We arrived very late in Tirana city center, it was not easy to find the parking, but a friendly local bus company let us park in their parking next to the lake. We took a short walk to the city center and jumped into a little kebab store just at Skanderbeg Square to taste local street...
We arrived in the late afternoon in the ancient city with a bazaar and castle. The name and the importance of the city are closely related to the 25 years of activity of Albanian national hero, Skanderbeg, who in the 15th century made Kruja a bastion of uncompromising resistance against...
After morning sightseeing in Shkodra, we got to the relaxed beach in Velipoja, where we stayed for 2 nights. If you come around, do not forget to try tasty pizza in camp Vilunit at Laguna Beach. After some swimming, we again hit the road and got our first diesel in Albania (refueling is...
Our first stop in Albania was Shkodra. We walked through the old town and climbed to Rozafa castle, from there we got a great view of the city. It is surrounded by the waters of three rivers; the Drini, Buna, and Kiri. The city has been occupied several times throughout history by Romans...
We made a spiritual visit to the monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog, who was buried here. From the monastery, and especially from the road leading to...
On the way from Durmitor National Park, we made an overnight stop at the city of famous local Nikšičko beer. Montenegro’s second-biggest city is located at the foot of Trebjesa Hill. Lively student city offers much cheaper entertainment than the tourist-populated bars of Budva. It’s also...
On the first day, we did a great full-day hike through the deep forest around the Black Lake (glacial lake, 1416 m). After the hike, we refreshed ourselves with local tasty Niksicko beer. This breathtaking national park was formed by glaciers and is traversed by rivers and underground...
We stopped for a while near the famous concrete Djurdjevica Tara Bridge. The bridge was built between 1937 and 1940 over one of the deepest canyons in the world, that time it was the biggest concrete arch bridge in Europe. It was blown up in 1942 by Partisan’s looking to block an Italian...
We made it through the narrow curvy road to the top and parked next to the lake, where we slept. In the morning we have enjoyed a nice hike around the lake and its virgin forest at Biogradska Gora National Park. It is the site of one of the last three large virgin forests in Europe. The...
We traveled in time back to socialism in the capital city of Montenegro – Podgorica. Given it’s undergone five name changes, passed through the hands of everyone from the Romans to the Turks to the Austro-Hungarians, and twice been wiped off the map entirely, it’s little wonder that...