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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  • Bottled water
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
  • Local guide
  • Professional guide
  • Transport by private vehicle
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Entry/Admission - Jewish Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Entry/Admission - Ashkenazi Synagogue
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off


Start:Traveler pickup offered.
  • Meet Bosnia Tours - Sarajevo Tours, Days Out, Excursions and Activities, Gazi Husrev begova 75, at crossroad of, Mula Mustafe Bašeskije and, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Our agency is fairly easy to find even without using a map. Follow the stream of the river Miljacka and next to the bridge Ćumurija, on the left side of the river, you will see a big GREEN-YELLOW building. The name of the building is Papagajka and our office is on the corner of the building.
Pickup details
  • We are doing pick up of the guests who are staying in the 15 minutes of walking distance from our office.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Infants must sit on laps
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 71408P3

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
    • Children must be accompanied by an adult
    • Most travelers can participate
    • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 71408P3

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    • Tallest Tourguide Tours and Excursions
      177
      Bosnia and Herzegovina
      Joined in April 2018
    • kathylE2518FY
      0 contributions
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      Scam
      This tour has not been available for over a year, yet they take bookings and your money. Luckily, they will return your money after you waste your time and money to call them internationally.
      Written September 25, 2021
    • andrewrteaches
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      I'm still thinking about Nikola and Sarajevo
      On our honeymoon, my wife and I joined Nikola’s Siege of Sarajevo/War Tunnel tour. It affected us so much that we came back for a second tour that afternoon, for Nikola's street art tour. A year later, I’m still asking the questions that Nikola and Sarajevo lit up in my mind. What is nationalism? What is the state? What is self-determination? What will it take to achieve a truly free society? I’d asked these questions before, but Sarajevo helped me see new colors. I don’t know if any other tour guide could have held these themes up to the light in the same way that Nikola did for me. It felt like every piece of history was personal to him, like he was unraveling a mystery--and I sensed that somehow I was involved in the mystery too, and that solving it would involve uncovering things that I had been searching for without realizing. That still feels true to me now that I’m back home. That’s why I keep thinking about Sarajevo and Nikola.
      Written July 30, 2020
    • MichaelP174
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      Meme knows where it’s at
      Meme, as he is known in these parts, is a sick tour guide. I did the Sarajevo Siege tour, and the man has enough knowledge to write a library, delivered with stunning detail. The tour is (as he admits himself) delivered subjectively, but it is still hard to find bias in what he tells you. He also has a great sense of humour, a sunny disposition, and is generally a lovely guy. He even got us some mandarines from the market! From Cyprus with love xx
      Written March 15, 2020
    • SarahZorko
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      Best Walking Tour Guide
      The Sarajevo Siege walking tour was the best we’ve ever experienced, by far. Almedin is very knowledgeable, nuanced, and sarcastic (in the best way, with humour). He gave us fantastic and detailed historical context as well as stories from his family and friends at the time of the siege. He was very unbiased. We can’t stress enough how much he knew the topic and how fun he managed to make this tour, despite the complexity and sadness of the situation. We really can’t recommend this tour enough. We also did the General Sarajevo Free Tour with him and it was also fantastic. Our overall experience of Sarajevo would not have been as great had we not taken his tours. Thank you Almedin! (We know how intense this sounds, but it is our honest opinion)
      Written March 13, 2020
    • borjalh
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      Great tour with Tallest tour guide and Meme
      I did the Siege of Sarajevo tour with Meme. He is one of the best tour guides I have ever been with! Not only I learned from the history of Sarajevo and the war but also I enjoyed so much that it felt really short. I also appreciate Meme's own vision and his personal touch. I totally recommend this tour if you want to learn about Sarajevo and see the top spots.
      Written March 12, 2020
    • P9237RDmarcj
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      The only way to see the real Sarajevo - and to get into the local way of life.
      I booked the sunset tour to make the most of a business trip to a city I'd never previously visited. Almedin Memović, the CEO of Tallest Tourguide Tours, personally walked me around his city. Both the booking experience and the meeting instructions were perfectly clear. Almedin is passionate about Sarajevo, his home and a city that everyone thinks that they know a bit about (the assassination that led to WW1, the Winter Olympics, the recent civil wars) but that is, actually, only a small part of the story. This small but fascinating melting-pot of a city has much to see and the sunset tour was perfect for me as I was on a tight programme. Almedin, who seems to know everyone in Sarajevo, takes you off the main touristy routes and shows you streets and workshops that could be in Marakech or Istanbul, as well as more baroque/classically European areas. Almedin is perfect at juding his tourists, and knows precisely the right bar/shop to go to for a rest (and all of the tourist routes). My highlights were the Jewish quarter, where Almedin regaled me with how the religious communities worked together to preserve ancient items that the Nazis were desperate to aquire, the simple, rather modest memorials to the fallen in the infamous siege (one memorial in particular, from 1992, showed, from the names of the victims, how indescriminate war is) and, left to the end, the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. During our tour two things shone through: Almedin's astonishing level of knowledge (he never failed to answer my questions) and his passion for tour guiding. I have done a few of these walking tours, from Berlin to Lisbon and Marackech, and this was, easily, the best. I would also add that Sarajevo is a hidden gem - less publicised than other tourist spots (your Dubrovoniks and Venices, for example!) but a wonderful city with charming, welcoming hosts and stacks of stuff to see. And the Tallest Tourguide company is highly recommended to do help you see it...
