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Yellow Fortress
An 18th-century bastion above the old town, the best place to watch the sun set over the valley and its minarets.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Jekovac, 71000 SarajevoDirections
- Getting There
- A 15-minute uphill walk from Baščaršija through the Vratnik quarter.
Why Go
The fortress was part of the city walls built by the Ottomans in the 1730s. In Ramadan, a cannon is fired from here at sunset to end the day's fast, and at other times its walls fill with people watching the light go down over the city.
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