In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jajce immediately catches the eye with a waterfall almost in the middle of town. Travnik combines a fortress, Ottoman architecture and a mountain setting. Počitelj looks like a stone village climbing up a Herzegovinian hillside.
In Montenegro, Perast offers one of the most beautiful atmospheres in the Bay of Kotor. Its stone palaces and views of the islands are completely different from busier Kotor.
On Lake Ohrid, the small lakeside communities offer a calmer experience of North Macedonia.
In Croatia, towns like Trogir offer an incredible concentration of history in a very small space. Slovenia's Piran combines Venetian architecture with the atmosphere of the Adriatic.
In Albania, historic towns such as Berat and Gjirokastër show a completely different side of the country from its popular coast.
On Lake Ohrid, the small lakeside communities offer a calmer experience of North Macedonia.
Serbia also has a number of historic towns and rural areas that remain off standard international itineraries, such as Vrnjačka Banja, Niš and Subotica.
The advantage of smaller places is their rhythm. There's no need to rush from sight to sight.
You can sit on the square, have a coffee and simply watch everyday life. It's in those moments that a trip stops being a tourist programme. It becomes an experience of a place. That's why at least one small town belongs in almost every Balkora itinerary.