      Written March 10, 2020
    • Albert P
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      Great tour with Meme,the best guide !
      We learned a lot about the site to the city of Sarajevo between 1992 and 1995. The guide did a spectacular job to tell us a version as objective as possible and also with a little personal view about life in times of war in the city. The tour passes through some of the most relevant points of that period and the 2 hours become really enjoyable thanks to the great attitude of Meme :)
      Written March 8, 2020
    • Erika P
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      Amazing and fully recommended
      (ENG) We had a tour with Meme on the 6th March 2020, in Sarajevo. The tour was focused on the war period and covered in detail the siege of the city. We booked through "FreeTour" page online and, as per the standard rules, these tours only take place when at least 4 people join. However, when we reached the office and Meme welcomed us, it was just me and my boyfriend. Meme immediately gave us the availability to make the tour even with just the two of us, so we had what we could call a "private" tour. It was simply outstanding: Meme was incredibly prepared to tell us everything about the war period and the siege. Not only he was born during the siege itself, but he studied the events a lot and gave us an overview of the siege which linked a neutral historical narration with his personal experience. He shared with us all his knowledge with a professional attitude but also with a friendly and touching approach, which made us feel part of the story of the city even if it was the first time we were visiting it. He also shared with us some memories of his childhood, of his family and of his story, which made us feel as we were friends, rather than two tourists with a guide. We loved the tour from the first minute to the last one and we are grateful to Mere for his outstanding ability to make us feel home. One of the best tours ever. FULLY RECOMMENDED. *** (ITA) Abbiamo fatto un tour con Meme il 6 Marzo 2020 a Sarajevo. Il tour era incentrato sulla guerra avvenuta a Sarajevo ed in particolare sull'assedio che la città ha subito tra il '92 e il '95. Abbiamo prenotato il tour tramite "FreeTour" e nonostante tali tour vengano svolti con un minimo di 4 partecipanti, Meme é stato molto disponibile a svolgere il tour per sole due persone. Abbiamo avuto la percezione in seguito divenuta sicurezza durante il tour che Meme fosse un ragazzo preparato, professionale e disponibile a condividere in maniera oggettiva i fatti avvenuti al tempo dell'assedio condividendo al contempo spaccati della sua vita privata e delle sue esperienze personali, essendo nato e cresciuto durante l'assedio stesso. Siamo davvero soddisfatti di aver preso parte a questo tour e raccomandiamo decisamente Meme come guida. Semplicemente FANTASTICO.
      Written March 8, 2020
    • Norbert M
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      Excellent tour about the siege of Sarajevo
      The free tour was excellent, we really enjoyed it. It was 2 hours long and we walked about 4 km. The historic facts and stories were quite interesting and we learnt a lot about the Yugoslavian war. Highly recommended!
      Written February 20, 2020
    • wplesser
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      Sarajevo Mostar
      Very good tour. Excellent guide Damir. Very knowledgable, flexible and sympathetic. Happy to recommend.
      Written February 17, 2020
    • betha435
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      Fabulous tour of Bosnia's beautiful countryside
      Outstanding all day tour from Sarajevo. It was the best day seeing sites in Travnik and Jajce. We experienced true Bosnian coffee and food as well as seeing absolutely beautiful waterfalls and water mills. Our guide made this tour very personal. We highly recommend this tour for a tour to experience Bosnia. Thank you ever so much.
      Written February 9, 2020
    • Gerwinpol
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      Fantastic experience with the "siege of Sarajevo" tour
      Had an amazing experience with out tour guide Almedin Memovic. As a local he was really able to show us the complexity of the war, and the difficulties that the local population had to cope with. Through anecdotes and personal stories he was able to bring across information in an entertaining and informative way. I can definetly recommend booking your tour here :)
      Written January 20, 2020
    • Traveler21century
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      Fun tour on New Year's Eve
      This was a really fun tour to take on our first night in Sarajevo, that happened to be New Year's Eve. Almedin Memovic ("Tallest Tour Guide") is a lot of fun, he knows very well the story of the shooting which started World War I. He also knows good places to hang out if you need a rest. He showed us the main sites in the Old City and told stories with passion, emphasizing the positive relationship between the Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities.
      Written January 10, 2020
    • Petwall
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      Interesting tour
      Interesting tour and knowledgeable guide that could give the background in a comprehensive way. Good to know a bit about the sad history to not have it repeated again.
      Written November 27, 2019
    • kmddd
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Very good tour
      I went on the 10:00 Sarajevo walking tour. We covered most of Stari Grad including major historical landmarks, the market, and a cathedrals and mosques. Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and included a lot of personal anecdotes from his life having grown up in Sarajevo. Highly recommend!
      Written November 12, 2019
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    Ronald B
    The Hague, The Netherlands2,208 contributions
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    Jun 2019
    Ook zonder tour kun je synagoge individueel bezoeken. De ontvangst is heel prettig en je krijgt een goed rondleiding. Prachtig gebouw.
    Written September 6, 2019
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