Tag - Kosovo

PRIZREN

Beautiful Prizren, with its charming mosque- and the church-filled old town lies in the foothills of the Šar Mountains. As the capital of Serbia in the 14th century, Prizren was a large cultural and trading center and minted its own coinage. The town is very picturesque, with churches...

TERZI BRIDGE (Ura e Terzive)

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...

GJAKOVA (Gjakovë)

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...

MITROVICA (Mitrovicë)

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...