Sarajevo has long been the crossroads of cultures, the place where the East meets the West, and the New meets the Old. At the eastern end of town, there is the famous City Hall, built at the beginning of the 20th century by Austria-Hungary, featuring motifs of the Spanish Alhambra. If you start your stroll there, you will walk through the Ottoman Quarter, the Baščaršija, by the bazaars, the mosques, the Old Serb Orthodox Church and the Museum of Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the part of town developed during the rule of Austria-Hungary. There you will pass other historic buildings, such as the Catholic Cathedral, and historic sites, such as the place where the fatal shots were fired in 1914 at the Habsburg crown prince that lit the fire of the First World War. After some 20 minutes, the Secession buildings will give way to modern hotels and shopping malls at the neighbourhood Marijin Dvor, where the venue of our festival is located. In that short walk, you can taste and feel the unique spirit of Sarajevo, the spirit that we also bring to our tango festival.
And if you like to ski, the Olympic mountains of Jahorina and Bjelašnica can be reached by car within 40 minutes—so you can also opt for skiing during the day and dancing during the night!
