The Best Places To Visit In The Albania

Rozafa Castle:-

Rozafa castle is a castle near the city of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It rises imposingly on a rocky hill, 130 metres above sea level, surrounded by the Bojana and Drin rivers.

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 importance, with more than 200 endemic species.

Mount Dajt:-

Mount Dajt is a mountain in Tirana County, Albania, to the east of the city of Tirana. The Dajti National Park is also situated at the Dajt. Its highest peak is at 1,613 m.

Prokletije:-

Prokletije, also known as the Albanian Alps and the Accursed Mountains, is a mountain range on the western Balkan peninsula, extending from northern Albania to Kosovo and eastern Montenegro.

National Historical Museum:-

The National Historical Museum of Albania in Tirana, Albania, is the country's largest museum. It was opened on 28 October 1981 and is 27,000 square metres in size, while 18,000 square metres are available for expositions.

Skanderbeg Museum:-

The Skanderbeg Museum in Krujë honors Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbej, the national hero of Albania. The museum is located inside the Krujë Castle and the restored bazaar.

Et'hem Bey Mosque:-

The Et'hem Bey Mosque is an 18th-century mosque located in the center of the Albanian capital Tirana. Closed under communist rule, the mosque reopened as a house of worship in 1991, without permission from the authorities.

Porto Palermo Castle:-

Porto Palermo Castle is a castle near Himarë in southern Albania. It is situated in the bay of Porto Palermo, a few kilometers south of Himarë along the Albanian Riviera.

Skanderbeg Square:-

The Skanderbeg Square is the main plaza in the centre of Tirana, Albania. The square is named after the Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu. The total area is about 40.000 square metres. The Skanderbeg Monument dominates the square.

Gjirokastër Fortress:-

Gjirokastër Castle is a fortress in Gjirokastër, Albania. Gjirokastër Castle is situated at a height of 336 metres. The castle dominates the town and overlooks the strategically important route along the river valley.

Berat Castle:-

Berat Castle is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat, Albania. It dates mainly from the 13th century and contains many Byzantine churches in the area and Ottoman mosques.

Korab:-

Mount Korab is the highest mountain of Albania and the Republic of Macedonia, its peak forming a frontier between the two countries. The peak lies adjacent to the Šar Mountains.

National Art Gallery of Albania:-

The National Gallery of Arts is a state institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. This highly important art institution functions based on the Law of Museums and the Law of Art and Culture of the Republic of Albania.

Lake Skadar:-

Lake Skadar — also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra — lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, the largest lake in the Southern Europe. It is named after the city of Shkodër in northern Albania. It is a karst lake.

Rinia Park:-

Rinia Park is the central public park of Tirana, Albania. Built in 1950 during the communist era, it covers an area of 29.81 hectares.

Berat National Ethnographic Museum:-

Berat National Ethnographic Museum is a museum in Berat, Albania. It opened in 1979 and contains a diversity of everyday objects from throughout Berat's history.

Lëkurësi Castle:-

Lëkurësi Castle is a ruined castle in Lëkurës, southern Albania. The castle is on a strategic hill point overlooking the town of Saranda, southeast of the town centre. From here one can control the whole town as well as the islands of Ksamil.

Gjirokastër Ethnographic Museum:-

Gjirokastër Ethnographic Museum is a museum in western Gjirokastër, Albania. The museum is erected on the site of communist dictator Enver Hoxha's birth home and offers an insight into the traditional lifestyle of the town.

Skanderbeg Monument:-

The Skanderbeg Monument is a monument in the Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania. It commemorates Skanderbeg, the national hero in Albania for resisting the Ottomans.

National Archaeological Museum, Tirana:-

The National Archaeological Museum is a national archaeological museum in Tirana, Albania and is also the first museum created after World War II in the country. It was opened in 1948 as Ethnographic-Archeological Museum.

Tirana Zoo:-

Tirana Zoo is currently the only one in Albania and established in 1966. The Zoo is concentrated in an area of 7 hectares in the southern part of Tirana, between the Grand Park and the Botanical Gardens.

Durrës Archaeological Museum:-

The Durrës Archaeological Museum in Durrës, Albania, established in 1951, is the largest archaeological museum in the country.

Palace of Culture of Tirana:-

The Palace of Culture of Tirana was built on the Pazari i Vjeter area of Tirana by request of the Party of Labour of Albania. The first stone of the building was symbolically put by Nikita Khrushchev in 1959. The work was finished in 1963.

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