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CITADEL OF BERAT
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
4.7/5
• 9 reviews
Superb. Home to numerous churches, the country's oldest mosque (in ruins) ...Read more
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MUSÉE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE D'APOLLONIE D'ILLYRIE
Archaeology
5/5
• 1 review
Museum created in 1958 in a superb setting in Pojan, housing around half of ...Read more
2024
MONASTÈRE DE LA DORMITION-DE-LA-MÈRE-DE-DIEU
Abbey monastery and convent
5/5
• 1 review
Superb 13th-century Byzantine church in the archaeological site of ...Read more
2024
CATHÉDRALE SAINT-DÉMÉTRIOS
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
5/5
• 1 review
The main Orthodox church in central Albania. Completed in 2014, it boasts a ...Read more
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ONUFRI MUSEUM AND OLD CATHEDRAL
Museums
4.6/5
• 5 reviews
Houses some of the works of the Berat school of painting, founded in the ...Read more
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GORICA DISTRICT
Street square and neighborhood to visit
5/5
• 1 review
A small district of white houses with gardens, listed as a Unesco World ...Read more
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MANGALEM DISTRICT
Street square and neighborhood to visit
5/5
• 1 review
The historic center of Berat, a Unesco World Heritage site. It's the "city ...Read more
2024
DURRËS ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Museums
4.5/5
• 2 reviews
Still suffering from the great looting of 1997. But fine collections of ...Read more
2024
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF APOLLONIA OF ILLYRIA
Archaeological site
3.9/5
• 7 reviews
The country's second-largest archaeological site, after Butrint. Greek and ...Read more
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KING'S MOSQUE
Mosque to visit
4/5
• 3 reviews
This mosque (Xhamia e Mbretit) was built in 1492 in honor of the "king" ...Read more
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MONASTERY OF ARDENICA
Abbey monastery and convent
3.8/5
• 4 reviews
Albania's only active Orthodox monastery. Skanderbeg's wedding was ...Read more
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KING'S MOSQUE
Mosque to visit
4/5
• 1 review
One of the oldest mosques in Albania (1502), it is located in the citadel ...Read more
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ELBASAN CITADEL
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
4/5
• 1 review
This citadel is the heart of Elbasan. In fact, it's one of the few pleasant ...Read more
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TOUR DE L'HORLOGE D'ELBASAN
Towers to visit
4/5
• 1 review
White tower, 15 m high, erected in 1899 on a bastion of the Elbasan ...Read more
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MOSQUÉE FATHI
Mosque to visit
4/5
• 1 review
Presented as the oldest in the country... which is not true. Modest ...Read more
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DURRËS AMPHITHEATER
Ancient monuments
3.3/5
• 4 reviews
The largest Roman amphitheatre in the Balkans. Poorly promoted, it has ...Read more
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BERAT ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
Museums
3/5
• 1 review
Beautiful 18th-century fortified house. Traditional 19th-century costumes, ...Read more
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PLACE D'ILLYRIE
Street square and neighborhood to visit
Central square designed after the 1926 earthquake. Town hall topped by a ...Read more
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MUSÉE DES MARTYRS
Memorial to visit
It's not a "museum", but a memorial to World War II resistance fighters and ...Read more
2024
MONUMENT DE LA RÉSISTANCE
Columns and statues to see
Striking bronze statue of a fighter raising his rifle for the assault. ...Read more