04 Oct 2024
My wife and I were on the 9am tour. Our meeting point was at the Funky Tours office, about a 2 minute walk from our hotel. There we met Amela. We had a very nice visit with her while we waited for 2 others that would be on the tour with us, and the guide. We all met minutes later. Harm was our guide for the day. Let me just say that he was a great guide, and driver. We were driven around in a comfy van, with good visibility out the windows. We visited the tunnel of hope first. Harm was our own personal guide too. From there we drove to the Tito bunker. We arrived right at noon, and began the tour immediately. After that we started our drive back to Sarajevo, with a quick lunch break snack. Then a drive to the Olympic ski jumps, and then on to the medal presentation stand at the base of the ski jump area. All of this was super cool. And the drive from Sarajevo proper, to the ski jumps was quite lovely. Along the Way we could make stops for pictures. From there it was off to the bobsled track. Another fun drive to get there. Harm dropped us off at a cool section of the track, then offered to us that we could walk downhill a ways, on the track, and meet him and the van at that point. A fun walk, and very scenic. Heading back down in to Sarajevo we made a stop at the abandoned Olympic hotel, and an abandoned restaurant, perched above the city, used and destroyed in the war. We were then dropped off in town, walking distance to our pickup point. This was a full day of touring. I think we got back between 5-6pm. We loved this tour, and I would do it again if I had the chance. Harm made the tour so enjoyable.