Garni Hotel Konak

Small hotel in the center of old and tourist part of the city. Sourande with nice restaurants and gift shop, just across the oldest Serbian Ortodox Church in Sarajevo. Perfect location for sightseeing of Baščaršija. Clean room with good view.

Spent a night there on my Bosnia trip. On the plus side: it is affordable and close to the old city, where you want to be to explore the sights and sounds of Bosnia... But although the place is quite clean, I did not feel comfortable due to outdated equipment (oldish carpets, bathroom, etc..), also some stuff is simply falling apart (e.g. wall sockets). Tv did not work either, was not able to change the channel with broken remote :). The worst thing came at night ... there is an external air conditioning unit mounted on the wall right next to the room's balcony doors... the noise was terrible (the machine is either broken or it was overloaded since it was quite cold and it might be used for heating), and we spent the night awake... this did not only ruin our night but also the day that followed... terrible. Hint: do avoid room 03!!

This is a good choice if you are independent and don't need much "hand holding" since the front desk is staffed only for a few hours in the morning (checkout) and by appointment for check in (that worked fine for me). Location is walkable from the trolley bus station and airport transfers are available for a fee if arranged in advance. A very small breakfast is provided in the morning (a fried egg dish had been sliced into about two dozen postage stamp size portions, and two young guys just polished off what was intended for everybody, for themselves, taking the entire tray and sliding it onto their plates). Rooms are comfortable, clean, and air conditioning can be adjusted as needed individually. Neighborhood is safe. There is a surcharge if you want to pay the room rate by credit card. For cash, they will accept Euros for the airport transfer even though the preferred currency is the national one, Bosnian Convertible Marks (I appreciated that gesture). On balance this is a small family run hotel and the people try to provide a good value for the tourists while keeping costs down--and I say that they succeed in that. I recommend this hotel and would not hesitate to stay here again (but I'd grab the limited eggs sooner next time!).