Tagesausflug von Dubrovnik nach Mostar

Saturday 11th June and we were booked on the All Day Mostar Tour. Although we booked the tour through a TUI Rep at our hotel, Tui Blue Kalamato on Kolocep, the Tour Operator was Gullivers Travels. It was an early start as we picked up our coach in Gruz Port at 07.00, we first had to get a boat from  Kolocep to Dubrovnik which took about forty-five minutes. Our coach driver was Joseph while our Guide was Jelena. Along the way we stopped at the Stanica Ravno for a pit stop and coffee break. This was once a ruined railway station which was tastefully restored as a hotel and cafe. We arrived in Mostar at around 11.00 where we met our local Guide, Dado from, Fortuna Tours. One of the features of the Tour was  guided tour of the Old Town. We visited the delightful small Hadji Kurt Mosque (Tabacica). We then made our way to Stari Most (Old Bridge) where we watched the divers plunge into the Neretva River below. The final stop was at Kajtaz House, superb preserved example of an Ottoman House, we also tasted some Turkish coffee here.The tour lasted about ninety minutes, it was full of historical, social and useful information. Once the tour was over we were free to explore the City on our own. We visited the beach under the Bridge and walked over the Crooked Bridge, vusited the Mostar Peace Bell Tower and the Koskin Mehmed Pasha Mosque, entrance fee here. Although the war ended 30 years ago, we saw lots of war ruins and buildings riddled with bullet marks, as we walked around the streets. We also visited one of the many War Grave Cemeteries around the area, it was absolutely heartbreaking, row upon row of the Graves of young men. Our time here had soon flown by and it was time to leave this historic City On our return journey to Dubrovnik and before crossing over the boarder into Croatia, we stopped at the ancient village of Počitelj in Bosnia Herzegovina. All of the places mentioned above are reviewed separately on Tripadvisor. Before we left Bosnia we arrived in Nuem at 16.50 where we stopped for twenty minutes. From a vantage point here we had views along the Bay of Mali Ston down as far as the Peljesac bridge. It is known locally as the Chinese Bridge because it was built by the Chinese along with EU funding. The Bridge spans the Bay for 2.4 kilometres (1.5 miles) and links the southern coastal areas to the rest of the country. Our Guide informed us that previously Croatians had cross parts of  Bosnia and Herzegovina and  Customs to reach parts of their Country. The opening date for the Bridge was constantly being pushed back. We were back in Dubrovnik at about 18.30 which was plenty of time to have a few beers and dinner before catching the last ferry back to Kolocep.

fantastische Reise, die wir geliebt haben. Die Guides waren großartig und die Kutschfahrt sehr komfortabel. Mostar war sehr schön und auf jeden Fall einen Besuch wert. Würde die Reise jedem empfehlen.

16. Mai 2019 Im Rahmen von TUI holidays haben meine Frau und ich diesen Ausflug nach Mostar gemacht. Die Breite und Tiefe des Wissens unserer jungen Reiseleiterin war immens. Bei der Ankunft in Mostar wurden wir dann auf eine Wanderung mit einem anderen Führer mitgenommen und wieder wurde das Wissen über die alte Geschichte und die jüngsten Turbulenzen der neunziger Jahre sachlich und emotionslos vermittelt, obwohl unser Führer schreckliche Zeiten durchlebt hatte . Ein toller Ausflug. Selbst wenn Dinge außerhalb ihrer Kontrolle schief gingen, dh ein Unfall, der uns auf der Rückreise fast 2 Stunden verspätete, sorgten unser Reiseleiter und unser Fahrer fröhlich und hilfsbereit dafür, dass unser Hotelrestaurant für uns geöffnet blieb. Danke vielmals.