Sarajevo- recommendations on where to stay

When I went to Sarajevo last year I stayed at the Isa Begov Hamam hotel - a beautiful hotel in a nice quiet area just south of the river, right near the Latin Bridge. As the name suggests it has Turkish bath facilities as well.

Halvat Guesthouse -- one of those great RS-type places with a handful of rooms owned by a local family in a great location -- a block or two away from Baščaršija Square aka Pigeon Square. A friend and I really enjoyed staying there. Our awesome hostess Valida made an amazing breakfast for us complete with Bosnian coffee, which she offered to us every time she saw us and which we gladly accepted every time it was offered!

Halvat Guesthouse and it's 9.7 rating on Booking: https://www.booking.com/hotel/ba/halvat.en-gb.html

Dave- thank you so much for responding to my question. We have actually checked with the Halvat guest house and they do have availability. We are concerned that it might be too noisy at night? What was your experience?

I stayed at Hotel Aziza with my son. It was quiet and had a nice breakfast.

The hotel I stayed at (Hotel Lula) was extremely convenient but a bit noisy. Most recently I stayed in a really nice apartment: Central Apartments on Mis Irbina.

Hotel Old Town.

Hotel Europe is the best in the city.

Beth - i’m looking at the reviews for hotel Aziza. Someone mentioned that it was on a steep hill.t. We will be doing a lot of walking and would prefer not to have a steep hill at the end of the day. Was this your experience?

I don't remember a lot of noise in my room on the backside of the building other than the morning call to prayer. But I asked my friend who stayed on the front side of the buidling, and he said it was pretty noisy "but not too noisy." He said it was mainly vehicles that were noisy.

You didn’t ask, but I recommend staying somewhere pretty close to or inside the yellow tram line. Hotel Aziza does look to me to be up a pretty steep hike. I came down from the Yellow Fortress, hitting that street about halfway…..

I think Slate is right that Hotel Europe is probably the nicest of all we have mentioned but also the most expensive. Hotel Old Town is in a really nice location and has several floors, so might not be noisy higher up. Dave’s Halvat Hotel is an easy walk. And I wouldn’t be afraid of apartments if you are going to be there for more than a couple of nights. There are some really nice ones.

Isa Begov is in a good location. I was originally booked there last year and was excited - but had to change my reservation, so haven’t stayed.

Thanks to all for your responses- they were really helpful. We looked at all of your suggestions and due to price, location and noise levels decided to go with the Central apartments. Your input gave us several good options so we could choose what best fit our needs.

Aziza was up a hill from the main old town streets. We always grumbled a bit going back but there was a great pizza window half way up to grab some slices for a quick dinner and the huge war cemetery on the way up to wander about in too.

Beth, I was there during Ramadan and I suspect your pizza window is where our guide one day told us it was an “unofficial” place to order pizza and take it up to the Yellow Fortress to eat all together for Iftar when the cannon fired at sunset. We were there one night for that and there was a ton of pizza being opened up and eaten. Walked past it on the way down.