Sarajevo is Europe's cheapest capital for good reason: half its best sights — Yellow Fortress sunsets, Ottoman han courtyards, war-scarred hillside cemeteries — charge nothing at all. A tram ticket costs 1.80 KM and a plate of cevapi 8 KM.
The last surviving Ottoman caravanserai in Sarajevo, built in the 1550s as a rest-house for merchant caravans. The wooden-galleried courtyard is open to walk into for free from early morning; a Bosnian coffee in the shaded yard runs 2-3 KM.
A gas flame burning in a stone alcove on Maršala Tita since 6 April 1946, marking the liberation of Sarajevo from Nazi occupation. Free and always lit, with a Cyrillic-and-Latin inscription honouring the city's Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks jointly.
Mortar craters filled with red resin mark spots where shells killed civilians during the 1992-95 siege. Several survive along Ferhadija and near the Markale market. Walking west along Zmaja od Bosne — wartime Sniper Alley — costs nothing.
An 18th-century Ottoman cannon bastion above Kovači with the finest free panorama of the valley — minarets, red roofs and white cemeteries all in one frame. Open around the clock, no gate, no ticket. The climb from Baščaršija takes 20 minutes.
Sarajevo's open-air produce market on Mula Mustafe Bašeskije, open daily from 07:00 to roughly 16:00. Tomatoes, peppers and cheese sell for 2-4 KM per kilo; a wedge of smoked travnički cheese and a loaf of somun makes a 5 KM lunch.
A tiny Bravadžiluk counter baking pita under a metal sač lid over coals, the traditional way. A portion of burek, sirnica or zeljanica costs about 5-7 KM and comes with a cup of drinking yoghurt for 2 KM. Cash only, standing room mostly.
A 60-metre lane off Baščaršija where smiths still hammer copper by hand, the trade recorded here since the 1500s. Browsing is free and the sound is the attraction; small hand-beaten džezva coffee pots start around 15-20 KM if you haggle.
The locals' benchmark for ćevapi since 1971, on Kundurdžiluk. Ten pieces with somun bread, raw onion and kajmak costs about 8-10 KM — among the cheapest full meals in any European capital. Two branches sit on the same street.
Europe's oldest full-time electric tram network, running since 1885. Line 3 crosses the entire valley from Baščaršija to Ilidža past Sniper Alley, the Holiday Hotel and the Parliament ruins. A kiosk ticket is 1.80 KM, 2 KM from the driver.
The springs of the River Bosna at the foot of Mount Igman, reached by the tram to Ilidža then the 3.5 km Velika Aleja plane-tree avenue. Park entry is around 2 KM; walking the avenue is free, or a horse-cart ride costs about 20 KM.
The 800 m hand-dug tunnel under the airport runway that kept besieged Sarajevo supplied from 1993. A 25 m section is walkable inside the Kolar family house museum; entry is 10 KM, open daily 09:00-17:00 (to 16:00 in winter).
The 1984 Winter Olympics bobsled run on Mount Trebević, now graffiti-covered concrete curving through pine forest and used as a Serb artillery position during the siege. Free to walk at any hour; the cable car from Bistrik costs 20 KM return.