Morića Inn
Morića Han
The only preserved Ottoman Inn (han literally means roadside inn) in Sarajevo, built in 1551, under the benevolence of Gazi Husrev-Beg's endowment (vakuf). It served as a caravanserai, able to accommodate up to 300 guests, 70 horses, and offered 43 rooms where travellers could spend the night. On 29 July 1878, the inn became the scene of the protest movement against the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia, and the People's Council (Narodni Odbor) was founded here. The building was damaged or destroyed by fires numerous times and rebuilt each time, notably in 1697 and again in December 1957 when the entire complex was burned to the ground. Reconstruction took place from 1971 to 1974, and Persian calligraphic inscriptions from poems written by Omar Khayyám, a 12th-century Persian poet, were added as decorations. The property ownership to the inn was returned to the Gazi Husrev-Beg endowment in 1998, and houses a carpet shop and traditional restaurant, occasionally hosts exhibitions and offers business space for purposes that match the historical context and purpose of the building. Stairs on either side of the inner patio allow visitors to reach the first floor with the rooms.
- Address
- Sarači 77
- Getting there
- Baščaršija, entrance is on the south side of the block, from the Sarači street
- Hours
- Open now · closes 10:15 pm
Weekly hours
Mon 8 am–10:15 pm Tue 8 am–10:15 pm Wed 8 am–10:15 pm Thu 8 am–10:15 pm Fri 8 am–10:15 pm Sat 8 am–10:15 pm Sun 8 am–10:15 pm - Price
- Free
Listing from Wikivoyage: Sarajevo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.