Bosnia surprises at every turn: the copper-worked bazaars of Ottoman Sarajevo, the turquoise cascades of Kravica, the soaring stone arch of Mostar, and the emerald spring of Blagaj beneath its cliff. A private historian threads the layers of empire and encounter.

Few European capitals compress so much into so little ground—an Ottoman quarter, an Austro-Hungarian boulevard and a modern city meeting within a few hundred metres, the seams still visible to anyone shown where to look.

A villa is reserved to your party for the season, dining composed around your preferences and concierge support on call. It is a summer odyssey through a country still gloriously off the beaten path, and all the richer for it.