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Start your Sarajevo stay with a stroll through the Old Town, a maze of cobbled streets that’s still got much of its 15th-century architecture intact; it’s also a fine place to find local eats (ćevapi being a fave pick), coffees and plenty of shops to poke about in. This is a city with heaps of fascinating history of course – you’ll likely spot the scars of its more recent years in the shape of bullet holes and the effects of shell blasts as you wander (especially if you find your way to Sniper Alley). To get further under the skin of the city, make for the Sarajevo Tunnel Museum, the Jewish Museum and the museums and monuments dedicated to the genocide victims. You may also like to visit the stunning town hall and Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, or grab a communist-themed coffee at Caffe Tito. For a break from the city centre, ride the cable car up Mount Trebević to see the abandoned Olympic bobsleigh track, wander a few minutes from the site to Sunnyland amusement park or take the bus to Visoko to see the Bosnian Pyramids (said to be bigger than the famed ones at Giza). Mostar, Travnik and Srebrenica are all doable as day trips, too.