Top 9 Beautiful Places To Visit in Albania
Top 9 Beautiful Places To Visit in Albania
#1. Tirana
Tirana, the capital of Albania, is known for its colorful Ottoman-, Fascist- and Soviet-era architecture. Pastel buildings surround the city's focal point, Skanderbeg Square, which is named for its equestrian statue of a national hero. On the square's north end is the modernist National History Museum, covering prehistoric times through Communist rule and the anti-Communist uprisings of the 1990s.
#2. Durrës
Durrës is a port city on the Adriatic Sea in western Albania, west of the capital, Tirana. It’s known for its huge Roman amphitheater. Nearby is a 9th-century church with mosaic-covered walls. The Archaeological Museum displays pieces from the Greek, Hellenistic and Roman periods. Broad Durrësi Beach has shallow waters. Nearby is the former summer villa of 20th-century King Zog.
#3. Lake Ohrid
Lake Ohrid straddles the mountainous border between southwestern Macedonia and eastern Albania. It is one of Europe's deepest and oldest lakes, preserving a unique aquatic ecosystem that is of worldwide ...
#4. Sarandë
Sarandë is a resort on the Albanian Riviera, in southern Albania. Sandwiched between the Ionian Sea and hills of olive groves, the town is on a horseshoe-shaped bay, edged by beaches and a promenade. In the center are the archaeological remains of a 5th-century synagogue, later an early Christian basilica. Intricate floor mosaics are still evident. The 16th-century Lëkurësi Castle is on a hilltop above the town.
#5. Lake Skadar
Lake Skadar — also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra — lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern Europe. It is named after the city of Shkodër in northern Albania. It is a karst lake.
#6. Buthrotum
Buthrotum was an ancient Greek and later Roman city and bishopric in Epirus. Inhabited since prehistoric times, Buthrotum was a city of the Greek tribe of the Chaonians, later a Roman colony and a bishopric.
#7. Shkodër
Shkodër or Shkodra, historically known as Scodra, is a city in the Republic of Albania. It is the capital of the surrounding county of Shkodër, one of 12 constituent counties of the republic.
#8. Berat
Berat is a city on the Osum River, in central Albania. It's known for its white Ottoman houses. On a hilltop, Berat Castle is a huge compound now inhabited by townspeople. Within its walls are Byzantine churches, the Red Mosque and the Onufri National Museum, with Christian icons. East is the Ethnographic Museum, in an 18th-century house, displaying traditional crafts and part of a reconstructed medieval bazaar.
#9. Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër is a city in southern Albania, on a valley between the Gjerë mountains and the Drino, at 300 metres above sea level.
Top Things To Do and see in Berat, Albania | The Places You Should Go: Berat, Albania
Top Things To Do and see in Berat, Albania | The Places You Should Go: Berat, Albania
Enjoy the Charm of the Old Town of Berat
The Berat town in south central Albania is simultaneously the capital of both the district of Berat and the County of Berat. The town is a historical one with a number of old architecture and is surrounded by Pine forests. The town also seats on the West Bank of the Osum River, a little ahead of the point where the Oshum is connected by the Molisht River. The town is actually on the foothills of the Tomorr Mountains. The other side of the Osum River has the Shpirag Mountain. There is an old Albanian legend regarding the two mountains and the river. The legend says, Tomorr and Shpirag were ancient giants who fought over a beautiful lady and both died to become the two mountains! The Oshum River is the lady herself!
Weather in Berat
Berrat is a place of the Mediterranean climate. It is actually the hottest city in Albania located in the rain shadow of the Mount Tomorr. The average highest temperature is about 23 C, and the lowest average is 10 C. Weather in Berat is moderately comfortable to visit to anytime in the year.
Tourist Places Berat
There are many tourist places in Berat. In fact, Berat is known as the town of thousand windows because of the many large windows of the old architectural landmarks located in the city. There is the very old Berat castle. This castle was burnt down by the Romans in 200 BC and was further strengthened in the 5th century. The Berat castle, the historic witness to many historical battles, still stands guard over the old town of Berat. The old town has been in fact included by the UNESCO in the world heritage list. Other tourist places Berat include the Church of St Mary of Blachernae, the King Mosque, the Lead Mosque and the Halveti Tekke.
