Željo

Top choice in Sarajevo


Locals are willing to brave the tourist throngs at Željo as it's quite possibly the best place for ćevapi (spicy beef or pork cylindrical meatballs) in Sarajevo. There are two branches diagonally across from each other. Both have street seating; neither serves alcohol.


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2. Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque

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3. Muzej Sarajevo 1878–1918

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4. Baščaršija Mosque

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5. Clock Tower

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6. Latin Bridge

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7. Gazi Husrev-beg Museum

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8. Emperor's Mosque

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