Get a firsthand account of the atmosphere of Yugoslavian social-communism by visiting Tito’s Nuclear Bunker in the nearby town Konjic, highlights of the Yugoslavian golden age and its downfall with the story of the Siege of Sarajevo from a guide who survived it.
Travel to Konjic town, and visit the Tito’s Nuclear Bunker, explore the Olympic Village and a War Tunnel Museum in an air-conditioned minivan with a small group and learn about „soft communism“ golden era of Yugoslavia, the breakup of Yugoslavia and the years-long siege of Sarajevo.
See the Igman mountain and explore famous sights of Olympic Ski Jumps and Hotel Igman followed by a visit Trebević Mountain and famous Olympic Bobsled.
Important NoticeIn 9 to 10 hours for fair costs, visit the Tito’s Bunker and many other interesting sites (War Tunnel Museum), crucial for better understanding the period of Yugoslavia and Siege of Sarajevo. Why do two or even separate tours and have unnecessary costs, in aim to see these beautiful places, when you can do all in one unique tour experience.
Departure Times Daily at 8 AM.
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.
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.
On the way to Tito’s Nuclear Bunker in nearby town of Konjic, we will observe the Markale Massacre sites, the Bosnian Presidency building, Sniper Alley, Marshall Tito Barracks, the Bosnian Parliament and some other sites crucial for understanding the irreversible crash of Yugoslavia and Sarajevo under the siege.
Drive will continue the ride through suburbs of Sarajevo and areas of central Bosnia until we pass Ivan Mt. and enter the region of Herzegovina. As soon as in Herzegovina, we’ll start descending as region of Herzegovina is generally on lower altitudes and is totally different climate, so you’ll notice dramatic natural, environmental and usually climate change.
First stop of the day is a short visit to old part of unique, prehistorically inhabited Konjic, town famous for its 17th century 6-arch Old Bridge, looming over turquoise Neretva river, usually very sunny place and a home to one of the most expensive Yugoslavian projects – Tito’s Nuclear Bunker, or also called: Facility D-0, Atomic War Command (ARK).
We pass by:
It took 26 years to build this 6500 m2 miracle of construction with a purpose of withstanding a possible nuclear war and providing a shelter to over 350 Yugoslav leaders and army generals.
We will wander around this amazing structure and venue for a biennial of contemporary art while discovering the labyrinth of Yugoslavia mysteries, cold war fanaticism and communists paranoia while discussing the possible reasons of fall of Yugoslavia and it’s rigid consequences.
As a third most expensive JNA military project with spendings of cca. 4.6 billion USD, facility D-0, Tito’s atomic war command (ARK), was built to accept, accommodate and protect 350 people and enable successful management and command over the armed forces in case of nuclear warfare.
Later we will head towards Sarajevo and follow up the story of besieged city and harsh position its citizens went through in a barbaric bargain for life. Initial visit will be Igman Olympic mountain and its Olympic heritage in shape of Olympic Ski Jumps. Take photos at Olympic podium or climb the ski jumps and imagine the atmosphere from 1984 Olympics.
Also structure we can not miss at Igman mountain is, Igman Olympic hotel. As Yahoo Travel wrote: “Built in a spirit of optimism, unity, and teamwork for the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, the 162-room Igman Hotel was a showplace for mountain luxury but was brutally torn apart, along with the rest of the city, during the Balkan War and siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s.”
Surely place not to miss.
Later we will visit the Sarajevo War Tunnel where we will explore the museum exhibition and see many interesting exhibits directly associated with Siege of Sarajevo, watch a short movie about the urgent need for building this essential underpass, followed by going through the Tunnel itself.
If you only plan to visit Tito’s Nuclear Bunker at Konjic, without other stops in our itinerary, that is fine and we can easily modify this tour for you.
However, most of the tour offer on the market does cover Tito’s Bunker, but usually as solo visit from and back to Sarajevo. Funky Tours alternatively, offers several other stops which are on the way, and which crucially maximise your time, understanding of the topic and your money.
Why visiting Sarajevo War Tunnel, Olympic Bobsled, Igman hotel, Olympic ski jumps or Tito’s Nuclear Bunker in two or even three different days, when you can put everything easily into one day, and still get much more.
We believe that mix of stories covering utopia and breakup of Yugoslavia, in combination with Siege of Sarajevo chronology is the best way to spend a day.
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1996 – Present
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A great day of history and natural beauty
Fascinating and painful history but well worth the day we spent. Our guide Mustafa, who also does walking tours and his wife, Mersiha, who does a marvelous Bosnian cooking class – they a power couple of travel in Bosnia!
Mustafa is very knowledgeable and exceptionally interested in seeing that his guests both learn and enjoy themselves…don’t miss this day immersed in Bosnian and Yugoslavian history!
4 Tours: Srebrenica, Jewish Sarajevo, Seige Tunnel and Bunker, Franz Ferdinand
Funky Tours made our Bosnia experience absolutely outstanding. We took 4 tours in all, with the company. All perfectly done and memorable.
Srebrenica genocide tour, with Almir, was beyond excellent. Almir deftly balanced conveying the gravity of the tragic events in an understandable way, with lighter moments when we were able to connect as people. He has a great personality and is very charismatic, as well as kind and compassionate. His willingness to be vulnerable in sharing his personal experiences left a memorable impression on us. We spent the entire day together and were sad to say goodbye.
On the Jewish Sarajevo tour, we had the pleasure of Lejla’s company. Her deep knowledge of not only Jewish Sarajevo history but broader history made for a rich experience. Lejla’s warm personality and frequent check-in’s about our needs and preferences made for an excellent tour.
For the seige tour we had the lovely Mustafa as our guide. Mustafa is a top notch communicator, a keen observer of meaningful details, and possesses a wonderful sense of humor. His willingness to share his personal experiences of living in Sarajevo both before and after the war was invaluable in enriching our understanding of what daily life is & was like. As a tourist looking in from the outside, this is what I always hope.
Funky Tours was is super professional and prompt in all aspects of the business. Can’t say enough good things about this company.
A must-do tour for those interested in war history, politics and abandoned buildings & structures
I did this tour as a solo traveller in 2023. My tour guide was Almir, a Bosnia War veteran. Almir was an excellent guide. He is very personable and knowledgeable. He shared his personal experiences of his time during the war, and it was through his stories that we could really feel and understand the horror and tragedies that him, his family and Bosnians went through. Almir went above and beyond, and even took us ‘off-the-beaten’ path by taking us up to the Olympic Ski Jump slope, and to a couple of other abandoned buildings not mentioned in the itinerary.
This tour combines Konjic, Tito’s Bunker, War Tunnel Museum, Igman Ski Jump & Hotel, Old Jewish Cemetery, and the Olympic Bobsled.
The Siege of Sarajevo Tour doesn’t include Igman Ski Jump & Hotel, and so if you are interested in abandoned buildings and structures, I recommend doing this tour because you visit both the abandoned Olympic Ski Jump and Bobsled venues.
It does make for a long day, but if you are lucky and have Almir as your tour guide, time passes by very quickly.
Great tour with excellent tour guide.
Great tour with an excellent tour guide, who really had fun sharing a lot of knowledge about the history of Jugoslavia and Bosnia as well as personal experiences during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Plus you get to see the beautiful countryside of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Highly recommended.
solo traveler
a visit to titos bunker and olympic sites was breathtaking. mustafa is a great guide and lots of knkwledge talking about his experiences during the war.
