Gastronomy Mostar region

Gastronomy and tourism have much in common, so that the development of one without the other almost unthinkable. Going back a few years in the past, tourism has amounted to a tour of historical and cultural sites, and a tour of natural beauty such as national parks, nature parks, and general landscape which knows itself to be beautiful. If the away team's luck, but it is on his journey accompanied a nice time, he was able to experience the full splendor of natural beauty, but otherwise, we can say with certainty that he fully enjoyed the study of cultural and natural beauty. As the standard of living has increased, increased the need to offer a variety of content in tourism. One of the most comfortable way of getting to know people with the culture and way of life of people in a particular area is through food. Thus, in addition to good weather and natural beauty found in the tourist industry and gastronomy. Through a variety of culinary delights can be guest or tourist familiar with the delicacies that are native to the place that we present. Through old authentic dishes can see how life in the area once looked like, what kind of foods are used and what methods of food preparation are known, the diversity of plant and animal species in the area, both in the countryside and in the towns, inland and coastal, every meal can tell the historical and cultural story.

The Hercegovacko-Neretvansko county spans on 40,401m2 of land and has a population of around 216,736 people. It has a variety of different civilizations, cultures, traditions, religions and opinions. This county is made up of the municipalities of: Mostar (Old Town, West, North, South, Southwest, Southeast), Capljina, Neum, Ravno, Stolac, Citluk (Medjugorje), Konjic, Jablanica and Prozor. It is rich in tourist locations, cultural heritage, natural beauty and economy, as well as being the only county that has access to the Adriatic sea by way of Neum. Some attractive tourist spots are Pocitelj (a medieval fortified city), Hutovo Blato (one of the richest swamp-bird reserves in Europe), Mongorjelo (a monument of late antique times and an Illyric contribution to the formation of roman culture), the river Neretva (for rafting, hunting, fishing, swimming, etc.), Mostar (the old bridge), Medjugorje (the holy land of the queen of peace), along with many mountainous masses covered in beautiful green forrests and rivers full of clean and flowing drinking water.