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Kovači, Sarajevo — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Kovači is a Sarajevo neighbourhood on the right bank of the Miljacka, between Baščaršija and Vratnik.
About Kovači
Where to stay in Kovači
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Kovači has no hotel strip. The quarter sits on the right bank of the Miljacka between Baščaršija and Vratnik, so a bed here means a small guesthouse or a short-stay apartment on a lane that runs back from the water rather than a large house. Both neighbours are a short walk off, which is what makes the address work.
Pick Kovači if you want a Sarajevo address that keeps Baščaršija and Vratnik both within minutes of the door.
About Kovači
What are the main landmarks in Kovači?
No monument list attaches to Kovači. What the quarter carries instead is position: the right bank of the Miljacka along one side, Baščaršija at one end of the walk and Vratnik at the other, so the sightseeing is a matter of stepping out rather than travelling. The rest is lanes and houses.
Anyone working through the old quarters of Sarajevo on foot crosses Kovači without planning to.
What is the history of Kovači?
The record on Kovači is short. What survives is placement: a neighbourhood of Sarajevo on the right bank of the Miljacka, grown into the ground between Baščaršija and Vratnik rather than laid out apart from either of them. The Miljacka marks its lower edge.
Kovači has followed the fortunes of Sarajevo, a city of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Where is Kovači?
Kovači covers the ground between Baščaršija and Vratnik, a strip of the right bank of the Miljacka inside Sarajevo.
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Updated September 2026