Dragana’s guidebook
My favorite restaurants
One of the best pizza places in town. Would recommend "Pizza mixed + smoked cheese" and "Pizza with chicken".
Perla
30 Cara LazaraOne of the best pizza places in town. Would recommend "Pizza mixed + smoked cheese" and "Pizza with chicken".
Best place to try national dish - ćevapi. For the ful Banjaluka feel, eat it with onion and Nektar beer.
Roštiljnica A&D
32 GrčkaBest place to try national dish - ćevapi. For the ful Banjaluka feel, eat it with onion and Nektar beer.
Rijeka
14 Bogdana MarićaLovely place with beautiful view on Vrbas river. Serbian national dishes.
Pizza place close to apartment. Personally, would recommend Cannellone with spinach and chicken.
9 locals recommend
Kod Brke
36 SrpskaPizza place close to apartment. Personally, would recommend Cannellone with spinach and chicken.
Great assortment of food. Would recommend pizza, souffle and pancakes with bananas and caramel. Very close to apartment.
6 locals recommend
Marcello
30 Bana MilosavljevićaGreat assortment of food. Would recommend pizza, souffle and pancakes with bananas and caramel. Very close to apartment.
Aj Zdravo
6 VidovdanskaPerfect choice for vegans, vegetarians or anybody with special diet.
Best pizza in town, in my opinion. If you are a fan of spicy food, try "Don Carlos".
Branka Majstorovića 21
21 Branka MajstorovićaBest pizza in town, in my opinion. If you are a fan of spicy food, try "Don Carlos".
Cafe's
Eklektik
65a Kralja Petra I KarađorđevićaCozy place with great coffee and tea. Promotes artists of Banjaluka.
Balkon
1 Veselina MaslešeTrendy place exactly in the city center.
PomPom
101 Kralja Petra I KarađorđevićaCozy, Mexico inspired, place with great food.
Cafe Yoko
3 Ive AndrićaPersonally favorite. Beautiful place that promotes artists of Banjaluka.
Kafeterija 5
7 Slobodana KusturićaA lot of different types of coffee and tea. Lovely place.
Night life
Personally favorite place ever. Around 100 different types of cocktails and shooters. Lovely staff and great music that will take you back in time. Also suitable for everyday coffee.
Smuggler
103 Kralja Petra l KarađorđevićaPersonally favorite place ever. Around 100 different types of cocktails and shooters. Lovely staff and great music that will take you back in time. Also suitable for everyday coffee.
City pub
103 Kralja Petra I KarađorđevićaPerfect place if you are a rock and roll type of person.
Rudi
Boom Boom Room
Veselina MaslešeClub Drama
8 Bana MilosavljevićaClub Opium
97 Kralja Petra I KarađorđevićaClub Cristal
What to see?
Oldest historical monument in the City of Banja Luka. In the past Kastel was a strong army fortification and it protected the basin of the river Vrbas from enemy rush.
24 locals recommend
Kastel Fortress
Oldest historical monument in the City of Banja Luka. In the past Kastel was a strong army fortification and it protected the basin of the river Vrbas from enemy rush.
Banja Luka's version of Romeo and Juliet. The legend says the tragic story about love between Safikada and Austro-Hungarian soldier. These days, couples light candles at monument to celebrate love.
Safikadin grob
Banja Luka's version of Romeo and Juliet. The legend says the tragic story about love between Safikada and Austro-Hungarian soldier. These days, couples light candles at monument to celebrate love.
Walking zone in the centre of the city. At the end of the 19th century a line of Neo-Renaissance buildings was raised, and later on a building with stylistic elements of secession, with rich decoration on the wreaths, around the windows and balconies and decorative towers on the edges.
Gospodska Ulica
25 Veselina MaslešeWalking zone in the centre of the city. At the end of the 19th century a line of Neo-Renaissance buildings was raised, and later on a building with stylistic elements of secession, with rich decoration on the wreaths, around the windows and balconies and decorative towers on the edges.
The temple, as we see it now was built from 1993 to 2004. It is restoration of the church that was built 1929, but was damaged in the Nazi bombardment of Banja Luka in 1941 and demolished by the command of the occupant reign of the Independent Republic of Croatia, at the time. Now, it represents one of the most beautiful and the biggest architectural accomplishments of the Ortodox temples at the territory of the Balkans.
7 locals recommend
Christ the Savior Orthodox Cathedral
3 Trg srpskih vladaraThe temple, as we see it now was built from 1993 to 2004. It is restoration of the church that was built 1929, but was damaged in the Nazi bombardment of Banja Luka in 1941 and demolished by the command of the occupant reign of the Independent Republic of Croatia, at the time. Now, it represents one of the most beautiful and the biggest architectural accomplishments of the Ortodox temples at the territory of the Balkans.
Convent Marija Zvijezda was made in 1926 as conventional church, for the community, which after the World War I became meager, and counted 150 members. What is so special about the church, is its artistic, plastic equippedness- the sculpture is more of an addition to the architecture than a decoration.
Mariastern Abbey, Banja Luka
1 SlatinskaConvent Marija Zvijezda was made in 1926 as conventional church, for the community, which after the World War I became meager, and counted 150 members. What is so special about the church, is its artistic, plastic equippedness- the sculpture is more of an addition to the architecture than a decoration.
Ferhat Pasha Mosque was built in 1579 under the reign of Ferhad Pasha Sokolovic, when Banja Luka became the centre of Bosnian pashalik. It is one of the most significant cultural-historical monuments of the oriental culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9 locals recommend
Ferhadija Mosque
Kralja Petra I KarađorđevićaFerhat Pasha Mosque was built in 1579 under the reign of Ferhad Pasha Sokolovic, when Banja Luka became the centre of Bosnian pashalik. It is one of the most significant cultural-historical monuments of the oriental culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Located at the top of the Banj Hill, the monument to fallen Krajina soldiers in the War for Liberation (1941-1945) against fascism is more than monument. It is a place where most of locals spend Sunday's. Beautiful city view + beautiful nature = definitely worth visiting.
26 locals recommend
Banj brdo
Located at the top of the Banj Hill, the monument to fallen Krajina soldiers in the War for Liberation (1941-1945) against fascism is more than monument. It is a place where most of locals spend Sunday's. Beautiful city view + beautiful nature = definitely worth visiting.