I have only been to Bosnia and Montenegro, so I will only speak for those two. It was a roadtrip where we had our car, so we never had to deal with public transport or car hires.

Bosnia is a country that is still defined by its recent war. In Sarajevo a lot of buildings still have bullet holes and sidewalks have craters. Politically, the country is still divided into two sub-polities reflecting the sides of the war (a Muslim-Croat "Federation" and a Serb "Republic"). This is one major reason why Bosnia usually isn't considered as a tourist destination for westerners. The nature is rather gorgeous, there's plenty of mountains, waterfalls and deep river gorges. Shamefully, hiking can be difficult because in a lot of places there are landmines still around. There are plenty of historical monuments (mosques, castles etc.), some of which were extensively restored / rebuilt after being damaged or destroyed by the war. Most tourist destinations are in the aforementioned Federation (Sarajevo, Jajce, Kravice waterfalls, Mostar etc.). In the Serb areas, Banja Luka is worth a visit, as is Visegrad (which has a large ottoman-era bridge in a scenic location at the Drina river valley).

We visited:
>Banja Luka: capital of the Serb polity, has a few rebuilt historical monuments and it's interesting if you're genuinely interested in the weird politics of Bosnia
>Jajce: cool hilltop medieval town with mosques and castle ruins. Also the location where the communist partisan movement (and by the extension the Jugoslav socialist state) had its beginnings
>Sarajevo: plenty of very interesting religious buildings and historical monuments, many of which are related to socialist Jugoslavia and to the war
>Visegrad: see above
>Mostar: main city of the Herzegovina region, worth a visit also because of the nearby Blagaj sufi temple

People in Bosnia seem to be quite friendly towards tourists, but obviously try not to be a general shithead.

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