Sarajevo War Tunnel Tour – Tunnel of Hope – Half Day Tour

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Tour Overview

The Sarajevo War Tunnel Tour is a half-day experience designed to uncover the key locations that define the story of the Siege of Sarajevo, providing a deeper understanding of life during one of the most challenging periods in the city’s history.

Memorial to Bosnian Army soldiers at Špicasta Stijena
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Explore significant sites, including Špicasta Stijena, the War Tunnel Museum, Lav Cemetery, Koševo Olympic Stadium, the Jewish Cemetery, and the Yellow Bastion, each offering unique insights into the resilience and suffering of Sarajevo. Stand at the infamous Sniper Alley, near the iconic ex-Holiday Inn hotel, and gain firsthand knowledge of the struggles faced by the city’s residents.

PEACE OF MIND: To ensure a seamless experience, the entrance fee to the War Tunnel Museum is included in the tour. These carefully chosen locations are essential to placing the “life in Sarajevo during the Siege” into its proper context, offering both historical depth and emotional connection.

Before leaving Sarajevo, don’t miss this opportunity to hear its story from those who lived through it, creating a profound and unforgettable connection to the city’s past.

Highlights

  • Peace of Mind by Funky Tours: Entrance fee to War Tunnel is included in the tour price.
  • Walk Through the “Tunnel of Hope”: Explore the historic war tunnel that symbolized survival, resilience, and hope during the Sarajevo Siege.
  • Panoramic Views from Spicasta Stijena: Witness stunning yet haunting views from a former artillery and sniper nest, understanding its significance in the war.
  • Tragic Love Story at Cemetery “Lav”: Visit the resting place of Sarajevo’s “Romeo and Juliet” and discover their heartbreaking story in this multicultural cemetery.
  • Historic Jewish Cemetery: Experience one of the oldest and largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe, rich with stories of Sarajevo’s multicultural past.
  • Guided by a Siege Survivor: Gain a unique, personal perspective on the Sarajevo Siege from a survivor who shares powerful, first-hand experiences.

What's Included

INCLUDED
  • English speaking local-expert guide and driver.
  • Free of charge pickup.
  • All tour transfers are provided by Funky Tours.
  • War Tunnel ticket (7.67 EUR per person) included. No hidden costs. VAT 17% included in the price.
  • All government taxes & entrance fees.
  • Cancellation Flexibility. Cancel 24hrs before departure for full refund or change dates.
  • Tour is available throughout the year.
  • Pay safely online with a credit card. We accept payments for all types of credit cards.
NOT INCLUDED
  • Personal travel insurance is not included. Please buy it at home country.
  • Tips are not included in the tour costs. If you receive excellent service, please consider tipping.
  • All tours are shared, unless specifically booked as private.
  • This tour does not include food or drinks.

Departure Times & Starting Points

Departure Times Twice a day: March – October 9 AM / 2 PM, November – February 9 AM / 1 PM.
To start from elsewhere, please let us know about it in advance.

Pickup Locations If you are staying in the old town of Sarajevo meet us at our office. If you are bit away from us, please let us know and we can organise advance pickup.

Itinerary

Activity Note: The tour is adapted to all ages and is not physically demanding. Due to the distance of the locations, we use vehicles during the tour, but most of the tour is done on foot.

Meet & Greet

Meet our team at the office or your preferred pickup location. Your guide is Sarajevo Siege survivor, who will introduce your to the story of Breakup of Yugoslavia and Siege of Sarajevo, and will make sure no questions remain unanswered, even of personal nature, so don’t refrain from sharing your thoughts and opinions at any moment of time.

Špicasta Stijena (front line during the Sarajevo Siege)

First stop of the day is location infamously known to Sarajevo people, as Špicasta stijena. It was one of the most notorious sniper and artillery nests of the Army of Republic of Srpska. This viewpoint used to give clear view of Sarajevo old town, city centre and famous sniper alley. Dozes of Sarajevo citizens have been killed and wounded by Republic of Srpska forces occupying this location.

 

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Lav Cemetery and Olympic Stadium Koševo

Lav (Eng: Lion / Sleeping Lion) Cemetery originally military, but today Sarajevo’s (if not the Balkans) most multi-confessional and multi-religious cemetery. At these plots one next to each other, often without much order, are buried soldiers of the Austria-Hungarian monarchy, opposing soldiers and Nazi victims of WW2, Partisan heroes, Muslims, Orthodox and Catholic Christians, Jewish, victims of Siege of Sarajevo and many many others persons of various religious and ethnic backgrounds.

