2025
CITADEL OF BERAT
Rruga Mihal Komnena, Berat
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
4.7/5
(9 reviews)
Superb. Home to numerous churches, the country's oldest mosque (in ruins) and the prestigious ...Read more
MUSÉE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE D'APOLLONIE D'ILLYRIE
Apollonia, Pojan
Archaeology
5/5
(1 review)
Museum created in 1958 in a superb setting in Pojan, housing around half of the objects from ...Read more
MONASTÈRE DE LA DORMITION-DE-LA-MÈRE-DE-DIEU
Apollonia, Pojan
Abbey monastery and convent
5/5
(1 review)
Superb 13th-century Byzantine church in the archaeological site of Apollonia d'Illyria. ...Read more
CATHÉDRALE SAINT-DÉMÉTRIOS
Rruga Antipatrea, Berat
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
5/5
(1 review)
The main Orthodox church in central Albania. Completed in 2014, it boasts a beautiful new ...Read more
ONUFRI MUSEUM AND OLD CATHEDRAL
Ruggica Shën Triadha, Berat
Museums
4.6/5
(5 reviews)
Houses some of the works of the Berat school of painting, founded in the 16th century by ...Read more
GORICA DISTRICT
Gorica, Berat
Street square and neighborhood to visit
5/5
(1 review)
A small district of white houses with gardens, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site. ...Read more
MANGALEM DISTRICT
Mangalem, Berat
Street square and neighborhood to visit
5/5
(1 review)
The historic center of Berat, a Unesco World Heritage site. It's the "city of a thousand ...Read more
DURRËS ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Rruga Taulantia, Durrës
Museums
4.5/5
(2 reviews)
Still suffering from the great looting of 1997. But fine collections of Aphrodite statuettes, ...Read more
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF APOLLONIA OF ILLYRIA
Apollonia, Pojan
Archaeological site
3.9/5
(7 reviews)
The country's second-largest archaeological site, after Butrint. Greek and Roman remains, ...Read more
MONASTERY OF ARDENICA
SH67, Ardenica
Abbey monastery and convent
3.8/5
(4 reviews)
Albania's only active Orthodox monastery. Skanderbeg's wedding was celebrated here in 1451. ...Read more
KING'S MOSQUE
Rruga Xhaferr Kongoli 12, Elbasan
Mosque to visit
4/5
(1 review)
One of the oldest mosques in Albania (1502), it is located in the citadel and is modest in ...Read more
ELBASAN CITADEL
Bulvardi Qemal Stafa, Elbasan
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
4/5
(1 review)
This citadel is the heart of Elbasan. In fact, it's one of the few pleasant neighborhoods in ...Read more
TOUR DE L'HORLOGE D'ELBASAN
Bulevardi Qemal Stafa, Elbasan
Towers to visit
4/5
(1 review)
White tower, 15 m high, erected in 1899 on a bastion of the Elbasan citadel. Iconic but not ...Read more
MOSQUÉE FATHI
Rruga Xhamia, Durrës
Mosque to visit
4/5
(1 review)
Presented as the oldest in the country... which is not true. Modest building constructed in ...Read more
DURRËS AMPHITHEATER
Rruga Kalase, Durrës
Ancient monuments
3.3/5
(4 reviews)
The largest Roman amphitheatre in the Balkans. Poorly promoted, it has suffered serious damage ...Read more
BERAT ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
Rruga Toli Bojaxhiu, Berat
Museums
3/5
(1 review)
Beautiful 18th-century fortified house. Traditional 19th-century costumes, reconstruction of ...Read more
PLACE D'ILLYRIE
Sheshi Liria, Durrës
Street square and neighborhood to visit
Central square designed after the 1926 earthquake. Town hall topped by a clock tower, Durrës ...Read more
MUSÉE DES MARTYRS
Rruga Aleksander Goga, Durrës
Memorial to visit
It's not a "museum", but a memorial to World War II resistance fighters and victims of the Nazi ...Read more
MONUMENT DE LA RÉSISTANCE
Rruga Taulantia, Durrës
Columns and statues to see
Striking bronze statue of a fighter raising his rifle for the assault. Symbol of resistance to ...Read more