Accommodation in Berat
There are a few hotels in Berat, which offer very affordable accommodation for travelers. Accommodation in Berat is never a problem for the travelers who want to spend a quite mythical vacation in a very old town of Albania.
Places to Eat in Berat
The Mengalemi restaurant and the White house restaurant are the two places to eat in Berat. You will find these restaurants as great places to enjoy authentic Albanian food.
Things to Do in Berat
As for things to do in Berat, you will find that there are so many sightseeing options in the town. The old architecture of this Albanian town will fascinate you and you will feel the charm of the ancient in this old city! You can visit to the old mosques and seat in silence, or you visit the old fort and relive the memories of the many battles that the fort has been witness to.
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5. Blue Eye
The Blue Eye is a water spring and natural phenomenon occurring near Muzinë in Vlorë County, southern Albania.
4. Lëkurësi Castle
Lëkurësi Castle is a ruined castle in Lëkurës, southern Albania.
3. Gjirokastër Castle
Gjirokastër Castle is a fortress in Gjirokastër, situated at a height of 336 metres (1,102 ft).
2. Buthrotum
Buthrotum is an archeological site in Vlorë County, Albania, some 14 kilometres south of Sarandë and close to the Greek border.
1. Et’hem Bey Mosque
The Et'hem Bey Mosque is an 18th-century mosque located in the center of the Albanian capital Tirana.
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Top 10 Biggest Albanian Cities
Top 10 Biggest Albanian Cities
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10)Pogradec
9)Lushnje
8)Berat
7) Korce
6)Fier
5)Shkoder
4)Elbasan
3)Vlore
2)Durres
1)Tirana
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Albania/Beautiful Berat (UNESCO World Heritage) Part 4
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Berat is a town located in south-central Albania and the capital of both the District of Berat and the larger County of Berat. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of around 71,000 people. In July 2008, the old town (Mangalem district) was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
During the 18th century Berat was one the most important Albanian cities of the Ottoman Empire. In the early modern era the city was the capital of the Pashalik of Berat founded by Ahmet Kurt Pasha. Berat was incorporated in the Pashalik of Yanina after Ibrahim Pasha of Berat was defeated by Ali Pasha in 1809. In 1867, Berat became a sanjak in Yannina (Yanya) vilayet.
During the early period of Ottoman rule, Berat fell into severe decline. By the end of the 16th century it had only 710 houses. However it began to recover by the 17th century and became a major craft centre specializing in wood carving. During the 19th century, Berat played an important part in the Albanian national revival. A Greek school was operating in the city already from 1835. It became a major base of support for the League of Prizren, the late 19th century Albanian nationalist alliance, while the city was also represented in the formation of southern branch of the league in Gjirokastër. From October 23 to October 30, 1944, the second session of the Council of National Liberation of Albania was held in Berat, where the National Liberation Movement-controlled Anti-Fascist National Liberation Committee became the Provisional Democratic Government of Albania, with Enver Hoxha as its prime minister and minister of defence.Wikipedia
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Berat, is the ninth largest city by population of the Republic of Albania. The city is the capital of the surrounding Berat County, one of 12 constituent counties of the country. By air, it is 71 kilometres (44 miles) north of Gjirokastër, 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of Korçë, 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Tirana and 33 kilometres (21 miles) east of Fier.
Geographically, Berat is located in the south of the country surrounded by mountains and hills including Tomorr on the east that was declared a national park. For a total length of 161 kilometres (100 miles) the Osum River runs through the city before it empties into the Seman River within the Myzeqe Plain.
Berat, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008, comprise a unique style of architecture with influences from several civilizations that have managed to coexist for centuries throughout the history. Like many cities in Albania, Berat comprises an old fortified city filled with churches and mosques painted with grandiose wealth of visible murals and frescos.