Often not so much on the tourists itinerary when visiting Sarajevo, Lion Cemetery surely is the most “multiculturalism radiating” place in Sarajevo, with “radiation” by far stronger then all of the Sarajevo churches, mosques, synagogues, monasteries, cathedrals and tekijas, together.

Story here is not about the temples and their grandiosity, but about the people and their colorful lives, of which, every single tombstone was made.

Once at the cemetery we shall learn facts about Dragan Dabić and his relation to Radovan Karadžić (Bosnian Serb War criminal), Kurt Erich Schork (Bosnian wartime US reporter who uncovered story about Sarajevo Romeo and Juliet – altogether buried here) and few other interesting figures laying at Sarajevo Lav Cemetery.

We pass by:

  • Markale Markets (largest massacre sites in Sarajevo during the 1992-1995)
  • Eternal Flame (memorial dedicated to the victims of the WW2)
  • Children Memorial (memorial dedicated to 1601 killed child in Sarajevo during the 1992-1995)
  • Presidency (Bosnian Presidency house)

Sarajevo War Tunnel was dug in July 1993 and used to be main supply route to Sarajevo during the Siege

Ex Hotel Holiday Inn & Sniper Alley

Next stop is ex Hotel Holiday Inn and story about infamous Sarajevo Sniper Alley. Built for the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics, today called Hotel Holiday, during the Siege used to be home to various foreign journalists and reporters who were reporting on Bosnian war and Siege of Sarajevo.

We pass by:

  • Parliament (Bosnian Parliament building)
  • National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Home to famous  for Sarajevo Haggadah among other exhibits)
  • US Embassy

Sarajevo Cable Car

War Tunnel Museum

As we continue, tour will take us to Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum – Tunnel of Hope, which in period of 1993-1995 was the major “blood line” for heavily besieged and destroyed city.

At the Tunnel we shall see a short movie about the War in Sarajevo and Tunnel, followed by going through the Tunnel itself. At the exhibition part of the museum we shall have the opportunity to see many interesting exhibits directly connected with Siege of Sarajevo.

The trip to the tunnel and all the way in the tunnel is covered with a true first person experience of classy guide, survivor of the Siege of Sarajevo, who is always willing to answer question, no matter what they are. We shall learn about the origins of the War on Balkans and Death of Yugoslavia, the dreams Serbian leaders have had, and how they succeeded to seduce large number of Serbian nationalist throughout the whole Balkans, and made them go to war.

We pass by:

  • Ex Marshall Tito Military Barracks (Home to JNA troops at the beginning of the Siege)
  • Neighbourhoods of Pofalići, Grbavica, Nedžarići, Alipašino Polje, Stup, Ilidža  and Butmir

Sarajevo Olympic Bobsled Track at Trebevic Mountain

Jewish Cemetery overlooking Sniper Alley

Returning towards the central parts of Sarajevo, we shall pass through regions of East Sarajevo and Lukavica, until we make another stop at famous Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery.

Once there, we will learn about one of the European’s largest Jewish cemeteries, dating from mid 17th century and its importance during the Siege of Sarajevo. Jewish cemetery used to be one of the main frontlines from which Serbian army had advanced position, and were able to “sniper down” many civilians on the already mentioned sniper alley and wider region of central parts of Sarajevo.

We pass by:

  • Vraca neighbourhood (First neighbourhood that was controlled by Army of Republic of Srpska (VRS)
  • Sniper Alley (We understand where VRS snipers used to fire from)
  • Grbavica Neighbourhood (VRS controlled part of Sarajevo during the 1992-1995)

Jewish Cemetery Sarajevo

Sarajevo Siege Tour Timeline

What you will learn during the Sarajevo Siege Tour?

  • 1945-1990
    • Creation and Life of Yugoslavia
    • Understand Tito’s Yugoslavia. Who Tito was? Hero or a Dictator? Communism or Socialism?
  • 1990-1992
    • Ideas of Greater Serbia
    • Slobodan Milošević and Wars in Slovenia and Croatia
  • 1992-1995
    • Siege of Sarajevo & Bosnian War
    • Learn first-hand detailed story about Siege of Sarajevo & understand Bosnian War
  • 1995 July
    • Srebrenica Genocide
    • Understand Srebrenica Genocide and UN involvement
  • 1998-1999
    • Kosovo War
    • Final phase of War and NATO bombings
  • 1996-present
    • Dayton Peace Accord & Present-day Bosnia
      Learn about War aftermath and life today

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What Do I Need to Bring?

  • Comfortable walking shoes
  • Water bottle

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Does this tour itinerary includes visit to Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum?
Yes, our Sarajevo Siege tour does include a visit to Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum.

