#castle

Kruje Day Trip: Castle, Old Bazaar and Skanderbeg

The easiest half day out of Tirana, and the one that explains why Albanians talk about Skanderbeg. A castle on a cliff, a restored Ottoman bazaar, and a hard sell.

Berat: The City of a Thousand Windows

Two Ottoman quarters facing each other across a river, a castle with people still living inside it, and a nickname that turns out to be literal.

Gjirokaster: The Stone City on the Hillside

A UNESCO listed Ottoman town of slate roofed tower houses climbing a mountainside, with a castle on top and a bazaar street through the middle.