The old bridge was erected probably at the end of the 15th century by the Ottomans, and then modified in 1730 by the stonecutters’ Terzijski guild from Gjakova. The bridge, which was for a long time one of the longest in Kosovo, facilitated the passage of merchants on the road...
The city is centrally located in the Dukagjin Valley of western Kosovo, with equal distance between the cities of Prizren to the south and Peja to the north. It also has a historic link to the Gjakova Highlands, now across the border in northern Albania. It was established as a trading...
Leaving Peja was a nightmare, because Google navigation brought us deep into downtown, literally just in the main square, it was not easy to turn back and find the correct road, but we made it. After thirty minutes Google brought us again to the totally wrong location in Dečani, so if you...
Peja is a small city in Western Kosovo near the Rugova Canyon. The city is located in a strategic position on Peja’s Lumbardh, a tributary of the White Drin to the east of the Accursed Mountains. The medieval city was possibly built on the ruins of a Roman Siparant. The city became...
This church and nunnery complex on the outskirts of Peja is a raw slice of Serbian Orthodoxy. Outside on the landscaped grounds, all is bright and colorful, but once inside the church it feels more like you’re within a dark cave with magnificent faded frescoes covering the walls and...
We spent one rainy and cold day in Rugova Canyon. It is a 25 kilometers long river canyon in the western part of Kosovo near the town of Peja. It was created by the water erosion and the removal of the glacier of Peja. In some spots, it’s very narrow and up to 1000 meters deep. The...
The whole afternoon we drove slowly around Mokra Gora Mountain (part of Rogozna range) on a steep, narrow, and mostly unpaved, totally deserted R221 road in the direction of Rugova Canyon. The road offers scenic views and still unspoiled nature. It has two peaks higher than 2000 meters...
We drove in cloudy weather around Kosovo’s largest and most beautiful lake. It was formed by the damming of the Ibar River, which flows into the lake. As a project of former Yugoslavia, the damming of the Ibar for the creation of a reservoir and thus the generation of hydroelectricity...
We couldn’t visit Kosovo last year because of the blockade at the Jarinje border. Now, on our way to Greece, it was a very smooth crossing with friendly procedures on both sides, but it took us more than 30 minutes to get insurance for our truck (KIB / 15 EUR / 14 days) because the guy...
Arad is located in Western Romania in the lower Mureş River valley close to the Hungarian border. The town traces its history back to the 11th century, it developed as a major trading post during the Turkish occupation, between 1551 and 1699. After 1699, the city was ruled by the Habsburg...