10 reasons to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
Many people are aware of the conflict that took place here back in the 1990s, but 20 years on, the country is one of Europe's most exciting destinations.
Its vibrant capital: Sarajevo
Nearly three quarters of Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital was destroyed or damaged by shells and bombs during the war but, since then, Sarajevo has mostly returned to being the vibrant city of years past.
Its historic center blends East and West -- visitors can feel they're in Vienna one minute and Istanbul the next.
Sarajevo's Ottoman past can be felt in the cobbled streets around Bascarsija.
Here topped copper-green domes overlook narrow alleyway craft bazaars.
Meanwhile grand relics from the Austro-Hungarian Empire span the streets round Ferhadija.
While there are signs of the city's recent past -- shrapnel-scarred walls and cemeteries on surrounding hillsides -- Sarajevo is a city that embraces life.