6 Workshops & Classes in Bosnia, Compared on Price and Time

1.Bosnian Cooking Lessons

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 269 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $96Our pick

Join Mersiha and Mustafa in their Sarajevo home for a four-hour Bosnian cooking class. Prepare stuffed vegetables and hand-stretched burek, enjoy wine, coffee, and dinner, and learn recipes you can make at home. Vegetarian and vegan options are available by request.

“For my birthday, I treated myself to a solo trip to Bosnia & Herzegovina, and one of my favorite and most memorable activities is one I now recommend to anyone planning to visit Sarajevo and that’s signing up for Bosnian Cooking Lessons. From the very first message I received, I immediately felt as though Mersiha was a friend inviting me to her home for a delicious meal. She’s incredibly warm and friendly which made this experience all the more special. I truly appreciated the pick-up and drop-off transfer to and from Mersiha and her husband, Mustafa’s home, which further added to the feeling of visiting a friend for dinner. Mersiha…”

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2.Jewelry Making Workshop in Mostar

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 39 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $36Best value

At AbrakaBakra Copper Art in Mostar’s Old Town, you’ll use stamps, hammers, and traditional techniques to make a bracelet, earrings, or pendant. Arnel or Denis may guide you through the process in English or Bosnian, with coffee and all materials included.

“The most wholesome experience ever, I already recommended to everyone in my hostel. Arnel not just showed me step by step how to make the earrings, but also thought me how to make traditional bosnian coffee, climbed the fig tree to get me some figs, and shared about the history and culture of bosnia. I'm travelling on a budget, but it was worth it, without question.”

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3.Traditional Bosnian Cooking Class in Mostar with Lunch and Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $90

At Food House Mostar, an English-speaking host such as Amina guides you through Bosnian dishes including dolma, japrak, burek, and hurmasice. You cook in a commercial kitchen, enjoy rakija and local wine or beer, and sit down to the meal you helped prepare.

“Une très belle activité qui permet d'en découvrir plus sur la culture du pays. On a pu profiter de la gentillesse, bonne humeur et talent de notre guide. Un très beau moment et souvenir!”

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4.Bosnian Traditional Handicraft, half-day – do it yourself – Coppersmith Workshop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $72

Meet Sarajevo’s only female coppersmith at a very old shop on Kovači Street. With clear English instruction, you’ll learn about local copperwork, decorate a džezva, enjoy coffee or tea, and take your finished pot home. The small group has a maximum of four people.

“The coppersmith workshop was absolutely fantastic, we have just finished it this afternoon. Unfortunately Funky tours is a third party involved in the booking and they are completely incompetent, but the coppersmith host is amazing and we had such a great time with her. If you book with funky tours, double check your booking confirmation with them as they have no idea what's going on. If you can choose this tour elsewhere with another company that also uses this same female coppersmith (she is the only female in her profession), then I'd recommend booking it with the other company.”

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5.COPPER HANDICRAFT WORKSHOP (Make your own souvenir from Sarajevo)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $66

Begin near Sarajevo’s Sebilj Fountain, walk through the old copper and blacksmith quarter, see where East meets West, and finish in a family workshop. With a local artisan such as Sulej or Mak, you’ll shape a personal copper item in a group of no more than five.

“Charming and fun…really wanted us to make a nice bracelet and enjoy ourselves…his shop was in a nice community- lots of indolent cats! This was a very pleasant experience and we love and still wear our bracelets! I highly recommend…”

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6.Experience Sarajevo: Bosnian Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 4 hours · from $106

Meet Danijela and Armin in Sarajevo, shop for ingredients at a farmers' market, then cook traditional burek, pies, and sarma in their home. This four-hour small-group visit includes hotel pickup, Bosnian coffee, recipes, lunch, wine, and rakija.

“I had a wonderful experience with Danijela and Armin, from shopping for the ingredient, warmly welcoming me to their home and preparing the food (burek, pies and sarma). I learned a lot from this experience! Thank you very much. I highly recommend it.”

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