The Pellegrino apartments are part of a newly built complex in the pedestrian area between ... more
the Musala town square and the Old Bridge, in the UNESCO-protected historic centre. There are 15 apartments of various sizes including fully equipped kitchens an...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Lots of culture and history, cheap, tasty food, kind people Disadvantages: Those slippy footpaths!
I remember seeing, as a child, a photograph showing daring young Yugoslav men jumping from a bridge into impossibly blue water below. It struck me as very exciting and must have made quite an impression on me as I told myself that one day I would see it for myself. The bridge was in Mostar which is now in the independent country of Bosnia and Herzegovina; more specifically, it is the regional capital of the province of Herzegovina in the south west of the country. There is a bridge there today but it is not the original; that was blown up by a Croatian rocket during the Bosnian war but after the war it was rebuilt, partly using the original materials which fell into the gorge below. In the summer of 2009 I was able to visit this city I had longed to see for so many years and found a small but charming place that has so much more to offer ...
Advantages: Idyllic setting, fascinating history, friendly people Disadvantages: Difficult to get to - limited range of facilities
life.
At this stage the day was nearly over and it was time to leave the left bank of the river to drive through the other side of the town where we had a table booked in a very communistic looking hotel. Here with all the other members of the coach party we had a three course meal which was huge portions and good value but after everything we had seen and walking around in the heat all day I didn't feel very hungry.
Finally the meal was over and it was time to leave Mostar. Driving through this city with desolated tenement blocks, bullet holes indented in all buildings, you come to the Old Gymnasium standing in the Spanish Square. It was built in 1898 in a Turkish architectural style and for generations, Mostar's citizens were educated there. At the time I visited it was in a semi derelict state waiting to be reconstructed ...
Advantages: none Disadvantages: not a good move to change from glass to plastic
I love San Pellegrino mineral water, I agree with the previous reviewer. It is light and refreshing and not at all gassy. My only gripe is that I used to be able to buy it in large, glass bottles but for some ridiculous reason (certainly not a green one) I can only find the larger sizes in nasty plastic bottles. Were I to buy teeny bottles of San Pellegrino, I would have the pleasure of glass but I don't want a teeny bottle, I want a great big bottle to put on my dinner table! Why, oh why have they changed to plastic? I didn't buy the water for a long time after the change, but now I have sneaked it back onto my shopping list. I am concerned, though, as, apart from the recycling point-of-view, I am sure it is less healthy to buy water in plastic bottles as the chemicals can leach into the water.
5 stars for the water but 0 stars ...
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Product details
Long Name
Hotel Pellegrino
Type
Hotel
Street
Faladjica 1C
Address
Faladjica 1C, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina
City
Mostar
Country
Bosnia Herzegovina
Post Code
88000
Continent
Europe
Avg Price
35
Manufacturer's product description
The Pellegrino apartments are part of a newly built complex in the pedestrian area between the Musala town square and the Old Bridge, in the UNESCO-protected historic centre. There are 15 apartments of various sizes including fully equipped kitchens and 2 double rooms, all providing utmost comfort and first-class facilities. The apartments are located in the modern, newly built complex with a separate entrance and reception desk. Very close to the apartments there is a parking area with 24-hour surveillance.