The name of the city in Albanian is Berat or Berati, which is probably derived from the Old Slavonic Бѣлградъ or Bel(i)grad[citation needed] (Белград, meaning white city in the South Slavic languages), under which name it was known in Greek, Bulgarian, Latin and Slavic documents during the High and Late Middle Ages.[citation needed] That name was rendered as Bellegrada (Βελλέγραδα) in Greek.[citation needed] It is believed to have been the site of the ancient city Antipatreia (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιπάτρεια city of Antipater) or Antipatrea in Latin, while during the early Byzantine Empire the name of the town was Pulcheriopolis (Greek: Πουλχεριόπολις, city of Pulcheria). In the Republic of Venice the city was known as Belgrado di Romania (Rumelian Belgrade), while in the Ottoman Empire it was also known as Belgrad-i Arnavud (Albanian Belgrade) to distinguish it from Belgrade.
Berat lies on the right bank of the river Osum, a short distance from the point where it is joined by the Molisht river. The old city centre consists of three parts: Kalaja (on the castle hill), Mangalem (at the foot of the castle hill) and Gorica (on the left bank of the Osum). It has a wealth of beautiful buildings of high architectural and historical interest. The pine forests above the city, on the slopes of the towering Tomorr mountains, provide a backdrop of appropriate grandeur. The Osumi river has cut a 915-metre deep gorge through the limestone rock on the west side of the valley to form a precipitous natural fortress, around which the town was built on several river terraces.
According to an Albanian legend, the Tomorr mountain was originally a giant, who fought with another giant (mountain) called Shpirag over a young woman. They killed each other and the girl drowned in her tears, which then became the Osum river.
Mount Shpirag, named after the second giant, is on the left bank of the gorge, above the district of Gorica. Berat is known to Albanians as the city of One above another Windows (a similar epithet is sometimes applied to Gjirokastra), or The City of Two Thousand Steps. It was proclaimed a 'Museum City' by the dictator Enver Hoxha in June 1961
The earliest recorded inhabitants of the city (6th century BC) were the Illyrian tribe of the Dassaretae or Dexarioi, the northernmost subgroup of the Chaonians, and the region was known as Dessaretis after them.[3][4] Modern Berat occupies the site of Antipatreia (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιπάτρεια), which originally was a settlement of the Dexarioi[5] and later a Macedonian stronghold in southern Illyria.[3][6] The founding date is unknown, although if Cassander is the founder it has been suggested that Antipatreia was founded after he took control of the region around 314 BC.[6] In 200 BC it was captured by the Roman legatus Lucius Apustius, who razed the walls and massacred the male population of the city
The town became part of the unstable frontier of the Byzantine Empire following the fall of the western Roman Empire and, along with much of the rest of the Balkan peninsula, it suffered from repeated invasions by Slavs. During the Roman and early Byzantine period, the city was known as Pulcheriopolis.
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The Llogora National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar i Llogarasë or Llogorasë) is a national park in Vlorë County, Albania. It was declared since 1966 as a protected area by the Albanian Government.
The park covers an area of 1,010 hectares (2,500 acres) and protects the forests on the north side of the Llogara Pass between a height from 470 to 2,018 m (1,542 to 6,621 ft) above sea level.
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Berat - South-central Albania
Berat is a city and a municipality located in south-central Albania, and the capital of the County of Berat. In July 2008, the old town (Mangalem district) was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Berat, Otllak, Roshnik, Sinjë and Velabisht, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the city Berat. The total population is 60,031 (2011 census).The population of the former Mangalemmunicipality at the 2011 census was 32,606.
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The Blue Eye (Albanian: Syri i Kaltër) is a water spring and natural phenomenon occurring near Muzinë in Vlorë County, southern Albania. A popular tourist attraction, the clear blue water of the river bubbles forth from a stunning, more than fifty-metre-deep pool. Divers have descended to fifty metres, but it is still unclear what the actual depth of the karst hole is.
This is the initial water source of Bistricë river , 25 km long, which ends in the Ionian Sea south of Sarandë.
The source stands at an altitude of 152 m and has a discharge rate of 18400 l/s.
The immediate area 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi) is a Nature Monument and is characterized by oak and sycamore trees. In summer 2004, the source was temporarily dried up.