Travnik is located in Lašva river valley, surrounded by Mount Vlašić in the north and Vilenica mountain in the south. The City of Travnik, which had been the capital of Bosnian Pashaluk for 150 years, the residence of 77 viziers, seat of two consulates, lying in the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina, represents the main administrative and political center of Central Bosnia Canton today.
There are many legends according to which the City of Travnik supposedly got its name, but the most interesting one is the one according to which the fortress was the home of an officer collecting travarina – grass tax, in the pre-Ottoman period.
The city was mentioned under this name for the first time in historical documents on June 3, 1463, when the Turkish historian, Dursun-bey stated that Sultan Mehmed II conquered Travnik on his way to the royal city of Jajce.
In its past, rich in cultural and historical tradition, and encompassing interesting events and important personalities, the people of Travnik have called their city a city-museum in the open, and justly so. This city is characteristic in many ways. Its exciting past has resulted in and left many important personalities and events. This city tells its own story on every step.
What makes it special in the world are two clock towers of 20 m, built in the 18th century by Travnik’s viziers, and it is also the only city in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a sundial, built in 1886. This city is a treasury of various cultural and historical events, so that it has also been the hometown of numerous important personalities, such as Nobel Prize-winning author Ivo Andrić. Travnik is also the hometown of many artists, scientists, travel account authors, but above all tolerant and cordial persons.
It is also important to mention the well known Travnik cheese, short-beaked pidgeons, Plava voda and the attractive excursion site and ski resort on Babanovac.