Mostar is the door to Herzegovina, and a car is what turns a bridge and a bazaar into the whole region: the Buna spring at Blagaj fifteen minutes out, the Ottoman village of Počitelj and the Kravica falls to the south, and the Neretva canyon running north past Jablanica and Konjic to Sarajevo in a little over two hours.
Mostar is the door to Herzegovina, and a car is what turns a bridge and a bazaar into the whole region: the Buna spring at Blagaj fifteen minutes out, the Ottoman village of Počitelj and the Kravica falls to the south, and the Neretva canyon running north past Jablanica and Konjic to Sarajevo in a little over two hours.
No deposit, no excess
Premium Insurance means the local partner waives the security deposit completely – nothing is blocked on your card for the length of the trip.
Local rates, not airport markups
Direct prices from partners in Herzegovina. What you book is what you pay at the counter in arrivals, with no desk fee added at the terminal.
Unlimited mileage
The country is small and almost everything is a day trip, which is exactly how the kilometres add up. No rental we offer charges by the kilometre.
Almost nothing is tolled
The motorway is still being built and exists in short pieces near the Croatian border. The M17 along the Neretva and the regional roads are free.
Built for a charter timetable
Mostar runs seasonal and pilgrim flights rather than a steady schedule. Add your flight number at booking and the desk tracks it, so a delay does not cost you the car.
One counter, in the arrivals hall at Mostar Airport. Open the page for directions out of the terminal, drive times and what is worth the detour on the way.
Everything we cover sits in the Neretva basin, where a limestone plateau drops to a river valley and then to the Adriatic – which is why an hour of driving changes the landscape completely.
The rebuilt Old Bridge, the cobbled Kujundžiluk bazaar and the river that cuts the city in two, with the Fortica ridge above it and the airport ten minutes south.
The Buna comes out of a cliff at Blagaj beneath a sixteenth-century dervish house. Stolac, half an hour on, keeps the Radimlja necropolis and its carved medieval stećci.
The Brotnjo plateau grows Žilavka and Blatina and fills most of the charter flights into Mostar. Ljubuški sits below it, with the Kravica falls on the Trebižat.
The M17 climbs the gorge past Jablanica's bombed railway bridge and Konjic's Ottoman one, with Boračko lake and Prenj either side, and Sarajevo at the top.
Right-hand traffic, one river valley carrying most of the traffic, a currency that is not the euro, and rules that are enforced more strictly than the roads suggest.
Drive on the right
As on mainland Europe. Limits are 50 in built-up areas, 80 on open road, 100 on dual carriageway and 130 on the few finished motorway sections.
Headlights on, day and night
Dipped headlights are compulsory around the clock, all year round. It is the rule a rental car is stopped for most often, so check the switch before you leave the car park.
The limit is effectively zero
Blood alcohol is capped at 0.03%, and at zero for drivers under 21 or with less than three years of licence. One glass with a Herzegovina lunch is already over it.
Winter equipment is a date
Winter tyres, or chains carried for the driven axle, are compulsory from 1 November to 1 April whatever the weather. The passes north of Jablanica genuinely need them.
Cross-border needs paperwork
Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia are often permitted, but the Green Card and the partner's written authorisation must be issued before you travel. Tell us your countries when you book, not at the counter.
Minimum age 21
With at least one year of driving experience. Some vehicle categories set a higher minimum, and it is shown on the car while you are still choosing.
Pick Premium Insurance with zero excess and the local partner drops the security deposit altogether, so you settle at the counter with a debit card or cash. The cover is the partner's own, so there is nothing to pay out and claim back later.
At Mostar Airport (OMO), the only counter we operate in the country. It sits seven kilometres south of the city on the M17, so it is a starting point for Herzegovina rather than a detour out of it.
EU, UK and US licences are accepted on their own for a tourist rental, alongside your passport. Bring an International Driving Permit as well if your licence is not written in the Latin alphabet, and carry both in the car.
Often yes, but it has to be arranged in advance. A Green Card and the partner's written authorisation are issued before you travel, so name the countries you plan to enter when you book rather than at the desk.
Almost nothing you will drive is tolled – the motorway exists only in short pieces near the Croatian border. Prices are in convertible marks, pegged at about 1.96 to the euro; fuel stations and car parks take cards.
For the Old Bridge alone, no. For anything else, yes: Blagaj, Počitelj, Kravica, Stolac and the Radimlja stećci are spread across a plateau with almost no public transport between them, and the buses that do run are timed for commuters.
Yes, on every car and every insurance tier. It matters more than the size of the country suggests: Sarajevo, the Adriatic at Neum and the Kravica falls are all separate day trips out of the same base, and they add up fast.
May, June and September. July and August regularly pass 35°C in the Neretva valley, which is one of the hottest places in the region, while the canyon road north and the passes beyond it can hold snow from December to March.
Book in minutes, pick the insurance tier that suits you, and collect in the arrivals hall at Mostar Airport the moment you land.