2. Does this tour include Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum entrance fee?
Yes it does.

3. How can I pay this tour?
You can pay this tour either in cash (EUR, BAM, USD, GBP) or by credit card (VISA and MasterCard).

4. Can this tour be combined with Sarajevo airport pickup or drop off?
This tour is the best way to combine Sarajevo airport pickup or drop off, and save the costs. Our tour departs at 9 AM and 2 PM every day. If your arrival flight is around 12 or 1 PM, it is ideal that we pick you up at 2 PM at the airport and go straight for the tour. The first stop of the tour is the Tunnel Museum, and being under the airport it is ideal. If your flight is leaving Sarajevo at 3 PM or later 7 PM or so, you can join our tour with you luggage and at the end of tour we drop you off at the airport.
In this way you only pay the costs of the tour and get transfer for free.

5. What time does Sarajevo War Tunnel open and close?
Opening times of the Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum are:

1st April – 31st October
09:00 – 17:00 (last entrance 16:30)

1st November – 31st March
09:00 – 16:00 (last entrance 15:30)

6. How do I get to the War Tunnel Museum on my own?
The best way to get to the Sarajevo War Tunnel on your own is to take Tram number three from Sarajevo city centre to Ilidza (last station). Once off the train you have three options:

1) Take a TAXI (price around 6 BAM – cca.3 EUR)
2) Take a bus #32A which leaves from Ilidza bus station to Donji Kotorac
3) Take a 30-40 min walk to address Tuneli 1 at Donji Kotorac

Additional option is to use trolley bus #103 from Sarajevo city centre – Trg Austrije to Dobrinja. Once you get out on the last station at Dobrinja, find your way with Google Maps for another 25-30 min walk to the Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum.

7. Do I need to book in advance my visit to Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum?
Our Sarajevo War Tunnel tour is limited to maximum 8 travelers and two daily departures, meaning if you are traveling in the peak of the season from May to October, it might happen that tour is booked out on certain dates, so that is why we recommend booking War Tunnel Tour in advance if possible. Also make use of Funky Tours 24hrs free of charge cancellation and cancel tour anytime.

8. How far is Sarajevo War Tunnel from Sarajevo city centre?
Depending on the road you take, Sarajevo War Tunnel is between 11.5 and 13.5 km far away from the Sarajevo old town Bascarsija. Driving time is around 25 minutes.
The available routes to get to Sarajevo War Tunnel are via Ilidza or East Sarajevo – Lukavica.

9. Can children visit Sarajevo War Tunnel museum?
The story narrative, video and photo material at the Sarajevo War Tunnel is adjusted to any age and even young kids can visit without a fear that the story is too strong for them.

10. Is the Sarajevo War Tunnel wheelchair friendly to visit?
Sarajevo War Tunnel most of the open space video and photo exhibition is “relatively” wheelchair friendly. However you need to have someone to assist you.
The actual part of the tunnel, museum part in the house and basement part of the exhibition are not wheelchair or accessible friendly.

For more information please contact the Tunnel management directly at: info@tunelspasa.ba.

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Alison M

Solo Traveller

A fascinating tour, with some real insights

One of my objectives in visiting Bosnia was to find out about the 1990s War. This tour was an excellent overview, delivered by a highly competent guide, who had some personal experience.

He was generous in sharing his family’s story, while being factual and objective about all the history.

October 18, 2025

Thomas S

Solo Traveller

Unique

Fantastic, unique experience- can safely say that I’ve never had the opportunity to learn about such a tragic, recent conflict in so much depth. Mustafa was an excellent tour guide- every story was so fascinating and was told with such passion.

By learning from someone who had lived through the Siege, it definitely made the experience feel all the more authentic. Would definitely recommend to anyone coming to Sarajevo, as it was the highlight of the trip!

October 17, 2025

happytraveler395

Solo Traveller

Informative historical tour related in a personal account

Excellent tour led by Mustafa- he related his personal story as we visited the various locations on the itinerary and it brought to light what a difficult time this period of the nation’s history was. I feel very educated on the events that occurred.

October 2, 2024

n K

Solo Traveller

Experience I will never forget

The guide spoke to us about his life and the war he experienced. He was a wonderful and great guide. We had the opportunity to think about this terrible war and hope. It was an experience I will never forget.

August 28, 2024

Erin A

Solo Traveller

Wonderful informative tour on the Sarajevo war tunnel

This is a very informative tour. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and have a small glimpse of what the war entailed and the environment for everyone living thru it.

Mustafa was an amazing tour guide with insight of it occurring in his own life and his city. Worth the money!

August 6, 2024
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